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I Saw the Devil
2010
· Movie
· 144 min
B
MEANRANK
79/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #755
- IMDb #572
- Google retired #630
- Rotten Tomatoes #1106
- Metacritic #1402
- Letterboxd #516
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1767
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #926
- Metacritic Critics #1769
- Metacritic Audience #888
- Criticker #570
- Douban #712
- Kinopoisk #1012
- AlloCiné #146
- Trakt #345
Every rating
63–92
out of 100
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
Details
- Director
- Kim Jee-woon
- Writers
- Kim Jee-woon, Park Hoon-jung
- Released
- 12 August 2010
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 144 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $6.0M
- Box office
- $13.0M
- Awards
- 15 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 35 →15 wins from 35 nominations across 15 ceremonies
| Asian Film Awards 2010 | Best Cinematographer | Lee Mo-gae | Nominee |
| Asian Film Awards 2010 | Best Editor | Nam Na-yeong | Winner |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2010 | Best Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
| Austin Film Critics Association 2010 | Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Byung-hun | Winner |
| Baeksang Arts Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2010 | Technical Award | Jeong Do-an, Lee Hee-kyung (Special Effects) | Nominee |
| Blue Dragon Film Awards 2010 | Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
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35 awards — I Saw the Devil
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Gérardmer Film Festival
4 nominations, 4 won
| Audience Award | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
| Critics Award | Kim Jee-woon | Winner |
| Special Jury Prize | Kim Jee-woon | Winner |
| Youth Jury Grand Prize | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
Blue Dragon Film Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae | Winner |
| Best Music | Mowg | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Cho Hwa-sung | Nominee |
| Technical Award | Jeong Do-an, Lee Hee-kyung (Special Effects) | Nominee |
Fantasporto Film Festival
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Kim Jee-woon | Winner |
| Best Film | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
Grand Bell Awards
6 nominations, 1 won
| Best Lighting | Oh Seung-chul | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae | Nominee |
| Best Costume Design | Kwon Yu-jin | Nominee |
| Best Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
Asian Film Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editor | Nam Na-yeong | Winner |
| Best Cinematographer | Lee Mo-gae | Nominee |
Austin Film Critics Association
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
| Best Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
Baeksang Arts Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | Lee Byung-hun | Winner |
| Best Actor | Lee Byung-hun | Nominee |
Fright Meter Awards
2 nominations, 1 won
| Best Director | Kim Jee-woon | Winner |
| Best Horror Movie | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film
1 nomination, 1 won
| Golden Raven | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
Houston Film Critics Society Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Winner |
Scream Awards
3 nominations
| Best Horror Movie | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
| Best Independent Movie | Kim Jee-woon | Nominee |
| Best Villain | Choi Min-sik | Nominee |
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
2 nominations
| Best Actor | Choi Min-sik | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination
| Best Foreign Language Film | I Saw the Devil | Nominee |