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Memoir of a Murderer
MEANRANK
75/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1424
- IMDb #1844
- Letterboxd #1311
- Kinopoisk #1914
- Trakt #1157
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Everyone agrees
Lowest is IMDb on 72, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 80.
See the most agreed on films →A former serial killer named Byeong-soo is now elderly and suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He lives a quiet life with his adult daughter, desperately trying to hold onto his memories. When a new series of murders begins in his town, he becomes convinced that the local police captain is the culprit. As his memory fails him, he must try to gather evidence and protect his daughter while struggling to separate his haunting past from the terrifying present.
Details
- Director
- Won Shin-yun
- Writers
- Hwang Jo-yoon, Won Shin-yun
- Studio
- Showbox, W-Pictures, Rear Window
- Released
- 7 September 2017
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $125.0K
- Awards
- 2 wins, 2 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (20) →
Awards & nominations
See all 4 →2 wins from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| 9th Korea Film Reporters Association Film Awards (KOFRA) 2018 | Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Winner |
| 17th Director's Cut Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Winner |
| 1st The Seoul Awards 2017 | Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Nominee |
| 1st The Seoul Awards 2017 | Best New Actress | Kim Seol-hyun | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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4 awards — Memoir of a Murderer
×| Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Winner |
| Best Actor | Sul Kyung-gu | Nominee |
| Best New Actress | Kim Seol-hyun | Nominee |