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The Chaser
2008
· Movie
· 125 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #877
- IMDb #597
- Google retired #2129
- Rotten Tomatoes #1062
- Metacritic #1476
- Letterboxd #589
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1903
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #707
- Metacritic Critics #2107
- Metacritic Audience #674
- Criticker #362
- Kinopoisk #1114
- AlloCiné #257
- Trakt #670
Every rating
64–89
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 64, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 89.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A disgraced former detective turned pimp becomes furious when several of his girls go missing. He traces the last customer they all had in common, realizing he is a serial killer. In a race against time, he must find the man and locate the last missing girl, who may still be alive, before the police catch on.
Details
- Director
- Na Hong-jin
- Writer
- Na Hong-jin
- Studio
- Bidangil Pictures
- Released
- 14 February 2008
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $2.6M
- Box office
- $35.8M
- Awards
- 35 wins, 32 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 61st Cannes Film Festival 2008 | Caméra d'Or | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| 3rd Asian Film Awards 2009 | Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Nominee |
| 3rd Asian Film Awards 2009 | Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| 3rd Asian Film Awards 2009 | Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| 11th Director's Cut Awards 2008 | Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| 11th Director's Cut Awards 2008 | Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Winner |
| 12th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2008 | Best Actress | Seo Young-hee | Winner |
| 12th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival 2008 | Best of Puchon | The Chaser | Winner |
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61st Cannes Film Festival
1 nomination
| Caméra d'Or | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
7th Korean Film Awards
9 nominations, 6 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| Best Film | The Chaser | Winner |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae | Nominee |
| Best Music | Kim Jun-seok, Choi Yong-rak | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Seo Young-hee | Nominee |
45th Grand Bell Awards
11 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae | Winner |
| Best Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Film | The Chaser | Winner |
| Best Planning | Kim Su-jin, Yun In-beom | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Kim Sin-yong | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Seo Young-hee | Nominee |
16th Chunsa Film Art Awards
5 nominations, 5 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Winner |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Winner |
| Technical Award | Choi Tae-young | Winner |
17th Buil Film Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| Buil Readers' Jury Award | The Chaser | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Chaser | Nominee |
| Best Lighting | Lee Cheol-oh | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
12th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actress | Seo Young-hee | Winner |
| Best of Puchon | The Chaser | Winner |
| EFFFF Asian Award | The Chaser | Winner |
Cine 21 Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Winner |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Winner |
44th Baeksang Arts Awards
7 nominations, 2 won
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
| Grand Prize (Daesang) | The Chaser | Winner |
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Nominee |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Director | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Chaser | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Nominee |
11th Director's Cut Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Winner |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Winner |
9th Busan Film Critics Awards
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Winner |
29th Blue Dragon Film Awards
9 nominations, 1 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | Lee Sung-jae | Nominee |
| Best Film | The Chaser | Nominee |
| Best Music | Kim Jun-seok, Choi Yong-rak | Nominee |
| Best New Director | Na Hong-jin | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Seo Young-hee | Nominee |
| Technical Award | Kim Sun-min (Editing) | Nominee |
3rd Asian Film Awards
3 nominations, 1 won
| Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Winner |
| Best Actor | Ha Jung-woo | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Na Hong-jin and Shinho Lee | Nominee |
University Film Festival of Korea
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Winner |
2nd Asia Pacific Screen Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actor | Kim Yoon-seok | Nominee |