‘Memories can deceive you’
Memoir of a Murderer – Hangul: 살인자의 기억법 – is a 2017 South Korean psychological thriller film directed by Shin-yeon Won (The Suspect; A Bloody Aria; Scary Hair), based on a bestselling fiction book by Kim Young-ha. The film stars Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil and Kim Seol-hyun.
This film should not be confused with the 2017 Japanese movie Memoirs of a Murderer, directed by Yu Irie.
Byeong-soo (Sol Kyung-gu) was a serial killer in the past, though he now suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. He has a daughter, Eun-hee (Kim Seol-hyun), but she isn’t his real daughter; rather, he took her from one of his victims, raising her as his own.
One day, Tae-joo, later Eun-hee’s boyfriend (Kim Nam-gil) approaches Eun-hee to kill her.
To protect Eun-hee, he fights to keep his memory and he plans to kill Tae-joo. However it becomes apparent that his memories may not be as reliable as he believes them to be…
Memoir of a Murderer is released in South Korea on September 7, 2017.
Reviews:
“Though almost laughably contrived, the premise of Memoir of a Murderer is an intriguing one and the film gets off on the right foot with fast-paced storytelling framed with moody and menacing visuals […] The problem is that after setting several layers of intrigue in motion, the film proceeds to get tangled up in its own mystery, pushing its already strained credibility to breaking point.” Pierce Conran, Screen Anarchy
Cast and characters:
- Sol Kyung-gu as Kim Byeong-soo
- Kim Nam-gil as Tae-joo
- Kim Seol-hyun as Kim Eun-hee
- Oh Dal-su as Byeong-man
- Hwang Seok-jeong
- Gil Hae-yeon
- Kim Han-joon as detective
- Kim Dong-hee
- Kim Jung-young
