The Chaser (2008)

A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.

Director:

Hong-jin Na

Writers:

Won-Chan Hong, Shinho Lee

Stars:

Yoon-Seok Kim, Jung-woo Ha, Yeong-hie Seo

22 wins & 23 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Yoon-Seok Kim	...	Joong-ho Eom (as Yoon-suk Kim)
Jung-woo Ha	...	Young-min Jee
Yeong-hie Seo	...	Mi-jin Kim
Yoo-Jeong Kim	...	Eun-ji
In-gi Jeong	...	Detective Lee
Hyo-ju Park	...	Detective Oh
Bon-woong Ko	...	Oh-jot
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seong-kwang Ha	...	Detective Park
Deok-jae Jo
Jong-goo Lee	...	Profiler
Sang-hee Lee
Woo-Jeong Oh	...	Sung-Hee
Moo-yeong Yeo	...	Police commissioner

Storyline

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by a same client whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

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Plot Keywords:

police detective | pursuit | anti hero | social commentary | anger | 

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Taglines:

The hunter and the hunted, the ultimate chase begins

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Haut et Court [France] Official site [Japan]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

14 February 2008 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Chaser

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Box Office

Budget:

$2,650,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$206,875, 31 December 2008

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$31,118,014, 31 December 2008

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big House, Vantage Holdings, Showbox Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

125 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The part where Young-min (Jung-woo Ha) slips as Joong-ho (Yoon-Seok Kim) chases him in the alley was not scripted. Actor Jung-woo Ha actually did slip on the slippery pavement while shooting, but kept running anyway. Director Hong-jin Na liked that cut so much that he kept it in the final edit.

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Connections

Referenced in O Cão (2010)

User Reviews

An Audience View - A great thriller from the Korea film industry

This is most probably the best Asian movies that i have ever seen. I did not expect much when i went to watch the movie but boy was i wrong. I was fully satisfied with this film because it had everything. The movie had suspense, action and abit of humour put into it The hero in this movie did not look like the hero that everyone is used to, he is rude,total disregard of other people's feeling and most of all he is selfish and only thinks about money and himself.But as we go along through this movie, we discover that he does have a conscience and goes out one of the girls he sent to the maniacal and psychotic killer in the movie.

The cast in the movie gave a solid and believable performance especially ha jung woo as the villain in this movie.He showed no remorse or feel any guilt in killing those people.Overall this movie is great and if you like to watch any Asian movie, than this should be the one for you