Confession of Murder (2012)

Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing murders he committed after the statute of limitations expires. A detective and one of the victim's mothers search for the author while another killer begins a spree of murders.

Director:

Byung-gil Jung (as Byeong-gil Jeong)

Writers:

Won-Chan Hong, Byung-gil Jung (as Byeong-gil Jeong)

Stars:

Jae-yeong Jeong, Shi-hoo Park, Hae-Kyun Jung

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jae-yeong Jeong	...	Choi Hyung-goo
Shi-hoo Park	...	Lee Du-sok
Hae-Kyun Jung	...	J
Yeong-ae Kim	...	Han Ji-soo (victim's mom)
Won-young Choi	...	Tae-sok (victim's brother)
Jong-gu Kim	...	Ophiuchus
Eun-ji Jo	...	Choi Gang-sook
Yong Oh	...	Kang Do-hyeog
Woong Park	...	Kim Wan-jang
Bae Sung Woo	...	Gwang-soo
Mi-ja Jang	...	Director of Publishing Company
Jung-Hee Nam	...	Nomo
Ji-a Min	...	Kang Soo-yeon (Hyung-goo's ex-girlfriend)
Jae-seung Ryu	...	Jung Hyng-sik
Gwang Jang	...	Bureau Chief

Storyline

After the statute of limitation expires on the murders he has committed, Lee Du-seok publishes an autobiography describing all his murders in great detail. Detective Choi, who investigated Lee's murders 15 years ago starts the chase once again and Han Ji-soo, who lost her daughter to Lee, pledges vengeance. Meanwhile, another killer appears, casting doubt to whether Lee is the real serial killer. The key here is how well the story juggles the truth and how solid the description of the characters' tangled relationships is.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | serial killer | investigation | 

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [South Korea]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

8 November 2012 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Confession of Murder

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dasepo Club, Showbox/Mediaplex, DMZ Comics

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was remade in 2017 as Memoirs of a Murderer by Yu Irie.

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Connections

Remade as Memoirs of a Murderer (2017)

User Reviews

Some 4; Some 8 = 6

The bad: Really highly improbable car stunt and other action scenes that had the likelihood and ludicrousness of comic book writing. People jumping from rooftops; out of moving vehicles onto hospital gurneys or tops of other cars while fighting as if no more dangerous than on a kitchen table top, etc. I wasn't sure if it was meant to be spoofing movies that go cheaply overboard in that direction, or not. Decided not, that they were serious. A sadly laughable distraction that lessened the intelligence of the storyline. The good: As others will state it has a novel crime thriller twist and turn structure not seen elsewhere. Kudos for that.

Overall score = 6.