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Memories of Murder

2003 film directed by Bong Joon-ho
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Summary

Memories of Murder is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25,063 views/month, #484 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Bong Joon-ho[3]
  • Director: Bong Joon-ho[4]
  • Screenwriter: Bong Joon-ho[5]
  • Composer: Taro Iwashiro[6]
  • Genre: crime thriller film[7], mystery film[8], drama film[9], police procedural film[10], detective fiction[11], drama fiction[12], black comedy[13], satire[14]
  • Cast member: Song Kang-ho[15], Kim Sang-kyung[16], Kim Roe-ha[17], Park Hae-il[18], Byun Hee-bong[19], Ko Seo-hui[20], Jeon Mi-seon[21], Lee Jae-eung[22], Jung In-sun[23], Kwon Byeong-gil[24], Oh Yong[25]
  • Producer: Cha Seung-jae[26]
  • Collection: Museum of Modern Art[27]
  • Production company: CJ Entertainment[28]
  • Director of photography: Kim Hyung-koo[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Korean[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 8.1/10[32], 82/100[33], 95%[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: South Korea[36]
  • Publication date: May 2, 2003[37], July 15, 2005[38]
  • Distributed by: CJ Entertainment[39]
  • Narrative location: Hwaseong[40]
  • Official website: http://www.palmpictures.com/film/memories-of-murder[41]
  • Filming location: South Korea[42]
  • Main subject: serial killer[43], criminal investigation[44], Hwaseong serial murders[45], police brutality[46], Lee Choon-jae[47]
  • Film editor: Kim Seon-min[48]
  • Title: 살인의 추억[49], 杀人回忆[50], 殺人回憶[51], 殺人の追憶[52], ฆาตกรรม ความตาย และสายฝน[53]
  • Different from: Memoir of a Murderer[54]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[55]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[56]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[57]

  • First release date: 2003-04-26[58]

  • Genre(s): pop[59]

  • Community tags: pop[60]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 5c01fe63-c604-4398-ab9c-55bbf1056d62[61]

Why It Matters

Memories of Murder has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Related Entities

Bong Joon-ho film Museum of Modern Art Song Kang-ho South Korea

References

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
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  5. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [61] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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