Which is the best Korean movie in your mind?
Many people think it is the classic suspense movie "Memories of Murder" directed by Bong Junhao. Anyone who has watched this movie will definitely not forget the last scene of the movie-
Song Kanghao, a policeman, stared straight into the camera with bloodshot eyes, seeming to be able to penetrate the screen and tell the murderer: "I must I will find you and never die"
And today, the murderer prototype of "Memories of Murder" has been caught! What a lifetime!
South Korea’s SBS TV reported on the evening of September 18 that the South Korean police used DNA to identify the suspect in the sensational Hwaseong serial murder case.
According to reports, the prototype of the murderer in Memories of Murder is 50 years old. He is currently sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife’s sister after rape and abandoning the body in 1994. He is currently in prison . The corpse abandonment method is similar to the Hwaseong serial murder case, and it also attracted much attention back then. Korean media also published photos of the suspect in prison
and the photo of the murderer compared with the portrait of the suspect.
It is reported that the police used technical means to completely restore the murderer's DNA. After comparison, they found that the DNA of the man in the prison was exactly the same as .
But what is regrettable is that because the prosecution period is over, the prisoner will not be punished by law. The South Korean police stated that although the prosecution period has passed, they cannot punish the suspect, but considering that the case has received great attention from the people, they are studying the identity of the murderer.
SBS reported on
a rare serial homicide in Korean history: the "Hwaseong serial homicide" is very similar to the "silver case" in our country, and both are serial homicides targeting female victims.
During the five years from 1986 to 1991, 10 women were victimized in an area within a radius of 2 kilometers from Taean-eup, Hwaseong-gun, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and only one survived. The victims ranged in age from 71 to 14 years old, and without exception, they were brutally ravaged and killed.
SBS reported that the case of
caused a sensation in South Korea at that time. The police mobilized about 2.05 million police and the army, searched about 21,000 suspects, identified 570 sets of DNA, 180 hairs, and 40116 fingerprints, but nothing was found. The whole case The investigation was terminated on April 2, 2006 because the legal prosecution period expired.
Profile picture of South Korean media
For 33 years, the Hwaseong serial murder case has become one of the most famous "unknown cases" in South Korea.
The police's portraits and descriptions of the murderer back then
The viewers who have watched "Signal" and other Korean dramas may know that the prosecution period for Korean homicides is generally 15 years, that is, even if criminals are caught after this time, they cannot be prosecuted or punished. .
However, after the release of the Korean movie "The Melting Pot" in 2011, many people were angry and petitioned the Blue House, which has caused the government to change the national law and cancel the "15-year public prosecution period." However, when the Hwaseong chain homicide occurred during the prosecution period, must still be implemented in accordance with the regulations of the year.
"Memories of Murder" stills
Today, the police also stated that the suspects currently arrested have the same DNA as two of the 10 female murder cases, and the seventh of the ten cases was a crime of imitation by others. Whether the remaining 7 cases Related to the murderer, further investigation is still needed.
Audiences who are familiar with Korean film and television dramas may not be unfamiliar with the "Hwaseong Serial Murder". This unsolved unsolved case in 33 years has been put on the screen by Korean film and television dramas many times, except for Bong Joon-ho, who was released in 2003. In addition to the movie "Memories of Murder" starring Song Kanghao, there are also shadows of this case in , "Signal", "Tunnel" and "Cape Tong Yi" .
Among them, the 2014 TV series "Misaki Tongyi" was named after the nickname "Misaki Tongyi" of the suspect in the Hwaseong case.
was the first to put the Hwaseong case on stage in 1996: director Jin Guanglin made the case into a stage play.
The second one is Feng Junhao. In 2003, based on the Jin Guanglin stage play, he adapted it based on actual investigation data and interview records, and produced this "God-level movie" by fans. Memories of Murder.
"Memories of Murder" has a high score of 8.8 on Douban, played by 330,000 people, starring Song Kanghao and Kim Sang-kyeong.
In 2003, "Memories of Murder" swept the two major movie awards in South Korea, the Blue Dragon Award and the Daejong Award. Bong Joon Ho and Song Kang Ho took home the "Best Director" and "Best Actor", respectively, with 5.4 million movie viewers. The 24th Blue Dragon Awards "Best Selling Korean Film Award".
"Memories of Murder" also won the "Best Director Silver Shell Award", "Best New Director" and "Fabici Film Critics Award" for Feng Junhao at the 51st San Sebastian International Film Festival.
The artistic brilliance of "Memories of Murder" is undoubtedly dazzling, and what is even more moving is Feng Junhao's deeper intentions-when the film was released in 2003, there were 3 years left before the expiration of the prosecution period, using "Memories of Murder" This name is exactly his questioning of the real murderer:
" I don't know who the real murderer is, but this film has 5.4 million views, and I believe that the murderer is one of them. "
" I think, If the murderer is alive, he will definitely watch this movie, so I arranged for Song Kanghao to look directly at the camera, which is actually looking at the murderer. "
Song Kanghao, who "breaks the fourth wall" and looks directly at the audience through the screen The look in the eyes has also become one of the most classic gazes in the history of Korean film.
Douban netizen said: “Whenever I think that the real murderer might sit in the cinema casually, facing Song Kanghao’s eyes, I feel my scalp numb.”
"Memories of Murder" did not give an answer to "who is the real murderer". But every year, many viewers revisit this movie, trying to deduce who the real murderer is.
David Fincher's "Zodiac", like "Memories of Murder", did not give an answer to the real murderer, but Bong Junho's thinking was obviously based on observations of Korean society.
"Helplessness" is the most powerful key word in this heavy-duty movie: it is not only the helplessness of human beings in pursuit of the truth, but also the helplessness of small individuals who are unable to struggle in the great age.
Bong Joon-ho said: "From 1986 to 1991, this was an unfinished job for Korean society and for all of us. There have been several cases that Korean society and the police cannot solve, and it was 14 years old. My little sister was also killed. It can be said that it was the incompetence of the 80s and the defect of the whole society. This is what I want to illustrate in this movie. People's indignation and sadness about this matter are all concentrated in this movie. "
" he said: "The depressive environment will also incubate violence, it is right beside you and me."
In his view, the murderer is not only the knife holder, but the person who handed the knife to the murderer is also the murderer
Feng Junhao With Song Kanghao at the shooting site of "Memories of Murder"
Let us take a look at the 9.2 high-scoring Korean drama "Signal" . Its second case is about a serial murder in Hwaseong.
But the screenwriter gave a different ending to "Memories of Murder": Lee Jae-han, with the help of Park Hae Young's time-space dialogue, caught the real murderer-but accidentally made his first love the victim.
The "Signal" line said: "Even if the past has changed, there are things that will not change; that is, the world is unfair."
I think this sentence is used to describe the true culprit of the "Hwaseong Case" in Korea today. Catch news, but the statute of limitations for prosecution has expired.
"Signal" stills
Finally, the police officer responsible for the Hwaseong serial homicide case at sent an open letter to the killer before retirement : ", the movie "Memories of Murder", have you also watched it? as a even criminal I can’t catch the police. I can’t go into the bustling movie theater anyway.”
“I have never been able to arrest you. For juniors and the victims’ survivors, I am a sinner in my life.”
“I swear to catch you I must not let you stand in court. I will personally solve you."
"Please don't die before me, we will meet."
Stills from "Memories of Murder"
I don’t know if this old policeman is still alive. world? I hope he can see today with his own eyes.
