Kim Ik-tae Movies
- 2006
Desire distracts a cop who is trying to track down a female serial killer in this thriller from South Korea. Oh Seong-ho (Mun Seong-geun) is a police detective who has begun having ethical questions about the nature of his work and is studying theology. Oh Seong-ho is teamed up with a reckless cop (Gweon Oh-jung) and the two are brought in to investigate a bloody killing at a department store. The murderer left behind a sticker of Princess Aurora, a popular female super-hero character, and before long the same criminal strikes again, murdering a woman at a hair salon (Hyeon Yeong) and a man who was romantically attached to her (Kim Yong-geon), with the same calling-card sticker left behind. After viewing surveillance footage from the department store where the first murder took place, Oh Seong-ho thinks he has a viable suspect in beautiful Jeong Sun-jeong (Eom Jeong-hwa), but when he arranges to meet her, his emotions get the better of him and he ends up spending the night with her rather than confirming her guilt or innocence. Oh Seong-ho realizes just how big a mistake he made when Jeong Sun-jeong disappears, and his error in judgment turns deadly when another man is found dead with a tell-tale sticker left on the victim. Orora Gongju (aka Princess Aurora was the first directorial effort from veteran actress Bang Eun-jin. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eom Jeong-hwa, Mun Seong-geun, (more)
A woman looks for both revenge and redemption after spending 13 years in prison in this offbeat thriller from South Korea. Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) was in her early twenties when she was found guilty of kidnapping and killing a young boy, and though she confessed to the crime under duress, while behind bars she dreamed of one day being able to clear her name -- and even the score with the people who railroaded her, including the police officer who brought her in (Nam Il-woo) and Mr. Baek (Choi Min-Sik), a teacher who wronged her in a number of ways. Lee Geun-ja teams up with a number of friends she made during her time in lock-up, including Woo So-yeong (Kim Bu-seon), a thief with a gunsmith for a husband; Oh Su-heui (Ra Mi-ran), who was saved from assault at the hands fellow inmates by Lee; and Preacher Jeon (Kim Byeong-ok), an eccentric man of the cloth who was struck by her gentle nature in jail. As Preacher Jeon helps Lee seek salvation for all she had to do while in prison, her other friends stand by her side as she gets even with her rivals and searches for the daughter she was forced to leave behind when she was convicted. Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (aka Chinjeolhan Geum-ja-ssi) was the third film in a series, preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, and Old Boy. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lee Yeong-ae, Kim Shi-hu, (more)
