The Chaser

Section: Elements of Crime
Directed by: Hong-jin Na


Chugyeogja
South Korea, 2008

Dir.: Hong-Jin Na
Scr.: Hong-Jin Na
Phot.: Lee Sung-Je
Ed.: Kim Sun-Min
Music: Yongrock Choi
Cast: Kim Yun-Seok, Ha Jung-Woo, Seo Yeong-Hie, Jung In-gi, Park Hyo-ju
Format: 35 mm
Color
123 mins
Language: Korean voice, English subtitle, Hungarian voice over

Characteristic Korean thriller about an ex-cop who, as a pimp, finds himself on the trail of a disturbed serial killer. Most tension comes from the corrupt, indifferent and harsh police force, all too well known to Jun-Ho. The motives and behaviour of the ex-cop himself are anything but spotless. This realism inevitably introduces social commentary to The Chaser, the box office hit of 2008 back home.

See also:
	Gomorrah		Hand of the Headless Man
	The Horseman		Long Shadows
	The Bone Man		The Moss
	The Racketeer		Timecrimes