The Chaser


123min 35mm | Genre : Action , Thriller , Crime , | Release date in South Korea : 14 Feb 2008

Said killer is Young Min (Ha Jung Woo, also in Kim Ki Duk’s “Breath” and “Time”), who preys upon prostitutes, and the film starts as he grabs a girl working for pimp and ex-cop Joong Ho (Kim Yoon Seok, particularly memorable in “Tazza: The High Rollers”). After he realises that he has just sent Mi Jin (Seo Young Hee, recently in “Shadows in the Palace”), another of his girls, to the same client, Joong Ho decides to follow. When the poor woman disappears, he fears she has been sold, and searches the area for her in vain. Furious, he runs into a fleeing Young Min, and noticing the blood stains on his clothes, gives chase. Although he catches his murderous quarry, who is duly arrested by the police, and who quite freely confesses his crimes, the case only gets more complicated due to a lack of evidence. Tormented by the possibility that Min Jin may still be alive and determined to bring Young Min to justice, Joong Ho begins his own investigation, scouring the streets for clues.

Director: Hong-jin Na / Won-Chan Hong, Shinho Lee, Hong-jin Na (screenplay)
Cast: Yun-seok Kim … Joong-ho Eom
Jung-woo Ha … Young-min Jee
Yeong-hie Seo … Mi-jin Kim
In-gi Jung … Detective Lee
Hyo-ju Park … Detective Oh

The Chaser Trailer