KIM Tae-gyun Directs Serial Killer Thriller from KWAK Kyung-taek Script
Seasoned actor
KIM Yun-seok has teamed up with
JU Ji-hoon for the upcoming thriller
Murder of Man or Woman (translated title).
KIM Tae-gyun will grasp the megaphone for the second time and will work from a script which he co-wrote with director
KWAK Kyung-taek.
The film follows the face-off between a detective (KIM Yun-seok) and a killer (JU Ji-hoon) who confesses to seven more murders while behind bars. Filming kicked off in Busan on August 14th and the film is expected to be released next year. The Korean title, Am-soo-sal-in, is the term used to describe a murder case without a body or identified victim.
With several hits under his belt, including
The Chaser (2008),
The Thieves (2012) and
The Priests (2015), KIM is angling for another hit next month alongside
LEE Byung-hun and
PARK Hae-il in the period battle film
The Fortress, which will be released during the Chuseok holiday. He’s also teaming up with
HA Jung-woo once more for the 80s-set political drama
1987.
Director KIM Tae-gyun worked as an assistant director on several early KWAK Kyung-taek films and made his feature filmmaking debut in 2012 with the melodrama
Spring, Snow. Meanwhile scriptwriter KWAK last helmed the thriller
The Classified File (2015), which featured KIM Yun-seok, and his next film
RV: Resurrected Victims is awaiting release.