The Case of Itaewon Homicide (2009)
- Original title
- 이태원 살인사건
- Directed by
- Hong Ki-seon
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 28 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two American teenagers are suspected of murdering a college student in a Burger King in Seoul. The film follows the investigation and trials as both suspects blame each other but neither is fully convicted.
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What happens
The Case of Itaewon Homicide (Korean: 이태원 살인사건) is a 2009 South Korean crime thriller film, based on the true story of the Itaewon murder case, which shocked Korea when Hongik college student Cho Jung-Pil was found dead at an Itaewon Burger King in 1997. The murder was investigated in 1997 by CID Agents J. Choi, D. Zeliff, T. Barnes and B. Crow. Two troubled U.S. teenagers—Arthur Patterson (the son of a former U.S. Army officer and Korean mother) and Edward Lee—became suspects and were convicted. Patterson was released a year later in a special amnesty and Lee was freed a year after that due to lack of evidence. The case never resulted in further convictions. [1] It stars Jang Keun-suk as Arthur Patterson and Jung Jin-young as his lawyer. Song Joong-ki played the victim. The film had 531,068 admissions in South Korea nationwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Paju (2009)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.