The Deal (Korean: 살인의뢰; RR: Salinuiroe; lit. "Murder Request") is a 2015 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Son Yong-ho.[2][3][4]
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| Directed by | Son Yong-ho |
| Written by | An Young-jin |
| Produced by | An Young-jin Yoo Seung-young |
| Starring | Kim Sang-kyung Kim Sung-kyun Park Sung-woong |
| Cinematography | Lee Jong-youl |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Music by | Koo Ja-wa Ahn Hyeon-jin |
| Distributed by | Cine Guru/Kidari ENT |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$6.2 million[1] |
Plot
editVeteran detective Tae-soo figures out that the suspect in a hit-and-run case, Gang-chun, is a serial killer wanted for several murders. But not long after his victory, Tae-soo realizes that his younger sister Soo-kyung was Gang-chun's last victim. Gang-chun receives the death penalty, but refuses to reveal the whereabouts of the victims' bodies, leaving Tae-soo and his brother-in-law Seung-hyun devastated. Three years later, Tae-soo is investigating the murder of a gangster boss when to his surprise, he finds evidence that Seung-hyun is the prime suspect. As he digs deeper, Tae-soo learns that the gang's former boss is now in the same prison as Gang-chun, who is thriving and looking better than ever (South Korea hasn't carried out a single execution since 1997).
Cast
edit- Kim Sang-kyung as Tae-soo
- Kim Sung-kyun as Seung-hyun
- Park Sung-woong as Gang-chun
- Jo Jae-yoon as Kim Ki-seok
- Kim Eui-sung as Son Myung-soo
- Gi Ju-bong as Subsection chief Choi
- Yoon Seung-ah as Soo-kyung
- Oh Dae-hwan as Kal-chi
- Hyun Sung as Detective Nam
- Ji Sang-hyuk as Detective Shin
- Choi Hyun-wook as Detective Park
- Lee Da-hee as Baby's mom
- Kim Young-jo as Deputy Kim
- Lee Sang-in as Eun-mi
- Song Young-chang as Judge (cameo)
- Im Jong-yoon as Kyung-sik (cameo)
Box office
editThe Deal was released in South Korea on March 12, 2015. It opened at number one at the box office, grossing ₩4.11 billion (US$3.62 million) from 495,000 admissions over its first four days.[5][6]
References
edit- ^ "The Deal (2015)". Archived from the original on 2015-05-06. Retrieved 2017-08-28.
- ^ Conran, Pierce; Kim, June (29 January 2015). "The Deal". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Lee, Ji-young (31 March 2015). "THE DEAL's KIM Sang-kyung: "Being an actor is like enjoying working in customer services"". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (5 March 2015). "Veteran actors shine in The Deal". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Ma, Kevin (17 March 2015). "The Deal dethrones Kingsman in South Korea". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ^ Jin, Eun-soo (17 March 2015). "The Deal reaches No. 1 on domestic box office". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 18 March 2015.