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I Saw the Devil

Name: I Saw the Devil
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: 2010
Duration: 144 min

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2010 · 144 min · Thriller

After a sadistic killer murders his fiancée, a secret agent hunts the man down not to kill him but to torment him in an escalating game of revenge that consumes them both. A gorgeously brutal, disturbing thriller.

Runtime: 144 min
Genre: Thriller · Horror
Mood: tense
Entry: some context
Best for: horror night

Content notes: violence or threat Non-exhaustive

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Part of 10 Essential South Korean Films

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through South Korea. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

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