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Private Eye

Private Eye

Mystery · Crime · Thriller · 2009

The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.

Movie details

Private Eye

“Missing Bodies, Five Clues.”

2009 Mystery · Crime · Thriller 1h 51m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.7 / 10

1.1K votes

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

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The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Private Eye?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Park Dae-min

Written by

Park Dae-min · Lee Young-jong

Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min

Hong Jin-ho

Ryu Deok-hwan

Ryu Deok-hwan

Jang Gwang-soo

Uhm Ji-won

Uhm Ji-won

Soon-deok

Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

Oh Yeong-dal

Yoon Je-moon

Yoon Je-moon

Uk-kwan

Joo Ah-reum

Joo Ah-reum

Ok-yi

Kim Hyang-gi

Kim Hyang-gi

Byeol-eeh

Court is in session

Put Private Eye on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.