Voice of a Murderer - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Voice of a Murderer (Hangul: 그놈 목소리; RR: Geunom moksori; lit. "His Voice") is a 2007 South Korean crime thriller-drama film written and directed by Park Jin-pyo, starring Sol Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-joo. It was the third top-grossing domestic film of 2007, with 3,143,247 tickets sold. The story is a fictionalized account of a real-life kidnapping case in 1991.

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Plot

The only son of famous news anchor Han Kyung-bae disappears without a trace. The kidnapper calls the nine-year-old boy's mother, Oh Ji-sun, demanding 100,000 dollars as ransom. The police assign a veteran cop and his special task force on the case. However, the kidnapper catches wind of the police involvement and threatens to cut out the boy's heart and mail it to them. Han desperately tries to save his boy and obey the criminal's demands. When things take a turn for the worse Kyung-bae starts to take matters into his own hands.

Cast

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Sol Kyung-gu as Han Kyung-bae

Kim Nam-joo as Oh Ji-sun

Kim Yeong-cheol as Kim Wook-jung

Song Young-chang as Captain Noh

Go Soo-hee as Cha Soo-hee

Kim Kwang-kyu as Chief investigator

Choi Jung-yoon as Anchorwoman Ha Joo-won

Na Moon-hee as Kyung-bae's mother

Yoon Je-moon as Priest

Kang Dong-won as Kidnapper

Park Jin-woo as Detective Park

Kim Ik-tae as Chief of police

Jang Won-young as Dr. Choi

Lee Hyung-chul as Han Sang-woo

Jeon Hye-jin as Lee Ae-sook

Im Jong-yoon as Lee Jae-joon

Jo Seok-hyun as Detective Jo

Kim Young-pil as Han In-seok

Background

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The film is based on the real-life abduction of nine-year-old Lee Hyung-ho on January 29, 1991. Despite 87 ransom calls from the kidnapper to the child's parents asking for ₩70 million (US$75,000), Lee's dead body was found in a ditch near his home in Apgujeong-dong 44 days after he went missing; he had been killed two days after being kidnapped. The killer was never caught, and the 15-year statute of limitations on the case expired in 2006.