![]() In a 2003 commentary included on our Memories edition, Kim exclaims, “I was beat up by the Foul King!” referencing Song’s star-making role in the 2000 film of the same name. In the film, detectives Park Doo-man and Seo Tae-yoon lead an investigation into a string of rapes and murders taking place in Hwaseong in the late 1980s. It stars Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung. ![]() Much to Kim’s surprise, the professional-wrestling-style dropkick by Song that sends the former rolling down a hill was unplanned and full-contact. Memories of Murder is a 2003 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, from a screenplay by Bong and Shim Sung-bo, and based on the 1996 play Come to See Me by Kim Kwang-rim. Bong avoided rehearsals to preserve the awkwardness between some characters, and that initial encounter, a fight, was the very first time the performers worked together. Verisimilitude extended to some performance details, such as the first meeting between Inspector Park Doo-man (Song Kang Ho) and Inspector Seo Tae-yoon (Kim Sang Kyung). ![]() Because the fonts and paper employed in 1986 were no longer in use by the time the movie was filmed in 20, the art department had to source the correct paper stock and design each font by hand, character by character. His art department, led by production designer Ryu Sung Hee, was particularly challenged by his request for newspapers, which are occasionally used in the film to convey information to the viewer. Bong, who has been nicknamed Bongtail by his crew because of his microscopic attention to detail, wanted Memories of Murder to be filled with period-accurate props, costumes, and set dressing. ![]()
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