Bystanders

Rainy Seoul streets, a bloodied knife lies nearby, two high school students dead, their stomachs holding small pill boxes, a cryptic clue to a series of murders, South Korean detectives investigate. It's a dark thriller from the early 2000s.

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Im Kyung-soo directed Bystanders in 2005. See Im Kyung-soo's full filmography, where to start with Im Kyung-soo, or where to go after you've seen everything by Im Kyung-soo.

Bystanders was released in 2005 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 105 minutes.