The Accidental Detective

Seoul, present. A murder blog's pinging update. Two mismatched gumshoes find their lives intertwined when a mutual friend is wrongly accused of murder. Their only hope is to combine their disparate skills and untangle a web of deceit. South Korean crime comedies rarely feel so effortless.

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Kim Joung-hoon directed The Accidental Detective in 2015. See Kim Joung-hoon's full filmography, where to start with Kim Joung-hoon, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kim Joung-hoon.

The Accidental Detective was released in 2015 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 120 minutes.