# Phantom Detective (2016)

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**Original title**: *탐정 홍길동: 사라진 마을*
**Runtime**: 125 min
**Genres**: Action, Drama
**Directed by**: Jo Sung-hee
**Written by**: Jo Sung-hee
**Starring**: Lee Je-hoon, Kim Sung-kyun, Park Keun-hyong, Roh Jeong-eui, Go Ara, Kim Dong-hwi

> *It takes a bad guy to catch a bad guy.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re Hong Gil-dong, an infallible private eye with a memory like steel and a personality that grates more than it charms. Then you stumble onto the one case you couldn’t crack. A conspiracy folds around you, darker and deeper than anything you’ve ever pulled.

**Mood tags**: mindfuck, paranoid, raw

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