# The Case of Itaewon Homicide (2009)

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**Original title**: *이태원 살인사건*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
**Directed by**: Hong Ki-seon
**Written by**: Maeng-yu Lee
**Starring**: Jung Jin-young, Jang Keun-suk, Shin Seung-hwan, Oh Kwang-rok, Ko Chang-seok, Kim Joong-ki

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A neon haze over Itaewon, April 1997. The buzz of a broken cooler.

Two Korean-American teens face a murder charge after a burger shop washroom spills blood no one can explain. One locks eyes. The other stares at the floor.

Hong Ki-seon’s procedural reeks of year-zero dread.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid, raw

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