The Neighbor (Korean: 이웃사람; RR: Iussaram; also known as My Neighbor) is a 2012 South Korean suspense thriller starring Kim Yunjin in the lead role.[1]
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Hangul | 이웃사람 |
Hanja | 이웃사람 |
Revised Romanization | Iutsaram |
McCune–Reischauer | Iutsaram |
Directed by | Kim Hwi |
Written by | Kim Hwi |
Based on | The Neighbor by Kang Full |
Produced by | Gu Seong-mok Park Jeong-hyeok Lee Yong-ho |
Starring | Kim Yunjin Kim Sae-ron Chun Ho-jin Kim Sung-kyun |
Cinematography | Jung Seong-wook |
Edited by | Jin Lee |
Music by | Shin Yi-gyeong |
Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | ₩18,087,442,369 |
Residents of a mansion live in fear when a young girl is murdered. They suspect their neighbor for the crime, and a battle erupts to protect the next victim.
Some residents of a small apartment building start to suspect that one of their neighbors may be a killer responsible for the murder of a residing family's daughter and takes it upon themselves to investigate. Meanwhile, a young girl that resembles the murdered girl slowly becomes the next target of the perpetrator.[2]
Based on Kang Full's eponymous webtoon,[3][4] the film sold over 2.43 million tickets, becoming the highest grossing film among the movie adaptations of Kang Full’s works.[5]
What would you do if you found out someone living in your building is a serial killer? A man, whose identity is known, kills his own neighbors ― including a middle-school girl ― living in his building, and continues to stay there even after committing the grisly murders.
All the neighbors in the film are reluctant to act due to self-interest. One character does not want the property price to fall after a scandal. Another wants to avoid attention from the police, as he has just five months left before his statute of limitations runs out. Some simply do not want to meddle without evidence, clinging to their daily routines. Meanwhile, the criminal continues to kill.[6][7]
2012 Grand Bell Awards
2012 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
2012 Blue Dragon Film Awards
2012 Busan Film Critics Awards
2013 Baeksang Arts Awards
2013 Buil Film Awards
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