It is hard to imagine how vicious it was to commit 23 crimes in a row, killing 14 women and robbing and raping 9 women.
What is even more unimaginable is that the murderer was not caught after committing this heinous murder and is still at large. Therefore, this case is also known as "one of the three unsolved cases in South Korea", and many film and television dramas have adapted this case.
So today, let's take a look at this movie based on real events, and let's see what the hell is going on-
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The story takes place 30 years ago in South Korea, where a 71-year-old man who slipped his pants down and was strangled to death was found in Anning-ri, Hwaseongseong, Gyeonggi Province, and since then there have been frequent homicides in the area.
In the five years from September 1986 to November 1991, there were 14 aggravated homicides, all of whom were women, ranging in age from their teens to their seventies.
This caused great panic at the time, but the murderer was very cunning and meticulous, and each crime did not leave any particularly important physical evidence or clues (DNA identification technology was not developed at that time, and it was difficult to determine the murderer based on blood and hair alone). The police had no clues to find the suspects, and because there was no direct connection between the cases, they could not be dealt with.
At that time, South Korea hosted the Olympic Games (1988), and a large number of police personnel were needed to ensure the normal development of the Olympics, so that the serial murder case was shelved, and the murderer has been at large.
In the past 30 years, the serial murder case has become an unsolved case and the prosecution period has passed, the murderer has disappeared after committing the murder, and local life has returned to peace.
Mr. Shen is a locksmith who owns several properties in the area and rents out them to make a living.
It is said that the rich are not benevolent, Shen Dezhu is like this, not only did he not have any sadness when he learned of the continuous deaths of the two elderly people in the community, but the first thing he thought about was whether it would affect his rental income.
Among Shen Dezhu's tenants, there are two people who are the most special, one is Lao Choi, who investigated the unsolved case back then, and Min Young-sook, the only victim who escaped from the clutches of the devil. Originally, Min Yingshu was a breakthrough, but she lost her memory because she was stimulated, and she couldn't remember anything about the murderer anyway, and the police were helpless.
Shen Dezhu knew that Lao Choi was lonely and financially difficult, and he was afraid that no one would know that dying in the apartment would affect his rental income, so he went to check on it.
But the strange thing is that Lao Cui, who looked fine yesterday, died the next day.
If an accidental death of a person is understandable, it is certainly not an accident if there are repeated accidental deaths.
At this time, Lao Cui's criminal police colleague Park Pingda appeared on the stage, he had also participated in the investigation of the unsolved case, and felt that Lao Cui's death was very strange.
At the same time, Shen Deok-so's tenant had an accident again, the upstairs room was shared by Kim Ji-eun and his best friend Kim so-kyung, and one day Kim Ji-eun found that his best friend Kim so-kyung had been killed after work, and he was also knocked unconscious when he was about to call the police......
All these modus operandi made Park Pin-da feel similar to the modus operandi of the murderer 30 years ago, and he also saw many possible suspect names from the investigation notes left by Lao Choi.
Some of these names have been crossed out, and it turns out that Lao Cui has not let go of this matter, so Park Pingda decided to continue to investigate.
Shen Dezhu was worried that the repeated deaths would affect his rental income, and he also wanted to find out the murderer and end the panic of the residents as soon as possible, so the two formed a Sunset Red duo to investigate......
This is a story of triple reversal, and the layers of reversal are impossible for people to guess the ending.
The previous series of murders and disappearances enhance the suspenseful and thriller atmosphere, and a bait is set up in the middle, so that when you think you are getting closer and closer to the real murderer, another reversal is thrown.
Just when you thought that you would always catch the real murderer this time, there was a bit of a cliché reversal. The ending is a cliché family fun plot, and everyone is happy.
However, in the real event "Hwaseong Serial Murder Case" outside the movie, the murderer was not caught at all.
Although South Korean police said on September 18, 2019 that the killer of the Hwaseong serial killings had been found, the police identified the suspect as Lee Chun-jae, a 56-year-old inmate who is already serving his sentence in Busan Prison in South Korea, through DNA technology.
Interestingly, the characteristics of the murderer initially known to the police in this unsolved case were that the murderer was about 20 years old, about 165 to 170 cm tall, fat, and blood type B.
And the criminal who was confirmed this time, Lee Chun-jae, was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping and killing his wife and sister, and his body size is medium, and his blood type O and the characteristics of the murderer are not at all consistent, right?
However, since the South Korean police said that Lee Chun-jae was right, Lee Chun-jae also admitted to the crime, and the prosecution period has passed anyway, and he himself is in prison, so this unsolved case has come to an end.
As for whether there is any other hidden secret behind it, it is unknown.
Regardless of whether the real murderer is Lee Chun-jae or not, this unsolved case has been adapted into many film and television dramas because of its confusion, such as "Memories of Murder", "Signal", "Tunnel", "Taxi Driver" and so on.
The adapted film and television drama is certainly wonderful, but what is hidden behind the excitement is unbearable in many aspects. For example, the unfairness of Korean society, the inaction of ZF in South Korea, and other factors.
As for the rest, just take a look.