The Chase (2017 Film)
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''The Chase'' (; lit. “No Matter What, I’ll Catch You”) is a 2017 South Korean
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about a landowner who teams up with a former detective to chase after the suspect of a 30-year-old unsolved case. The film was directed by Kim Hong-seon and stars
Baek Yoon-sik Baek Yoon-sik (born 16 March 1947) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his characteristic near-expressionless facial acting. Career Baek Yoon-sik made his debut in 1970 on KBS TV. In the coming years he would appear in four films, taking l ...
and
Sung Dong-il Sung Dong-il (born April 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Sung made his acting debut in theater in 1987, then was recruited at the 1991 SBS open talent auditions. He rose to fame as the comic, Jeolla dialect-speaking character "Red Socks" in ...
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Plot

Shim Deok-su is a grumpy landlord of several working-class flats who constantly harasses his tenants for rent. A Korean War refugee from the north, he possesses a Scrooge-like reputation and is widely despised about town. At the beginning of the movie we see him begin his day by dropping in on Mr Choi, a hard-up tenant who has been suffering from ailments that prevent him from working, to demand rent just as the latter is being visited by charity workers from a local church. Unmoved by the volunteer's pleas for empathy and unperturbed by their subsequent attempts to guilt-trip him, Deok-su leaves to go about his chores. As he goes about his routine he comes across two dead bodies as they are being cleared by police, one of a local drunk and the other a pensioner living alone. In the evening Deok-su revisits Mr Choi, who has prepared an extravagant dinner in anticipation of a former colleague's visit. The two men eat, and during the ensuing conversation, Mr Choi reveals himself to have been a former police detective and opines that the two deaths Deok-su had encountered earlier were murders committed by someone who was likely practising on the elderly prior to moving on to young women. Mr Choi's theory is soon proven correct. That same night he is murdered by an unseen assailant who covers up his crime, arranging Mr Choi's body as a suicide. Meanwhile, another murder takes place just a few units down the corridor. Ji-Eun, a chaste young worker at a nearby textile mill who is another tenant of Deok-su's, returns to find her roommate murdered, the young woman's throat has been slit. Unbeknownst to her, the murderer has yet to leave the flat; he bashes her head and kidnaps her. The entire neighborhood blames Deok-su for Mr Choi's death based on the earlier encounter with the church workers. The only person who doesn't believe this is Mr Choi's former partner, retired Detective Pyung-Dal, who shows up a day late. Pyung-Dal digs up proof that Mr Choi was far from suicidal and shares with Deok-su details concerning a string of similar murders of pensioners and young women that had taken place thirty years before. Realizing that Ji-Eun fits the profile of the victims Pyung-Dal had been describing, Deok-su rushes back to her apartment to check in on her. After a run-in with a gang of youthful thugs — one of whom happens to be the lover of the murdered young lady — Deok-su and Pyung-Dal enters Ji-Eun's apartment, where they promptly discovered the decapitated head of Ji-Eun's roommate in her refrigerator. The former detective surmises that Ji-Eun must have been kidnapped and convinces Deok-su not to inform the police lest they put the missing woman's life in danger. The two men then team up to track down the kidnapper and rescue Ji-Eun. After many twists and turns the perpetrator is revealed to be a mild-mannered doctor admired around town for his medical volunteer work and his seemingly selfless devotion to his paralysed wife.


Cast

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Baek Yoon-sik Baek Yoon-sik (born 16 March 1947) is a South Korean actor. He is known for his characteristic near-expressionless facial acting. Career Baek Yoon-sik made his debut in 1970 on KBS TV. In the coming years he would appear in four films, taking l ...
as Shim Deok-su *
Sung Dong-il Sung Dong-il (born April 27, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Sung made his acting debut in theater in 1987, then was recruited at the 1991 SBS open talent auditions. He rose to fame as the comic, Jeolla dialect-speaking character "Red Socks" in ...
as Park Pyung-dal *
Chun Ho-jin Chun Ho-jin (born September 9, 1960) is a South Korean actor. Early life Chun studied chemistry at Inha University but dropped out to pursue acting. His father Chun Gyu-deok was among the first generation of professional wrestlers in the countr ...
as Na Jung-hyuk **
Wi Ha-joon Wi Ha-joon (; born Wi Hyun-yi (); August 5, 1991) is a South Korean actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films '' Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum'' (2018), ''Shark: The Beginning'' (2021) and ''Midnight'' (2021), as well as the telev ...
as young Jung-hyuk *
Bae Jong-ok Bae Jong-ok (born May 13, 1964) is a South Korean actress. She debuted as a TV actress after she was recruited by KBS, and has since been active in both film and television. While concurrently maintaining an acting career, Bae completed a doct ...
as Min Young-Sook * Jo Dal-hwan as Police officer Lee *
Kim Hye-in Kim Hye-in (born January 16, 1993) is a South Korean actress. She is perhaps best known for her role in the television series ''Hospital Playlist'' (2020–2021). Career In July 2012, Kim was crowned World Miss University Korea while she was ma ...
as Kim Ji-eun *
Park Hyung-soo Park Hyung-soo is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in dramas such as ''Arthdal Chronicles'', ''The Devil Judge'', ''Crash Landing on You'' and ''Happiness''. He also appeared in movies '' Confidential Assignment'', '' The Chase'', ...
as Bae Doo-sik * Son Jong-hak as Mr. Choi **
Jo Hyun-sik Jo Hyun-sik (born March 13, 1983) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Television series Film Musical Theater References External links *Jo Hyun-sikat Daum (web portal), Daum Jo Hyun-sik
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as young Mr. Choi *
Lee Kan-hee Lee Kan-hee (born February 3, 1969) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Kan-hee 1969 births Living people South Korean telev ...
as Jung-hyuk's wife * Park Ji-hyun as Kim Soo-kyung * Kim Si-young as Caregiver *
Kang Mal-geum Kang Mal-geum (; born 3 January 1979) is a South Korean actress. She graduated in Arts from Pusan National University, Department of Korean Language and Literature. She made her acting debut in 2010 in the film ''Yong-Tae :The Ordinary Memories ...
as Caregiver 2 * Oh Chi-woon as President Song * Lee Kwang-se as Jeong Man-hong * Lee Min-woong as Pyung-dal's son * Lee Jeong-eun as Ji-eun's mom * Kim Hyun as Factory woman * Son Seong-chan as Police chief * Jung Sung-il as young Pyung-dal *
Oh Hee-joon Oh Hee-joon is a South Korean actor. He is known for his roles in dramas such as '' Gangnam Beauty'', '' How to Buy a Friend'', '' 365: Repeat the Year'', ''Cheese in the Trap'' and ''All of Us Are Dead''. He also appeared in movies '' The Acci ...
as Gangster *
Yoo Jae-myung Yoo Jae-myung (; born June 3, 1973) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the series ''Reply 1988'' (2015), '' Stranger'' (2017), ''Life'' (2018), ''Itaewon Class'' (2020) and '' Voice of Silence'' (2020). He won Best Suppor ...
as Detective Go * Jung Yoo-min as young Yeong-sook * Yoon Jin as young Jeong-ae


Release


Box office

''The Chase'' was released in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
on November 29, 2017.


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