''Don't Buy the Seller'' () is a 2023 South Korean
crime thriller film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...
co-written and directed by
Park Hee-gon
Park Hee-gon (; 1969 – 30 April 2025) was a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He died on 30 April 2025, at the age of 56.
Filmography
*''R. U. Ready?'' (2002) – producer-director
*''Insadong Scandal'' (2009) – director, scre ...
, starring
Shin Hye-sun and
Kim Sung-kyun. In the film, suspense unfolds in the daily life of Soo-hyun, who becomes a target of crime through second-hand trading. It was released theatrically on August 30, 2023.
Plot
Ordinary office worker Su-hyun buys a washing machine through a second-hand transaction after moving to a new place, only to realize that the machine is broken and she's been scammed. Determined not to let it slide, Su-hyun tracks down the elusive seller and starts leaving comments on all their posts, exposing them as a fraud and disrupting their deals.
From that day on, eerie incidents begin to plague Su-hyun: mysterious phone calls, food deliveries she never ordered, and strange men showing up at her doorstep in the middle of the night. Her personal information has been completely leaked, and unsettling traces of intruders appear throughout her home, gradually dismantling her daily life. As an official investigation gets underway, Su-hyun, accompanied by Detective Joo, visits the seller's home, only to discover a dead body there.
Cast
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Shin Hye-sun as Jang Su-hyun
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Kim Sung-kyun as Joo Cheol-ho
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Im Chul-soo as Director Kim
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Lee Joo-young as Oh Dal-ja
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Keum Sae-rok
Keum Sae-rok (; born September 6, 1992) is a South Korean actress. After appearing in a number of Television advertisement, television commercials and short films, she had her first feature in mainstream films, ''The Silenced'' (2015), and gain ...
as Hye-jin
* Choi Jae-sup as Foreman
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Noh Young-hak
Noh Young-hak (born April 1, 1993) is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child actor, and has since appeared in several Korean drama, television series.
Filmography Film
Television series
Web
Awards and nominations
Reference ...
as college student
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Kang Tae-oh as Na Seung-hyun
Production
Principal photography
Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production.
Personnel
Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...
began in July 2021 and ended in October 2021.
Reception
Box office
, ''Don't Buy the Seller'' has grossed $3 million with a running total of 424,916 tickets sold.
References
External links
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2023 films
2023 crime thriller films
2020s Korean-language films
2020s South Korean films
Plus M Entertainment films
Films directed by Park Hee-gon
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