''Killer Toon'' () is a 2013 South Korean satirical psychological horror thriller film directed by Kim Yong-gyun, and starring

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and

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. The film was successful at the box office, as it was the first South Korean

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to sell more than one million cinema tickets since ''

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'' in 2008.

Plot

A popular horror

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artist Kang Ji-yoon (

) finds life imitating her own work when her publisher turns up dead in a gruesome way, precisely mirrors the images in her latest comic. After a series of murders are connected to her webtoon, a private detective Lee Ki-cheol (

) places Ji-Yoon on the list of suspects.

Cast

as Kang Ji-yoon *

as Lee Ki-cheol *

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as Kim Young-soo *

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as Jo Seo-hyun *

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as Jo Seon-gi *Kim Do-young as Seo Mi-sook *Kim Hae-eun as Detective Yeo *Kim So-yeon as Mi-jin *Oh Yoon-hong as Seon-gi's wife * Lee Do-yeob as coroner * Kim Ji-young as young Seo-hyun *

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as chief detective *

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as young Mi-sook *Lee Yong-nyeo as female doctor Jin-kyung *Seo Jin-won as editor-in-chief *Lee Sang-hoon as internet reporter 1

Release

''Killer Toon'' was released in South Korea on June 27, 2013, and was financially successful on its release. By July 15, 2013, the film grossed (). In comparison, other South Korean horror films from that year, namely ''Doctor'' and ''The Puppet'' made () and () on 68,222 and 31,713 admissions, respectively. The film debuted at second place in the South Korean box office, only being beaten by the Hollywood film ''

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''.

References

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