The Chase (2017 South Korean Film)

The Chase (Korean: 반드시 잡는다; RR: Bandeusi Jabneunda) is a 2017 South Korean thriller film directed by Kim Hong-sun. The film follows an unlikely partnership between a grumpy landlord and a retired detective as they attempt to track down a serial killer terrorizing their neighborhood.

Promotional poster for The Chase — Promotional poster for the 2017 film The Chase.

Plot

The story centers on Sim Duk-soo (Baek Yoon-sik), a landlord who knows every detail of his neighborhood. Decades earlier, a series of murders occurred in the area, a case that the now-retired detective Park Pyung-dal (Sung Dong-il) failed to solve. When a new string of mysterious deaths begins to plague the same neighborhood, the former detective seeks out the landlord's local expertise to help him finally apprehend the killer.

Cast

The film features an ensemble cast of established South Korean actors:

Baek Yoon-sik as Sim Duk-soo
Sung Dong-il as Park Pyung-dal
Bae Jong-ok as Min Young-sook
Cheon Ho-jin as Na Jung-hyuk
Kim Hye-in as Kim Ji-eun

Baek Yoon-sik portrays the landlord Sim Duk-soo.

Sung Dong-il portrays the retired detective Park Pyung-dal.

Production

The film was directed by Kim Hong-sun and written by Yoo Kab-yeol, Lee Chan-young, and Lee Young-jong. It was distributed by Next Entertainment World and released in South Korea on November 29, 2017, with a total runtime of 110 minutes.