Lee Si-age and Ahn Nae-sang star in South Korean executive Kim Ha-ra's introduction spine chiller about a man who stirs with bleeding hands, a dead spouse and no memory.
Joining the jam-packed rundown of motion pictures about spouses blamed for killing their wives, from The Fugitive to Gone Girl, is an in vogue South Korean spine chiller titled with basic, reserved cool, Killed My Wife (Anaereul Jukyessda). However, did he truly? Indeed, even the saint can't recall. First-time chief Kim Ha-ra makes a smooth change from helming ads to making kind characters who have a socially sensible ring, regardless of the stereotyped conditions in which they get themselves and in spite of the story beginning in a webcomic by Hee Na-ri. The pic's bow in the Tokyo International Film Festival's Asian Future area should allow it to discover spectators on the fest circuit and get Kim ready for action behind the camera.
The film opens on a man and a lady ensnared in a dim room, where it's difficult to make out anything before he cuts her. The following morning, Chae Jung-ho (Lee Si-age) awakens with a beast headache and somebody striking into the entryway. He's shocked to see a cop, Lt. Choi (Ahn Nae-sang, natural from Lee Chang-dong's Oasis and Poetry), who has come to address him. Choi proclaims that Jung-ho's significant other is dead yet consoles him that he's simply halted by in light of the fact that it's police technique to converse with relatives. As it occurs, Jung-ho and his significant other are isolated and the cop seems to have no doubt that he's the killer — until he sees all the blood on his hands and garments.
Those red stains come as an astonishment to Jung-ho, as well. He doesn't recollect a thing about the earlier night or how the blood arrived. Played by prominent TV entertainer Lee as a powerless willed and not excessively brilliant person who's snared on liquor and space machines, Jung-ho goes around in an excruciating trance for the greater part of the film attempting to fill in the spaces in his memory. Subsequent to escaping Lt. Choi's grasp, he transforms into the exemplary criminal, remaining only a couple of steps in front of the law and a jail cell while he scans for reality.
Pursued down the road by a beating music track, Jung-ho finds his closest companion and learns they had a late night together savoring a bar. A pretty barmaid gives him more insights regarding how he got into a battle to shield her. Gradually, he draws nearer to discovering who slaughtered his significant other, whom he had would have liked to get back together with once he fixed his money related issues.
Taking Killed My Wife's plot up an indent from unadulterated sort admission is its genuine subtext of monetary need in Korean culture. "The economy is terrible," murmurs one character. Indeed, even the blustery Lt. Choi, whose shaggy silver hair and expert methodology make him more agreeable and reliable than the nippy Jung-ho, takes a unique enthusiasm for a bag brimming with cash that all of a sudden turns up, which could unravel his own budgetary emergency.
Jung-ho is sharply persuaded that "affection needs cash," a thought he uses to legitimize his discouraging betting propensity. Cash, he accepts, is the explanation his significant other (the delicate Wang Ji-hye) tossed him out of the house. At the point when Jung-ho lost his cushy employment, he didn't have the fearlessness to reveal to her he had been terminated and was searching for fill in as day worker. Little did he think about what work she had to discover to endure, and in any event, when he finds out, it doesn't appear to make a big deal about an impression.
Just a lot of hoodlums maintaining a betting and back rub business are rounding it up. Our legend has obtained cash from the insidious Mrs. Kim (Seo Ji-youthful), a jeering manager woman who takes steps to remove his hand Kim Ki-duk style on the off chance that he doesn't pay up. Her twisted bragging appears to be more at home in a funny cartoon than a film, yet the harsh last uncover about her — once more, satisfyingly reasonable — comes like an unforeseen affront of sort shows.
Generation organization: Dante Media La
Cast: Lee Si-age, Wang Ji-hye, Ahn Nae-sang, Seo Ji-youthful, Kim Ki-doo, Lee Sung-charm, Kim Hong-pyo
Chief screenwriter: Kim Ha-ra, in view of a webcomic by Hee Na-ri
Maker: Kim Kyung-ah
Official makers: Kim Sung-soo, Choi Myung-gil, Kim Ha-ra
Chief of photography: Oh Seong-min
Generation planner: Kwon Min-hee
Scene: Tokyo International Film Festival (Asian Future)
World deals: Studio Bonanza
109 minutes
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