The Humanist

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The Humanist (2001)

Directed by Lee Mu-yeong

Thriller, Action · 1h 35m

Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Euglena and Amoeba, become real friends. Years later, Te-o abandons his overseas education and returns home. He finds Euglena making a living as an artist the hulking Amoeba had suffered a head injury which has arrested his mental development. After drinking, the three friends are stopped by a police officer. The police officer is accidently killed by a garbage dumpster and, even though the Te-o, Euglena, and Amoeba are innocent, the policeman's partner demands that they pay 20 million dollars in return for their freedom. From there is becomes a comedy of kidnapping, corruption, and chaos.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Lee Mu-yeong
Writer
Park Chan-wook, Lee Mu-yeong
Director of Photography
Byun Hee-sung
Original Music Composer
Lee Mu-yeong
Producer
Syd Lim

Details

Original title
휴머니스트
Release date
2001-05-12
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Thriller, Action
Original language
KO
Spoken languages
Korean
Countries
South Korea