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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.
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
Ahn Jae-mo
Kang Seong-jin
Park Sang-myeon
Ahn Suk-hwan
Koh In-bae