Park Hae-il’s Typical Vibe
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Park Hae-il has 7 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Memories of Murder.
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Rust and Bone
2012
Drama · Romance

The Secret Scripture
2017
Drama · Romance

The Immigrant
2013
Drama · Romance

My Days of Mercy
2018
Romance · Drama

Alaska
2015
Drama · Romance

First Man
2018
History · Drama

Welcome to the Rileys
2010
Drama

A Thousand Times Good Night
2013
Drama

A sadistic serial rapist and murderer of young women terrorizes a small province in 1980s South Korea. To prevent further crimes, three increasingly desperate detectives with conflicting methods race against time to unravel the violent mind of the killer in a futile effort to solve the case.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho · With Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roi-ha

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
Dir. Bong Joon Ho · With Song Kang-ho, Byun Hee-bong, Park Hae-il

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.
Dir. Park Chan-wook · With Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun

After the death of their father, two siblings are raised by their father's best friend. However, when one gets kidnapped just before her wedding, the other rises against the Manchus.
Dir. Kim Han-min · With Park Hae-il, Moon Chae-won, Kim Moo-yul

Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
Dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk · With Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yun-seok, Park Hae-il

A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
Dir. Jung Ji-woo · With Park Hae-il, Kim Moo-yul, Kim Go-eun

as RU-4 / In-myoung (voice) · Voice
In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.
Dir. Yim Pil-sung, Kim Jee-woon · With Ryoo Seung-bum, Go Joon-hee, Park Hae-il
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