Private Eye

Feb 16, 2009

1h 51m

★ 6.3

Missing Bodies, Five Clues.

Overview

The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.

Genres

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

Stone Comics Entertainment

Private Eye Trailers

Cast

Hong Jin-ho

Hwang Jung-min

Jang Gwang-soo

Ryu Deok-hwan

Soon-deok

Uhm Ji-won

Oh Yeong-dal

Oh Dal-su

Uk-kwan

Yoon Je-moon

Ok-yi

Joo Ah-reum

Byeol-eeh

Kim Hyang-gi

Yoshioka Minchi

Kim Eung-soo

Min Chi-sung

Song Jae-ho

Min Soo-hyun

Oh Tae-kyung

General Murata

Uhm Hyo-seop

Dal-soo

Kim Ki-cheon

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