The Case of Itaewon Homicide

Sep 10, 2009

1h 40m

★ 6.3

Overview

On the night of April 8, 1997, an innocent college student was brutally murdered in a burger shop washroom for no apparent reason. 2 Korean-American teenagers are brought for questioning and are charged with murder and possession of lethal weapon and withholding evidence. Neither is remorseful for their heinous crimes and blames each other for the killing.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

Production Companies

Sponge

Showbox

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Cast

Prosecutor Park

Jung Jin-young

Pearson

Jang Keun-suk

Alex

Shin Seung-hwan

Attorney Kim

Oh Kwang-rok

Alex's father

Ko Chang-seok

1st Trial Judge

Kim Joong-ki

Prosecutor Director

Song Young-chang

Jo Joong-pil

Song Joong-ki

Joong-pil's father

Choi Il-hwa

Legal assistant

Lee Eung-jae

Joong-pil's sister

Jung Woon-sun

Joong-pil's brother-in-law

Joung Young-sub

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