Memories of Murder

Summary: In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.

Release Date: May 02, 2003

Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Bong Joon Ho

Writers: Bong Joon Ho

, Kwang-rim Kim

, Sung-bo Shim

Runtime: 2 h 12 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Sidus, CJ Entertainment, Muhan Investment

Distributor: Neon, Palm Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Vivendi Entertainment

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

Movie budget: $ 2,800,000

Domestic: $ 15,357

International: $ 1,194,799

Box office:

Budget:$2.8MDomestic:$15.4KInternational:$1.2MWorldwide:$1.2M

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28% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

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Race	Asian	White	Total	Visuals	Info
Kairos	10		10		A third party facial recognition software company we used to maintain objectivity. Upload images to the facial recognition demo page to check the veracity of our data set. Or use their API and do a bulk peer review if you'd like. Source: https://www.kairos.com/demos
Forebears	6	1	7
Familysearch		1	1
Total	16	2	18
Cast Percentages	88.89%	11.11%	100%	{"name":"Cast Percentages","series":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}
U.S. Population (2000) Percentage	4.23%	69.1%		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":69.1,"color":"#2b908f"},{"name":"Arab","y":0.42,"color":"#DF5353"},{"name":"Asian","y":4.23,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"Black","y":12.3,"color":"#f45b5b"},{"name":"Indian","y":0.6,"color":"#7798BF"},{"name":"Indigenous","y":0.9,"color":"#aaeeee"},{"name":"Latino","y":12.5,"color":"#eeaaee"},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":3.96,"color":"#55BF3B"},{"name":"Jewish","y":1.85,"color":"#ff0066"}],"prefix":""}	Source: US Census (Note: Racial and ethnic categories overlap so the sum will not equal 100%.)
U.S. Population (2000) Representation	+84.66	-57.99		{"name":"U.S. Population (2000)","series":[["Asian",4.23],["White",69.1]],"cast":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Percentage	3.5%	81.25%		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[{"name":"White","y":6413300000000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":276400000000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":609100000000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":40300000000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":494000000000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":60300000000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: Selig Center, University of Georgia
U.S. Buying Power (2000) Representation	+85.39	-70.14		{"name":"U.S. Buying Power (2000)","series":[["Asian",3.5],["White",81.25]],"cast":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Percentage	5.15%	75.87%		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[{"name":"White","y":12486078801224,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":0,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":847855718239,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":1496325714538,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":0,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":116686974923,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":1015377765500,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":495075686082,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":0,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	Source: IPUMS-CPS, University of Minnesota
U.S. Average Individual Income (2018) Representation	+83.74	-64.76		{"name":"U.S. Average Individual Income (2018)","series":[["Asian",5.15],["White",75.87]],"cast":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World population (2003) Percentage	33.78%	16.05%		{"name":"World population (2003) ","series":[{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":11792445272,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":36184901805,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":8653311690,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"White","y":101546768357,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":74500680560,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":213749896245,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":49305860484,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":134871537680,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":2142320930,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":""}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World population (2003) Representation	+55.11	-4.94		{"name":"World population (2003) ","series":[["Asian",33.78],["White",16.05]],"cast":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
World Buying Power Percentage	29.46%	36.48%		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[{"name":"White","y":3010602822170000,"color":"#2b908f","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Latino","y":771525888400000,"color":"#eeaaee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Jewish","y":91700962050000,"color":"#ff0066","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Black","y":526264226360000,"color":"#f45b5b","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indigenous","y":174285727610000,"color":"#aaeeee","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Mixed \/ Other","y":148984454560000,"color":"#55BF3B","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Arab","y":526400066100000,"color":"#DF5353","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Asian","y":2431392083750000,"color":"#90ee7e","sliced":true,"selected":true},{"name":"Indian","y":572687873900000,"color":"#7798BF","sliced":true,"selected":true}],"prefix":"$"}	NOTE: ZR is the first organization to ever create a global buying power divided by race. Essentially we just took data from CIA.gov FactBook, UN Population Estimates, and The World Bank's Population Estimates / Purchasing Power Parity Per Capita.
World Buying Power Representation	+59.43	-25.37		{"name":"World Buying Power","series":[["Asian",29.46],["White",36.48]],"cast":[{"name":"Asian","y":88.89,"color":"#90ee7e"},{"name":"White","y":11.11,"color":"#2b908f"}]}
Notes	The US Census considers Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Indian, and Bangladeshi as Asians. At ZR we group Pakistanis with the Arab world. And we group Sri Lankan and Bangladeshi with India because 1.) they are all genetically similar as "South Asians and 2.) there are only a handful of actors from those regions in our database. However, you are viewing the "Asian Alone" category from the US Census when comparing it with Domestic representation. Also note that the 2000 and 2010 estimates include MultiRacial Asians not just "Asian Alone" estimates, and in some categories they include Native Hawaiians as "Asian." So there is a margin of error less than 1% and some inconsistencies with the grouping.

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