Our Town (2007 film)

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Our Town
Our Town film poster.jpg
Hangul
우리 동네
Revised Romanization Uri dongne
McCune–Reischauer Uri tongne
Directed byJeong Gil-yeong
Written byMo Hong-jin
Jeong Gil-yeong
Produced byMo Hong-jin
Starring Oh Man-seok
Lee Sun-kyun
Ryu Deok-hwan
CinematographyLee Gang-min
Edited byChoi Jae-geun
Eom Jin-hwa
Music byJeong Jae-hwan
Distributed by Cinema Service
CJ Entertainment
Release date
  • November 29, 2007 (2007-11-29)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2,643,251

Our Town is a 2007 South Korean film.

Plot

A neighbourhood is terrorized by a serial killer who kills and hangs his female victims in a uniquely specific way. When struggling crime fiction novelist Kyung-ju kills his landlady, he stages it to resemble the other murders. Realizing that the crime appears to be a copycat, he sets out to find the killer with the help of his detective friend.

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Our Town was released in South Korea on November 29, 2007. [1] It was ranked fourth at the box office on its opening weekend, grossing US$1,135,444, [2] and as of December 23 it had grossed a total of US$2,643,251. [3] The film received a total of 377,591 admissions nationwide. [1]

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