Stars
SUL Kyung-gu and
KIM Nam-gil are set to team up for the upcoming thriller
A Murderer’s Guide to Memorization. Based on the novel of the same title (published in 2013) from popular author KIM Young-ha, the film will be the fifth feature outing for
WON Shin-yun, director of
The Suspect (2013).
SUL will play an ageing serial killer suffering from Alzheimer’s who hasn’t committed a murder in 25 years as he strives to take care of his daughter, whom he stole from one of his victims. However, fearing for his daughter’s life, he decides to take one last life, that of her boyfriend.
The Pirates star KIM, who will first be seen in yet-to-be-released
The Hymn and
Pandora, will play the suspicious boyfriend while
Seol Hyun (
Gangnam Blues and member of K-pop group AOA) will play the daughter. Meanwhile, veteran star SUL is gearing up for the release of Korean War film
The Long Way Home, in September, and will also be seen in the thriller
Lucid Dream later this year.
Showbox will handle distribution for the title, which will go before cameras later this year.