“Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Woman” is a period set film with a different and distinctly modern feel, mixing action, mystery and humour to entertaining effect. Directed by Kim Seok Yoon (“Old Miss Diary”) and based on the popular novel by Kim Tak Hwan, the blockbuster film stars award winning actor Kim Myung Min in the title role, marking a change of pace after the more gruelling “Man of Vendetta” and terminal illness drama “Closer to Heaven”, with support and romantic interest from actress Han Ji Min (from the television series “Cain and Abel”) and comic relief from Oh Dal Su (“Foxy Festival”). Kim plays the titular Detective K, the film opening with him being charged by King Jeonjo with solving a number of unexplained killings in the capital. Although K quickly closes in on the evidence, discovering that the murders were carried out with a long, thing needle of Chinese origin,...
- 11/8/2011
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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