I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
악마를 보았다
Hanja
惡魔를 보았다
Revised RomanizationAngmareul boatda
McCune–ReischauerAngmarŭl poatta
Directed byKim Jee-woon
Written byPark Hoon-jung
Produced byKim Hyun-woo
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byMowg
Production
companies
  • Peppermint & Company
  • SoftBank Ventures Korea
  • Finecut
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • August 12, 2010 (2010-08-12)
Running time
144 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$6 million[1]
Box officeUS$12.9 million[2]

I Saw the Devil (Korean: 악마를 보았다) is a 2010 South Korean action-thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Park Hoon-jung. Starring Lee Byung-hun and Choi Min-sik, the film follows NIS agent Kim Soo-hyun (Lee), who embarks on a quest for revenge when his fiancée is brutally murdered by the psychopathic serial killer Jang Kyung-chul (Choi).

I Saw the Devil premiered in the United States at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited U.S. theatrical release.[3] The film received generally favourable reviews from the critics.[4]

I Saw the Devil was Choi Min-sik's first major role since the changes to the Korean screen quota system.[5]

  1. ^ "I Saw the Devil - Screened". Archived from the original on June 26, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  2. ^ I Saw the Devil at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ "Sundance Film Festival 2011 : I Saw the Devil". Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Metacritic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Brown, Todd (May 28, 2010). "I Saw the Devil Teaser Arrives". Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2012.