살인자의 기억법
"Memories can deceive you."
Director: Won Shin-yun
Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Seol-hyun, Oh Dal-su, Hwang Seok-jeong
Memoir of a Murderer — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
If murder is poetry, child care is prose.
Context
Byung-su's narration as he reflects on his past and his life with Eun-hee. Only an English translation was found, not the original Korean.
Meaning
Shows how Byung-su sees murder as art and fatherhood as ordinary daily work, the two halves of his hidden life.
I regrettably can't kill any more. My head is losing the memories. But my hand remembers the habit of killing.
Context
Byung-su's reflection on his illness and his past. English translation.
Meaning
Sums up the film's main idea: identity lives on in the body after memory is gone.
He recognized me just as I recognized him.
Context
After meeting Tae-ju following the car accident. English translation.
Meaning
Sets up the cat-and-mouse game between two killers who can sense each other.
My head is dying.
Context
Byung-su facing how fast his dementia is getting worse. English translation.
Meaning
A stark statement of his mental decline and his growing panic.
Because I am a murderer.
Context
Byung-su explaining how he knows what Tae-ju is. English translation.
Meaning
Byung-su accepts who he is, the one thing he still insists on even as his memory goes.
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