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A grim revenge road-thriller threaded with dark humor and tenderness, where a fading mind clings to a lifetime's vow like a red car tearing through the dark, racing the erasure of memory itself.
Remember
Remember

리멤버

"This revenge must be completed."

26 October 2022 South Korea 128 min 7.5 (113)

Director: Lee Il-hyung

Cast: Lee Sung-min, Nam Joo-hyuk, Park Keun-hyong, Jeong Man-sik, Yoon Je-moon

Drama Action Thriller Memory and its loss Historical accountability and revenge Generational transmission Friendship and moral complicity Aging and mortality

Remember — Characters & Cast

Character Analysis

Han Pil-joo

Lee Sung-min

Archetype: Avenger / tragic antihero Key Trait: Fragile on the surface, relentlessly determined inside

Motivation

To avenge the family he lost under Japanese colonial rule before his memory is gone.

Character Arc

He starts as a gentle, forgetful restaurant worker and reveals himself as a determined planner. He confronts his targets while struggling to hold onto his own purpose.

Park In-gyu

Nam Joo-hyuk

Archetype: Reluctant companion / audience surrogate Key Trait: Kind-hearted, naive and easily rattled

Motivation

Friendship and compassion for the old man, mixed with self-preservation.

Character Arc

He begins as a helpful young coworker asked to drive for a week. He is dragged into the crimes and becomes a suspect, but remains loyal to Pil-joo as a person.

Gim Chi-deok

Park Geun-hyung

Archetype: Antagonist figure Key Trait: Veteran presence listed in the cast

Motivation

Not covered in the sources I found.

Character Arc

A role in Pil-joo's past and present. Details are not covered in the sources I found.

Detective Kang

Jeong Man-sik

Archetype: Pursuer Key Trait: Persistent investigator

Motivation

To solve the killings and track down the suspect.

Character Arc

The police closing in on the trail. The sources only list the role and the investigation tightening around the pair.

Cast

Lee Sung-min as Pil-ju
Nam Joo-hyuk as In-gyu
Park Keun-hyong as Kim Chi-deok
Jeong Man-sik as Kang Yeong-sik
Yoon Je-moon as Kim Moo-jin
Song Young-chang as Jung Baek-jin
Moon Chang-gil as Professor Yang
Choi Min-chul as Sergeant Kim
Park Byeong-ho as Tojo Hisashi
Nam Moon-chul as Team Leader
Yang Hyun-min as Choi Jin-man
Park Se-hyun as Han Ok-seon
Kim Hong-pa as Director Seo
Yoon Woo as Young Pil-ju
Yoon Se-woong as Taxi Driver

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