Mystery, Crime, Thriller
The story takes place in occupied Korea at the start of the 20th century, where a young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Being scared of being accused, he decides to hire Hong Jin-ho (a detective) to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him of the murder.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
City Heat
The Pigeon
The Long Goodbye
City of Tiny Lights
The Maltese Falcon
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
Harper
Clyde Cooper
Find the Blackmailer
Hollywood Harry
The Nice Guys
Gumshoe
Downtown
Best Man Dead Man
The Girl with the Golden Chain
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Assignment to Kill
Passport to Treason
Blue Christmas
The Last Case of August T. Harrison
SIMILAR MOVIES
City Heat
IMDB 5.5 | Dec , 1984
Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.The Pigeon
IMDB 0 | Nov , 1969
A private eye is hired to protect a young woman who has a black book on a crime syndicate.The Long Goodbye
IMDB 7.4 | Mar , 1973
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.City of Tiny Lights
IMDB 5.3 | Sep , 2016
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.The Maltese Falcon
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 1941
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
IMDB 6.6 | May , 1982
Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no accident. Her father was a prominent cheese scientist working on a secret recipe. To prove it was murder, she enlists the services of private eye Rigby Reardon. He finds a slip of paper containing a list of people who are 'The Friends and Enemies of Carlotta'.Harper
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1966
Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.Clyde Cooper
IMDB 4.9 | Nov , 2018
A private investigator is hired to track down a missing girl on the run from a mysterious Silicon Valley corporation.Find the Blackmailer
IMDB 6.5 | Nov , 1943
A private eye is hired by a mayoral candidate to prevent any sort of adverse publicity. It seems that, somewhere in town, there's a talking blackbird who insists upon saying that the candidate will commit a murder. When the killing occurs, the candidate is implicated, and the detective is off on a hectic pursuit of the incriminating crow and the actual murderer.Hollywood Harry
IMDB 2.3 | Oct , 1986
Tongue-in-cheek account of a private eye hired to find a young porn actress.The Nice Guys
IMDB 7.1 | May , 2016
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.Gumshoe
IMDB 6.4 | Dec , 1971
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.Downtown
IMDB 5.7 | Aug , 1975
A private eye who's over his head in debt takes on a job snapping photos of his client's rich husband in bed with another woman. But when the husband winds up with three bullet holes that seem to have come from the private eye's own gun, he's got to prove he's not the murderer meanwhile getting tangled deeper in a web of deceit, lies, and steamy night club dancers!Best Man Dead Man
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2024
A bachelor party in the middle of nowhere quickly turns into a night of murder and mystery when the best man ends up with a knife in his head. Everyone is a suspect and only an eccentric private eye in town can solve the mystery.The Girl with the Golden Chain
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2017
A wistful PI reflects on the case of Alice Draper, a young starlet whose death he failed to solve.Black Boots, Leather Whip
IMDB 4.8 | Jan , 1983
Al Pereira is hired by Lina, the wife of a wealthy man, to recover some compromising photos. She has sex with him by way of a retainer. In the course of his investigation, Al is obliged to commit a couple of murders... and he's left holding the bag when Lina turns out not to be what she seems to be.Assignment to Kill
IMDB 6 | May , 1968
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.Passport to Treason
IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1956
After being consulted by a friend concerning a murder case, a private eye learns the friend has become the next victim. Passport to Treason was put together by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman, the same team who’d later collaborate on the UK TV series The Saint. Rod Cameron stars as an American private eye, stationed in London. For the sake of a murdered friend, the detective takes over the dead man’s case, which turns out to have international ramifications. The villains are members of a phony pacifistic society, all of whom harbor plans for taking over the world.Blue Christmas
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
Chicago 1941. Meet private eye Richard Stone, celebrating at his Christmas Even office party after beating the draft by way of a bribe. He's a disappointment to his secretary and main squeeze, Katie Crocket, whose brother Ben is fighting overseas; and his honest young employee joey Ernest is guilt-ridden over all the divorce-racket keyhole peeping. Worst of all, his equally sleazy partner, Jake Marley, was murdered a year ago tonight and Stone didn't bother solving Jake's ho-ho homicide.The Last Case of August T. Harrison
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2016
August T. Harrison, private eye, comes out of retirement to solve a bizarre missing persons case, but finds himself caught in the middle of a dark conspiracy involving the writings of H.P. Lovecraft.