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A detective investigates the disappearance of a woman's corpse from a morgue and tries to uncover the cause of her death.


“After his wife was killed, he began doubting everything”
Someone brutally murders Young-hoon’s wife. A hair sample was found on his wife’s body and the detectives use it to trace it back to his friend Joon-sung and locks him up. Seemingly becoming a murder’s wife overnight, Da-yeon asks Young-hoon to testify on his behalf but when he doesn’t show up for the trial, she goes to visit him at his house.

Song Sae-byuk
Lee Yeong-hoon

Yu Seon
Jeong Da-yeon

Jang Hyuk-jin
Park Sang-min

Oh Min-suk
Kim Joon-seong

Han Soo-yeon
Im Yoo-jeong

Jung Hae-kyun
Detective Jo Sang-pil

Lee Soi
High School student - bit part

Woo Mi-hwa
Da-yeon's sister
The Culprit is a thriller, mystery, crime film released in 2019. Directed by Koh Jung-wook, it stars Song Sae-byuk, Yu Seon, Jang Hyuk-jin. Someone brutally murders Young-hoon’s wife. A hair sample was found on his wife’s body and the detectives use it to trace it back to his friend Joon-sung and locks him up. Seemingly becoming a murder’s wife overnight, Da-yeon asks Young-hoon to testify on his behalf but when he doesn’t show up for the trial, she goes to visit him at his house.
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