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Sin of a Family

Sin of a Family

20115.51h 38m

Overview

Detective Cho is incompetent and always fails to be promoted. His only pleasures in life are spying on neighbors who are having affairs or binge drinking. One day, Cho comes across the corpse of what seems to be a child on a nearby mountain and he decides to investigate the case, thinking that this is his last chance to impress his boss. Cho enlists the help of his partner, Detective Lee, and together the two embark upon an investigation that will test their professional judgement. The more they learn about the case, the more they come to suspect that the poverty-stricken father of the dead child is their killer. But the case goes off course when the two begin to sympathize with him.

Directed by Min Byeong-jin
Written by Min Byeong-jin, Park Hee-kang
Produced by Min Byeong-jin
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Top Cast

Shin Hyun-jun

Shin Hyun-jun

Detective Cho

Wang Hee-ji

Wang Hee-ji

In-soo's wife, Ko Hyeong-sook

Jeon No-min

Jeon No-min

Taxi driver, Jeong In-soo

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Sang-yeon Jo

Jeong Myeong-hwan

Lee Ki-woo

Lee Ki-woo

Detective Lee

Jung Won-joong

Jung Won-joong

Chief Seo

Noh Young-hak

Noh Young-hak

Jo Gyeong-su

Kim So-hyun

Kim So-hyun

Jung Myung-hee

Wang Hee-ji

Wang Hee-ji

Ko Young-suk

About Sin of a Family

Sin of a Family is a crime, thriller film released in 2011. Directed by Min Byeong-jin, it stars Shin Hyun-jun, Wang Hee-ji, Jeon No-min. Detective Cho is incompetent and always fails to be promoted. His only pleasures in life are spying on neighbors who are having affairs or binge drinking. One day, Cho comes across the corpse of what seems to be a child on a nearby mountain and he decides to investigate the case, thinking that this is his last chance to impress his boss. Cho enlists the help of his partner, Detective Lee, and together the two embark upon an investigation that will test their professional judgement. The more they learn about the case, the more they come to suspect that the poverty-stricken father of the dead child is their killer. But the case goes off course when the two begin to sympathize with him.

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