Nowhere to Hide (1999 film)

Nowhere to Hide (Korean: 인정사정 볼 것 없다) is a 1999 South Korean action thriller film written and directed by Lee Myung-se.^[1]

Nowhere to Hide
Poster to Nowhere to Hide
Hangul	인정사정 볼 것 없다
Hanja	人情事情 볼 것 없다
RR	Injeongsajeong bol geot eopda
MR	Injŏngsajŏng pol kŏt ŏpta
Directed by	Lee Myung-se
Written by	Lee Myung-se
Starring	Park Joong-hoon Ahn Sung-ki Jang Dong-gun Choi Ji-woo
Release date	July 31, 1999 (1999-07-31)
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

The film is set in Incheon in South Korea. A murder is committed, and the cops search for the killer.

Opening up in monochrome but with occasional flashes of colour, the first action scene is a disorientating strobe-like affair. From there the movie proceeds in color, with many innovative editing techniques, including slow-motion, jump cut, step-printed slow motion, "jump dissolves," still frames, and layering images on top of one another.

Cast

• Park Joong-hoon as Detective Woo Young-min
• Ahn Sung-ki as Chang Seong-min
• Jang Dong-gun as Detective Kim Dong-seok
• Choi Ji-woo as Kim Ju-yeon
• Shim Chul-jong as Detective Joo
• Lee Won-jong as Detective Park
• Do Yong-gu as Detective Jang
• Park Seung-ho as Detective Lee
• Gi Ju-bong as Serious crime squad chief
• Kim Jong-gu as Restaurant owner
• Lee Hye-eun as Detective Woo's younger sister
• Song Young-chang as Drug dealer
• Lee Ho-seong as Eom Hyeon-su
• Kwon Yong-woon as Laundromat owner
• Park Sang-myun as Jjang-goo
• Ahn Jae-mo as Young-bae

Awards

Deauville Asian Film Festival (Festival du film asiatique de Deauville) 2000

• Jury Prize
• Best Photography (Jeong Kwang-Seok and Song Haeng-ki)
• Best Actor (Park Joong-hoon)
• Best Director (Lee Myung-se)

Jang Dong-gun won the best supporting actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for his role as Detective Kim.

Reception

The film was a hit at both the inaugural Asia Pacific Film Festival in Sydney, and the Sundance Film Festival, but its American release was limited, brief, and unsuccessful.