Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island
2015 South Korean film
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Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island (Korean: 조선명탐정: 사라진 놉의 딸; lit. "Joseon Detective: The Disappearance of the Laborer's Daughter") is a 2015 South Korean period action comedy film directed by Kim Sok-yun.[4] It is the sequel to 2011's Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow and is the 8th highest-grossing Korean film of 2015.[5][6]
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| Hangul | 조선명탐정: 사라진 놉의 딸 |
| Hanja | 朝鮮名探偵: 사라진 놉의 딸 |
| RR | Joseon myeongtamjeong: sarajin nobui ttal |
| MR | Chosŏn myŏngt'amjŏng: sarajin nobŭi ttal |
| Directed by | Kim Sok-yun |
| Written by | Lee Nam-kyu Kim Su-jin |
| Produced by | Kim Jho Gwangsoo[1] Lee Sun-mi |
| Starring | Kim Myung-min Oh Dal-su Lee Yeon-hee |
| Cinematography | Jang Nam-cheol |
| Edited by | Im Sun-kyong |
| Music by | Kim Han-jo |
Production company | Generation Blue Films[2] |
| Distributed by | Showbox/Mediaplex[3] |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean Japanese |
| Box office | US$27.8 million |
A sequel, titled Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead, was released on February 8, 2018.[7]
Synopsis
Set in Joseon in the year 1795, nobleman, inventor and master sleuth Kim Min and his sidekick Seo-pil investigate a silver counterfeiting ring, which may be linked to the disappearance of hundreds of girls.
Cast
- Kim Myung-min as Kim Min, "Detective K"[8]
- Oh Dal-su as Han Seo-pil
- Lee Yeon-hee as Hisako[9]
- Jo Kwan-woo as Musician Jo
- Jung Won-joong as Senior colleague
- Lee Chae-eun as Da-hae
- Hwang Chae-won as Do-hae
- Hwang Jeong-min as Sakura
- Woo Hyun as Mr. Bang
- Choi Moo-sung as Boss
- Park Soo-young as Official request man (cameo)
- Kim Won-hae as Sato (cameo)
- Hyun Woo as Vampire (cameo)
Box office
The film was released on February 11, 2015. It topped the box office on its opening weekend, earning ₩7.58 billion (US$6.90 million) from 960,000 admissions over five days.[10][11] By the end of its theatrical run, it recorded 3,872,025 admissions, grossing US$27,870,580, making it the 9th highest grossing film of 2015.[12]