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Forgotten (2017)
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Original name: 기억의 밤
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. He suffers from a slight schizophrenia but he carries an ordinary life under the warm care of the family. His older brother Yu-seok is a decent college student, a mentor, and role model for Jin-seok. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped by unidentified assailants before Jin-seok’s eye. Jin-seok can’t recognize their faces, but can remember only the VIN that matches with no car. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home, but remembers nothing which had happened in the meantime. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total stranger…
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, mind twisting, tense, twisted, psychological horror, exciting, mind blowing ...
Plot:
plot twist, revenge, memory loss, delusion, brother brother relationship, home invasion, twists and turns, new house, uncover truth, hypnosis, deception, chase, police, student, hospital, childhood memory, crime scene, asian, danger, suicide, husband wife relationship, following someone, double murder, whodunit, serial killer ...
Place:
south korea, korea
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