Before Parasite made Bong Joon-ho a household name, he delivered one of the most haunting detective stories of the 21st century. Memories of Murder follows a trio of detectives in 1980s South Korea as they chase a serial killer—and slowly unravel in the process.

In this episode, Nathan digs into how the film blends procedural drama with social critique, why it feels so influential on works like Zodiac and True Detective and why that final scene still lands like a gut punch.

Bleak, brilliant, and unforgettable—this is Bong Joon-ho at his best.

Up next: Werner Herzog’s Grizzly Man—a documentary as mesmerizing as it is unsettling.

Read Nathan's thoughts on ’Memories of Murder’.

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