July 32nd (2010)

July 32nd 2010 / 7 월 32 2010 / 7wol 32il

The film kicks off in 1987 with a killer called Man Su taking his 5 year old daughter Rosie out on a job with him, who he is forced to leave with a prostitute in the red light district after being surprised by the police. During the ensuing struggle, he stabs a detective called Jang in the leg, disabling him. His own life ruined, the bitter Jang decides to take revenge, waiting until Man Su is behind bars and then kidnapping Rosie and selling her to a brothel on a remote island. The drama skips forward some years to find Rosie, now grown up and still working as a prostitute on the island to pay off Jang’s ever increasing debts, hating her father and swearing that she will kill him if they ever meet. - JAMES MUDGE