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| Director: | Kim Se-hwi | ||||||
| Cinematography: | Park Seong-ju Kim Ji-hoon | ||||||
| Editing: | Kim Jung-hoon | ||||||
| Studio: | Engine Film Inc. | ||||||
| Distributor: | Content Zio Inc. Artist Studio Moving Pictures Co. | ||||||
| Runtime: | 103 minutes | ||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||
| Budget: | billion[1] | ||||||
| Gross: | million[2] [3] | ||||||
Following is a 2024 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Kim Se-hwi, starring Byun Yo-han, Shin Hye-sun, and Lee El. The film follows a realtor who habitually sneaks into his clients' homes and becomes obsessed with a deceptive social media influencer. It was released theatrically on May 15, 2024.[4]
Gu Jeong-tae is a real estate agent with a hobby of peeping into other people's lives by entering their homes using keys entrusted to him by customers. He becomes interested in and begins to observe Han So-ra, a social media influencer who posts photos of vegan salads while eating convenience store sausages. One day, Jeong-tae found So-ra lying dead on her sofa when he visited her house. Soon after, someone who knows that he entered So-ra's house starts threatening him. To make matters worse, Oh Young-joo, a homicide detective, starts an investigation with all evidence pointing to Jeong-tae as the criminal. Jeong-tae searches for people around him through So-ra's SNS to find the real culprit.
The film was originally scheduled to be released on September 7, 2022, but the release date was postponed and eventually confirmed to be May 15, 2024.[5] This film marks the reunion of Byun Yo-han and Shin Hye-sun after 7 years since starring in the film A Day. Shin said in an interview that her acting chemistry with Byun matched so well that "there are times when I feel like the wheels are falling into place".[6]
Principal photography began in November 2020 and ended in February 2021.
The film was released on May 15, 2024 on 898 screens.[7] It opened at third place at the South Korean box office with 111,777 admissions and a gross of US$780,733.[8] [9] It rose to second place the next day and placed second overall in its opening week, after .[10] On June 5, the 22nd day of its release, the film exceeded 1 million admissions.[11]
As of July 7, 2024, the film has grossed US$8,527,363 from 1,234,572 admissions, making it the 6th highest grossing film among South Korean films released in 2024.[12]