The Humanist

The Humanist

2001
1h 35m
6.0

6.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Euglena and Amoeba, become real friends. Years later, Te-o abandons his overseas education and returns home. He finds Euglena making a living as an artist the hulking Amoeba had suffered a head injury which has arrested his mental development. After drinking, the three friends are stopped by a police officer. The police officer is accidently killed by a garbage dumpster and, even though the Te-o, Euglena, and Amoeba are innocent, the policeman's partner demands that they pay 20 million dollars in return for their freedom. From there is becomes a comedy of kidnapping, corruption, and chaos.

Status: Released

Language: KO

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Production Information

Production Countries
South Korea
Spoken Languages
Korean

Quick Facts

Original Title 휴머니스트
Release Date May 12, 2001
Status Released
Language KO
IMDb ID tt0293266

Cast

Ahn Jae-mo
Ahn Jae-mo

Kang Seong-jin
Kang Seong-jin

Park Sang-myeon
Park Sang-myeon

Park Young-gye
Park Young-gye

Ahn Suk-hwan
Ahn Suk-hwan

Myeong Soon-mi
Myeong Soon-mi

Koh In-bae
Koh In-bae

Park Eun-sook
Park Eun-sook

Lee Gyeong-seon
Lee Gyeong-seon

Key Crew

Lee Mu-yeong
Director
Park Chan-wook
Writer
Lee Mu-yeong
Writer
Syd Lim
Producer