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Director -
Park Chan-wook -
Producer -
Park Chan-wook , Syd Lim -
Screenwriter -
Jeong Seo-kyeong -
Distributor -
Magnolia Pictures , Amazon Studios -
Production Co -
CJ Entertainment , Yong Film , Moho Film -
Genre -
Mystery & Thriller , Drama , Romance -
Original Language -
Korean -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Oct 21, 2016, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Jan 30, 2017 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$2.0M -
Runtime -
2h 24m -
Sound Mix -
Dolby Digital