Tang Wei

Park Hae-il

Lee Jung-hyun

Go Kyung-pyo

Park Yong-woo

Kim Shin-young

Yoo Seung-mok

Jung Yi-seo

Jung Young-sook

Lee Hak-ju

Park Jeong-min

Jeong Ha-dam

Seo Hyun-woo

Teo Yoo

Shin An-jin

Kim Do-yeon

Go Min-si

Cha Seo-won

Joo In-young

Choi Sun-ja

Ahn Jin-sang

Jin Yong-uk

Choi Dae-hoon

Kim Mi-hwa

Kwak Eun-jin

Ahn Seong-bong

Lee Yong-nyeo

Hwang Jae-won

Shon Gwan-ho

Jung Hyuk

Yoon Sung-won

Kim Sung-gon

Moon Soon-ju

Kim Gwi-rye

Han Hyeon-jik

Kim Do-dam

Han Seo-wool

Moon Jung-dae

Yoo In-hye

Kwon Hyuk

Lee Ji-ha

Jun Sung-ae

Kim Gook-jin

Kim Sang-hyun

Cha Sang-do

Kang Gyeong-su

Jeong So-ri

Kim Suk-won

Miky Lee

Kang Ho-sung

Kwak Jung-ae

Song Jong-hee

Shin Sang-yeul

Jung Gun

Park Chan-wook

You Cheong

Park Jun-yong

Noh Nam-seok

Park Dae-hun

Kim Seong-sik

Lee Eun-jin

Lee Gi-seok

Lee Jeon-hyoung

Park Jin-young

Shon Byeong-su

Hwang Hyo-kyun

Kwak Tae-yong

Choi Seul-gi

Hwang Jin-ha

Park Eun-ji

Kim Sang-bum

Choi Ji-hye

Jang Hee-sun

Back Ji-sun

Lee Yoon-ho

Cho Young-wuk

Ryu Yeon

Song Min-seok

Ko Dae-seok

Jung Hoon-hee

Song Chang-sik

Cho Gi-hun

Kevin Houben

Lee Bong-jo

Kim Seung-ok

Lee Si-hun

Lee Ja-hye

Park Gab-jin

Jeon Young-wook

Chung Seo-kyung

Kim Ji-yong

Ryu Seong-hie

Jung Jae-wook

Thriller

Mystery

Romance

헤어질 결심

Moho Film

CJ ENM

South Korea

English

普通话

한국어/조선말

Decision to Leave

secret love

police

widow

detective

mountain

investigation

language barrier

forbidden love

foreign language

love

audio recording

phone

mountain climbing

murder mystery

murder suspect

busan, south korea

south korea

police procedural

Based on the pacing and acting, this should be a top-tier movie, but I found it difficult to watch because of the cruddy subtitles I had.

Manuel São Bento

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"Decision to Leave is far from Park Chan-wook's best works, but it's still an intriguing, layered story about obsession and "forbidden love".

It captures the viewer's full attention during the engaging first part, where the central theme and the respective romance appear to be in sync. However, momentum is lost with the repetitive, lengthy second half in which the same narrative points are approached without the same impact.

Surprising humor provides a good balance, but it strangely ceases to be used after a certain point."

Rating: B-

CinemaSerf

When a man is found at the base of a mountain with his skull crushed, it looks like he slipped, or did he commit suicide, or was he pushed? Well it falls to detectives "Jang Hae-joon" (Park Hae-il) and his young sidekick "Soo-wan" (Go Kyung-Po) to get to the bottom of it. They are suspicious enough, but the only realistic suspect is his younger widow "Song Seo-rae" (Tang Wei) - but she has an alibi. She looks after ageing grannies and they swear that she is the milk of human kindness. Gradually, the older policeman begins to obsess a little about her. He stakes out her apartment at all hours, follows her - and she knows it too. Is she playing with him? Toying with him? Skip forwards a few years and he and his wife are in a market where they encounter "Seo-rae" and her brand new husband - a man on the run from folks he owes a great deal of money to. An embarrassed exchange follows before they leave, only for the officer to discover a few days later that there is a corpse in swimming pool and yep, it is that of her new husband. Is she a serial killer? Is she completely innocent? The inspector is convinced she is behind it, but he cannot prove it and his personal and increasingly destructive fascination with the woman, along with her own considerable skills at deception and manipulation lead us to a denouement that, well, certainly surprises. The acting here is strong, especially the young Tang We; there is some humour and we are also given a few clues, ourselves, as to just what might have happened - and whether or not she might be (or not) the perpetrator - there are red herrings a-plenty here. Jung Young Sook offers quite a charming contribution as the ageing and ostensibly corroborating granny "Hae-dong" too. The plot has loads of twists and turns, and essentially offers us two stories rolled into one. It's quirkily entertaining - and we are never quite sure! I really enjoyed this.

Decision to leave looks great. The way the camera moves, the layout of the scenes and the staging of it all, great. But, its a bit plodding, and I didn't quite understand the character motivations. I partly wonder if im at a loss of understanding the korean/chinese ethno-nationalist relationship, since it seemed to play into it all, but overall I didn't see what was so overwhelming about the Chinese girl that the Korean detective was obsessing over.

Park Chan-wook on Decision to Leave, the Romance Genre, Comedy, and more | NYFF60

Park Chan-wook finds DECISION TO LEAVE in “The Mist” | MUBI Podcast

Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho Q&A | MUBI

Official Clip

Park Chan-wook 박찬욱 on DECISION TO LEAVE's Romantic Interrogation Scenes | TIFF 2022

Decision to Leave( 2022)

The closer you look, the harder you fall.

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Written by badelf on Wed Sep 28 2022

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