From a conventional point of view, there are no more than two motives for rape, one is to vent one's lust, and the other is to vent anger. Rape itself is not a sensible act because the consequences are far more severe than rape itself. In "Memories of Murder", the murderer not only raped several women, but also killed them, and the murderer obtained pleasure and satisfaction from it. Therefore, it is inferred that the murderers are two types of people: one is a mental patient, and the other is a rational perverted killer. However, the murderer's methods and the traces of the crime scene show that the murderer had a premeditated plan, and the mentally ill person does not have enough reason and logical thinking ability to construct such an environment, so the murderer may only be venting.
I am not saying this to testify who the murderer is, and of course I have no way of knowing who the murderer is. If Feng Junhao doesn't want you to know, then you will never know, not to mention that the film is based on real events. If the director knows who the murderer is, how can it still be an unsolved case?
I said so much, the original intention is to rule out the above possibilities. The purpose of Feng Junhao's choice of filming when he knows it is an unsolved case is definitely not to expose the murderer, but to tell us a historical background, a kind of living state of people under the social background .
The background of the story takes place during the period of the Korean military government, and there are reasons why the murder occurred during that time period. The policeman played by Song Kangho is dutiful, but pedantic and incompetent. The young police officers from Seoul were capable, but were suppressed. In the police station, prisoners were forced to confess, and extremists on the streets rioted against the government. Just like the free childhood of the children in "Sunny Days", it also reflects the problem of education during the Cultural Revolution from another aspect. Of course, there are no bad results exposed here, but no one likes to follow Wang Shuo is close.
The key to the little girl's words in the last paragraph of "Memories of Murder" is that she said that someone was watching this hole a few days ago. What does it look like? Ordinary, like any Korean face in that period. If you grew up in that environment, that person could be you, after all, it doesn't matter who, but this person will always be there. The point of the film is that the way we don't want to see people like that around is to end those times. Otherwise, he will never disappear, just like our time, he will always be there.
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