Tunnel Korean movie (based on one of the three major unsolved cases in South Korea)
From 1986 to 1991, 10 women were murdered in a gang in Taian Town, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. The murderer was never apprehended, and it eventually became an unsolved serial murder. case.
The above is the famous Hwaseong serial murder case in South Korea, which is known as one of the three unsolved unsolved cases in Korean history.
Perhaps in order to capture the public’s curiosity, this case has appeared in many film and television works. Some of them directly use cases as reference prototypes, and some make subtle insinuations.
Among them, the most famous one is probably the movie "Memories of Murder" that was put on the screen in 2003. "Memories of Murder" was once ranked first in the list of the 100 best Korean movies by "Movie Watch" magazine.
The case was also filmed into a TV series - "Cape Tongyi" broadcast in 2014. "Cape Tongyi" was the nickname of the suspect at the time.
Today, Xiao Chu tells everyone about a TV series that is also related to the case. It was released in 2017——
"Tunnel"
If "Memories of Murder" and "Cape Boy" are realistic, then "Tunnel" is "abstract", but this "abstraction" is not abstract from each other. The reason why it is said to be so is its subject matter.
Some people say that "Tunnel" is a collection of "Signal", "Memories of Murder" and "Cape Boy".
Well, everyone who has watched Korean dramas knows that "Signal" is a crime drama about black holes and time and space, with a science fiction flavor.
The same is true for "The Tunnel", which is a time-travel science fiction crime drama about traveling through 30 years of time and space.
The protagonist of "The Tunnel" is Park Kwang-ho, a police officer from the crime squad who lived in 1986. He is the protagonist who travels through time and space.
Yes, he is Lee Min Ho’s domineering brother in the Mary Sue drama "The Heirs"...
Why did Kwang Ho travel through time? This has to be said about a tunnel, which is why the play is named "Tunnel".
In the process of catching the murderer, Guanghao chased the murderer into a tunnel, but he was accidentally hit on the head by the murderer.
When he walked out of the tunnel, he inexplicably arrived in 2016.
Of course, this is only the superficial reason why Guanghao traveled through time and space. Let’s talk about the deeper reason next.
In order to reduce procrastination, the screenwriter gave a very simple setting to the people around Guanghao. The people who appeared around him were either colleagues or criminals, as well as his only family member-his wife Yeon-sook.
In order to get to the theme and plot settings as quickly as possible, Kwang Ho went on a blind date, dated and got married to his wife Yeon Sook in the first episode. The speed was staggering.
In the process of getting married with Yan Shu, Guang Hao encountered a series of cases in which women were murdered.
After forensic investigation, the methods of death of these women were almost the same. They were all strangled to death. The women struggled fiercely before they died, but they could not escape because their hands were tied by the murderer.
Another thing worth noting is that each victim has some black dots similar to tattoos on their feet. The number of black dots increases as the number of cases occurs.
Before Guanghao traveled through time, five cases occurred in one city in the Huacheng area under his jurisdiction.
However, what is strange is that the victim in the fifth case was marked with six black dots on his feet.
So, is there a fifth victim that has yet to be discovered?
Among these successive cases, the one that touched Guanghao the most was the case of a woman named "Seo Hee-soo".
Shortly after arriving at the scene of the case, it was Guanghao who personally walked downstairs to a nearby residential building and told his husband, who was holding his child and waiting for Seo Hee-soo, the news that his wife had been killed.
Due to limitations in investigative experience, these cases have not been merged for investigation. Because of the murderer's cunning, there was no breakthrough in the investigation.
Xu Xixiu’s husband holds his child at the police station every day, waiting for the progress of the case, hoping that the police will catch the murderer as soon as possible, but he returns disappointed every day.
One day, Guanghao went to Shujeongri Dam to investigate and found a high school student who behaved strangely.
Neighbors speculated that the high school student might have taken away all the dogs in the village and killed them.
In order not to let go of any clues, Guanghao went to the male high school student's home to investigate, and found a pile of dog corpses buried in the lawn next to the male high school student's home.
As a result, the male high school student was taken to the police station for interrogation. However, Guang Hao didn't ask anything, but the male high school student said a bunch of stupid things, which made Guang Hao very angry.
In the end, due to sufficient alibi, the male high school student was released on bail on the spot.
Guanghao refused to give up, so he went to the scene of Xu Xixiu's crime to look for clues. He found a person coming out of the tunnel making some weird movements, which looked like he was strangling a person.
He is the murderer! Guanghao ran to catch him.
As a result, as Xiao Chu wrote above, Guang Hao came to 2016 through the tunnel, which is 30 years later.
Inexplicably, 30 years later, the screenwriter did not exaggerate too much about Kwang Ho's surprise at the future world, but only highlighted the difference between Kwang Ho and the current world in a series of subsequent case-solving processes.
The focus of the entire drama has always been on arresting people and solving crimes, and the screenwriter chose to brush aside anything other than it. This method will not make the audience feel very abrupt, but will make people feel that the pace is fast and exciting.
As for how Guanghao solved his identity problem in 2016, it has to be a perfect coincidence.
After passing through the tunnel, Guanghao returned to the original location of the police station 30 years ago based on his feelings. It turned out that a new police station was also built there.
It happened that the crime team of this police station was about to transfer a policeman also named Guang Hao, and his colleagues in the crime team thought he was the newly transferred officer Guang Hao.
Because the real owner Guanghao did not come to report, by some mistake, Guanghao borrowed his identity as the real owner to stay in 2016, including his job and address.
Since you can come to 2016 from the tunnel, maybe you can also go back to 1986 from 2016? So Guanghao returned to the outside of the tunnel. Even if he broke his leg, he did not go back to the past.
What opportunities might there be? Guanghao guessed. This is indeed true, we will talk about this later.
During the period when Guanghao borrowed the identity of the original owner, two cases also occurred in the crime squad.
Guang Hao discovered that the criminal methods of these two cases were very similar to the criminal methods of many women's murder cases he was responsible for 30 years ago.
In addition, he gradually discovered that the current captain of the crime team was his colleague in the crime team in 30 years ago, and the colleague he now disliked was Xu Xixiu's son, the male high school student back then. He also became a suspect in two murder cases...
After special investigation, he also discovered that his wife Yanshu gave birth to a daughter for him, but Yanshu had given birth to a daughter for more than 20 years. He died in a car accident not long ago, and his daughter is now missing...
All these things gradually formed an outline in Guanghao's mind. Perhaps, he appeared in 2016 The reason was to capture the murderer of the serial woman who was murdered 30 years ago? In this way can he change the fate of his wife and daughter?
And the fact is, this is exactly the case. This is the underlying reason why Guanghao traveled through 30 years of time and space.
If "The Tunnel" was just about Kwang Ho finding the murderer and going back 30 years ago as the entire content of the show, it would be too monotonous and easily boring to the audience.
But in fact, in addition to tightly grasping this main line, the screenwriter also added many side lines, that is, many small cases.
But how to tell other stories while keeping the main line? The screenwriter makes the suspect or victim in each case have a certain relationship with the main plot.
For example, a case of mutilation of a woman’s body occurred in a certain place. Five small black dots were found on the feet of the mutilated body.
In this way, no matter what happens, we are looking for clues, witnesses and solving the serial murder of women 30 years ago. This not only makes the plot more exciting, but also fully arouses the interest of the audience. , the screenwriter is really brilliant.
Regarding the matter of "who is the murderer?", "Tunnel" did not follow the usual method of showing up at the last moment, but broke the rules. The plot surfaced almost halfway, but this is just The audience knows it, but Kwang Ho and the other police officers don’t.
This creates an interesting phenomenon. The audience is anxious when they don’t know the murderer, and they are also anxious after knowing the murderer. From his own situation, Xiao Chu believes that this may be the reason why a drama can be successful. It interacts with the audience invisibly. Because its plot is suspenseful and engaging enough to catch the audience's attention.
Because of the problem of too many episodes, Xiao Chu will not expand too much. If you like time travel and crime themes, you shouldn’t miss “The Tunnel”!
The main writer of this article | Chu Chu