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Don't Buy the Seller

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Don't Buy the Seller
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
타겟
Literal meaningTarget
Revised RomanizationTages
Directed byPark Hee-gon
Screenplay byPark Hee-gon
Kim Dong-hoo
Starring
CinematographyBaek Yoon-seok
Lee Seon-yong
Edited byHan Eon-jae
Han Young-gyu
Music byJang Young-gyu
Production
company
Fiona Films
Distributed byMegabox Plus M
Release date
  • August 30, 2023 (2023-08-30)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$3 million[1]

Don't Buy the Seller (Korean타겟; RRTages; lit. Target) is a 2023 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Park Hee-gon, starring Shin Hye-sun and Kim Sung-kyun. In the film, suspense unfolds in the daily life of Soo-hyun, who becomes a target of crime through second-hand trading. It was released on August 30, 2023.[2]

Synopsis

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Soo-hyun (Shin Hye-sun), an ordinary office worker, buys a second-hand washing machine after moving, but finds out that she was scammed after receiving a broken washing machine. She succeeded in finding the hidden seller and leaves a comment calling him a fraud on each of his posts, disrupting the transaction. From that day on, a series of creepy things happen to Soo-hyun, including an unknown phone call, delivery of food she never ordered, and mysterious men visiting her in the middle of the night. All personal information is leaked, and as unfamiliar traces are discovered throughout the house, her daily life gradually begins to be destroyed.

Cast

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  • Shin Hye-sun as Jang Soo-hyun, team leader at an interior design company. She become the target of a second-hand transaction crime.
  • Kim Sung-kyun as Joo Cheol-ho, detective from the cyber investigation team at the Seoul Northern Police Station. He investigates second-hand crime cases until the end.
  • Im Chul-soo as Director Kim, director of the interior design company.
  • Lee Joo-young as Oh Dal-ja, employee of the interior design company. She is older than Soo-hyun and is her co-worker, and in the past, her best friend and older sister who lived together as her roommate and shared her daily life.
  • Keum Sae-rok as Hye-jin, a person who was involved in a similar incident to Soo-hyun in the past.
  • Choi Jae-sup as Foreman
  • Noh Young-hak as College student, a victim of the second-hand trade crime and the first man to be killed by it.

Special appearance

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  • Kang Tae-oh as Na Seung-hyun, detective from the cyber investigation team at the Seoul Northern Police Station. Joo Cheol-ho's junior.

Production

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Principal photography began in July 2021 and ended in October 2021.

Reception

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Box office

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As of January 24, 2024, Don't Buy the Seller has grossed $3 million with a running total of 424,916 tickets sold.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Target". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ Lee Mi-ji (July 19, 2023). "신혜선표 스릴러 '타겟' 8월30일 개봉확정..런칭포스터 공개(공식)" [Shin Hye-seon-pyo thriller 'Target' confirmed to be released on August 30... Launching poster released (official)] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Retrieved July 19, 2023 – via Naver.
  3. ^ "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Yearly". KOFIC. Retrieved January 24, 2024.
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