The Humanist

The Humanist — Plot

Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Euglena and Amoeba, become real friends. Years later, Te-o abandons his overseas education and returns home. He finds Euglena making a living as an artist the hulking Amoeba had suffered a head injury which has arrested his mental development. After drinking, the three friends are stopped by a police officer. The police officer is accidently killed by a garbage dumpster and, even though the Te-o, Euglena, and Amoeba are innocent, the policeman's partner demands that they pay 20 million dollars in return for their freedom. From there is becomes a comedy of kidnapping, corruption, and chaos.

• Release date
• May 12, 2001
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Thriller, Action
• Director
• Lee Mu-yeong

The Humanist — Cast

Ahn Jae-mo Kang Seong-jin Park Sang-myeon

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Park Young-gye Ahn Suk-hwan

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Myeong Soon-mi Koh In-bae

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Park Eun-sook