''The Neighbor'' (; also known as ''My Neighbor'') is a 2012

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n suspense thriller starring

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in the lead role. Residents of a mansion live in fear when a young girl is murdered. They suspect their neighbor for the crime, and a battle erupts to protect the next victim. Some residents of a small apartment building start to suspect that one of their neighbors may be a killer responsible for the murder of a residing family's daughter and takes it upon themselves to investigate. Meanwhile, a young girl that resembles the murdered girl slowly becomes the next target of the perpetrator. Based on

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's eponymous

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, the film sold over 2.43 million tickets, becoming the highest grossing film among the movie adaptations of Kang Full’s works.

Plot

What would you do if you found out someone living in your building is a serial killer? A man, whose identity is known, kills his own neighbors ― including a middle-school girl ― living in his building, and continues to stay there even after committing the grisly murders. All the neighbors in the film are reluctant to act due to self-interest. One character does not want the property price to fall after a scandal. Another wants to avoid attention from the police, as he has just five months left before his

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runs out. Some simply do not want to meddle without evidence, clinging to their daily routines. Meanwhile, the criminal continues to kill.

Cast

- Song Kyung-hee, stepmother of dead girl *

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- Won Yeo-seon (first victim) / Yoo Soo-yeon * Chun Ho-jin - Pyo Jong-rok *

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- Ha Tae-seon *

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- Kim Sang-young *

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- Ahn Hyuk-mo, ex-con and loan shark *

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- Ryu Seung-hyuk, crew man of fishing vessel *

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- Ahn Sang-yoon *

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- Kim Jong-guk, ghost *

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- Kim Hong-jung, Ahn Hyuk-mo's uncle *Kim Ki-cheon - Hwang Jae-yeon, security guard 1 *Cha Hyeon-woo - Detective Lee *Kwak Min-seok - Ahn Dong-joo, pizza store owner *Cha Kwang-soo - Won Jung-man, Won Yeo-seon's father

Awards and nominations

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Grand Bell Awards *Best New Actor -

2012

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*Best New Actor -

Blue Dragon Film Awards *Nomination - Best New Director - Kim Hwi *Nomination - Best Supporting Actor -

*Nomination - Best Supporting Actress -

2012 Busan Film Critics Awards *Best New Actor -

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Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...

*Best Supporting Actor -

*Nomination - Best New Director - Kim Hwi

Buil Film Awards The Buil Film Awards () is a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the ''Busan Ilbo'' newspaper. It began in 1958 as one of the earliest film awards in the country. During the 1950s and 1960s, it was the biggest film awards event in the B ...

*Nomination - Best Supporting Actor -

References

External links

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''The Neighbor'' original webtoon
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Plot

Cast

Awards and nominations

See also

References

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