Nowhere to Hide (1999 film)

Nowhere to Hide is a 1999 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Myung-se.

Synopsis
The film is set in Incheon in South Korea. A murder is committed, and the cops search for the killer.

Opening up in monochrome but with occasional flashes of colour, the first action scene is a disorientating strobe-like affair. From there the movie proceeds in color, with many innovative editing techniques, including slow-motion, jump cut, step-printed slow motion, "jump dissolves," still frames, and layering images on top of one another.

Cast

 * Park Joong-hoon as Detective Woo Deon-suk
 * Ahn Sung-ki as Chang Seong-min
 * Choi Ji-woo as Kim Ju-yeon
 * Jang Dong-gun as Detective Kim Dong-seok
 * Shim Chul-jong as Detective Joo
 * Lee Won-jong as Detective Park
 * Do Yong-gu as Detective Jang
 * Park Seung-ho as Detective Lee
 * Gi Ju-bong as Serious crime squad chief
 * Kim Jong-gu as Restaurant owner
 * Lee Hye-eun as Detective Woo's younger sister
 * Song Young-chang as Drug dealer
 * Lee Ho-seong as Eom Hyeon-su
 * Kwon Yong-woon as Laundromat owner
 * Park Sang-myun as Jjang-goo
 * Ahn Jae-mo as Young-bae

Awards
Deauville Asian Film Festival (Festival du film asiatique de Deauville) 2000


 * Jury Prize
 * Best Photography (Jeong Kwang-Seok and Song Haeng-ki)
 * Best Actor (Park Joong-hoon)
 * Best Director (Lee Myung-se)

Jang Dong-gun won the best supporting actor at the Blue Dragon Film Awards for his role as Detective Kim.

Reception
The film was a hit at both the inaugural Asia Pacific Film Festival in Sydney, and the Sundance Film Festival, but its American release was limited, brief, and unsuccessful.