Maps of Movies

The Chaser (2008)

Where The Chaser says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

The Mangwon-dong alleys on screen were really shot in other Seoul hillside neighbourhoods, and the station was a different station altogether.

Scenes and places

The first scene at Mangwon Station (2008)

By the film's setting, the story opens at Mangwon Station.

Set in Mangwon Station — The subway station that the director says is the film's first scene by the story's setting. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Mr. Park's house (2008)

Mi-jin follows Joong-ho's orders and gets into the customer's house, but the bathroom has no cell signal and her message never goes out.

Set in Mr. Park's house, Mangwon-dong (exact house not given) — The house Yeong-min uses as his hideout; it belongs to a Mr. Park, who is not there.

The collision and the chase in the hillside alleys (2008)

Yeong-min tries to ditch his victims' car and hits Joong-ho's car. Blood on his shirt and a ringing phone give him away, and Joong-ho runs him down.

Set in Hillside residential streets of Mangwon-dong — The Mapo neighbourhood where the story is set; the wiki-data point is the neighbourhood centre, not a scene location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Bukahyeon-dong, Seodaemun-gu — The director says most of the film was shot in this hillside neighbourhood, the closest he found to what he had imagined; neighbourhood centre only, no street given. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The local police post (2008)

Both men are arrested by a local cop. At the station Joong-ho insists his girls are being sold right now, while Yeong-min calmly says he killed them.

Set in A local police post (location not given) — Where the two men are taken after the street fight.

Yeong-min's old room (2008)

Joong-ho's assistant finds the room Yeong-min once lived in. On its walls Joong-ho finds religious drawings that he will remember.

Set in Yeong-min's former room (location not given) — A room where Yeong-min once lived, with drawings on its walls.

The hospital (2008)

Eun-ji wanders off after a woman who looks like her mother and is hurt. Joong-ho takes her to the hospital himself.

Set in St. Mary's Hospital, Gangnam (film name) — The hospital Joong-ho carries Eun-ji to; the director says St. Mary's is a chain and the film is not literally Gangnam.

Filmed at Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital — The director says the hospital scenes were shot at this hospital; the point is the institution's Wikidata coordinate. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The corner shop (2008)

Badly hurt, Mi-jin escapes the house and hides at a corner shop. The police are told, but the nearest officers are asleep, and Yeong-min comes into the same shop.

Set in A corner shop (location not given) — A small shop near Mr. Park's house where Mi-jin hides.

The neighbourhood church (2008)

Joong-ho follows a lead to the local church. A statue there matches the drawings from Yeong-min's old room, and it points him to Mr. Park's house.

Set in A neighbourhood church (location not given) — The church Mr. Park attended; its statue is the key clue.

Filmed at Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu — Scene not specified Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Eom Joong-ho — A dishonest pimp and former police detective who sets off after the man he thinks has been selling his women.
• Ji Yeong-min — The customer who takes Mi-jin to a house on the hill and claims to have committed nine murders.
• Kim Mi-jin — One of Joong-ho's women, sent to serve a customer while ill; her young daughter is Eun-ji.
• Eun-ji — Mi-jin's daughter, whom Joong-ho takes along while he follows a lead.