If you search for "Memories Of Murder -2003- -720p- -BluRay- -YTS-...", you’re looking for a specific balance: file size vs. quality.
Verdict: For a re-watch, a car laptop, or a budget media server, this is the ideal version.
Yes, but only under limited conditions:
✅ Use this YTS 720p if:
❌ Avoid it if:
Set in rural Hwaseong, South Korea, between 1986 and 1991, the film follows two detectives — the intuitive but brutal Park Doo-man (Song Kang-ho) and the methodical, Seoul-based Detective Seo Tae-yoon (Kim Sang-kyung) — as they hunt a serial killer preying on young women. Based loosely on Korea’s first confirmed serial killer case (the Hwaseong murders, only solved in 2019), the film ends without a definitive capture — a choice that haunts the narrative.
Seen this film? Does the YTS 720p release do justice to Bong Joon-ho’s framing? Or is this a film that needs a 4K Criterion remux? Comment below. Memories Of Murder -2003- -720p- -BluRay- -YTS-...
First time watching? Turn off the lights. Put your phone away. And remember: The killer is not the mystery. The mystery is the time we lost looking for him.
The 2021 Criterion BluRay is a reference disc. Even the standard 1080p BluRay (bitrate ~35 Mbps) is 20x more detailed than a YTS 720p file (bitrate ~1.5 Mbps). If you search for "Memories Of Murder -2003-
Format: 4K digital restoration (approved by Bong Joon-ho and Kim Hyung-koo) Audio: Uncompressed Korean DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Extras: Over 2 hours of supplements, including a commentary by Bong Joon-ho, a documentary on the real serial killer, and a new interview with Song Kang-ho. Where to stream: The Criterion Channel (subscription) or buy the BluRay (1080p) / 4K UHD.