Kill Boksoon 길복순 Gilbogsun
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Digital release poster
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Country
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South Korea
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Directed by
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Byun Sung-hyun
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Release Date
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2023
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Language
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Korean Japanese
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Studio
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See At Films Seed Films
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Distributor
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Netflix (worldwide, VOD)
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Main Cast
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Character
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Actor
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Gil Bok-soon
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Jeon Do-yeon
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Cha Min-kyu
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Sol Kyung-gu
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Gil Jae-yeong
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Kim Si-a
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Cha Min-hee
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Esom
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Han Hee-seong
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Koo Kyo-hwan
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Kill Boksoon (Korean title: 길복순, Gilbogsun) is a 2023 Korean action crime drama film. The film stars Jeon Do-yeon as Gil "Kill Boksoon" Bok-soon, a widely-renowned hitman and single mother struggling to balance her relationship with her job and her teenage daughter Jae-yeong (Kim Si-a). The film premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival on February 18, 2023, and later received a Netflix-exclusive release on March 31 of the same year. A spin-off film entitled Mantis is currently in production.
The following weapons were used in the film Kill Boksoon:
Pistols
Walther PPK
In the film's opening scene, Gil Bok-soon (Jeon-do Yeon) uses a silenced Walther PPK to kill the Japanese-Korean yakuza enforcer Shinichiro Oda (Hwang Jung-min).
Walther PPK fitted with a sound suppressor - .380 ACP
A close-up of the silencer as Gil Bok-soon (Jeon-do Yeon) shoots Shinichiro Oda.
The camera focuses on the pistol itself.
Promotional image of Jeon-do Yeon holding the PPK.
SIG-Sauer P226
Cha Min-kyu (Sol Kyung-gu) uses a SIG-Sauer P226 throughout the movie.
SIG-Sauer P226 pistol - 9x19mm
Cha Min-kyu (
Sol Kyung-gu) unloads his pistol while fighting a mob of Russian gangsters in a bar.
Min-kyu holds the pistol after shooting a gangster.
The gun's slide locks after he fires 12 shots around Bok-soon.
Publicity image of the above scene.
Beretta 92FS Inox
Cha Min-hee (Esom) fires a Beretta 92FS Inox at a shooting range.
Beretta 92FS Inox - 9x19mm Parabellum
Cha Min-hee (Esom) firing the 92.
A frustrated Min-hee begins to fire the 92 into the ceiling as a surprised Detective Kang (Jo Hyun-woo) falls over.
Detective Kang talks to Min-hee as she holds the empty pistol.
Min-hee reads some documents as she continues to hold the empty 92.
Promotional image of Esom holding the 92.
Tokarev TT-33
Some of the Russian gangsters are seen using the Tokarev TT-33.
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev; Post-1947 version
One of the gangsters can be seen blind-firing a Tokarev.
Another gangster starts blind-firing his Tokarev.
Another gangster holds a Tokarev as he checks the area.
Revolvers
Smith & Wesson Model 10
In a flashback, a young Cha Min-kyu (Lee Jae-wook) takes the service Smith & Wesson Model 10 of Bok-soon's father (a policeman) as Bok-soon witnesses his arranged murder.
Smith & Wesson Model 10 HB with rubber grips - .38 Special
The revolver in its holster.
A young Min-kyu cocks the hammer and aims the revolver at a young Bok-soon's head as she arrives home to see her father's arranged killing.
Another angle of the scene.
The young Min-kyu holds the revolver as he talks to Bok-soon.
Shotguns
Sawed-off Double-barreled Shotgun
A Sawed-off Double Barrel Shotgun is used by the bartender in the Vladivostok bar. The gun is later taken and used by Cha Min-kyu (Sol Kyung-gu).
A bartender gets out of cover with a double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.
The bartender aims the shotgun.
The bartender fires the shotgun at Min-kyu.
The gangsters move in to Min-kyu's last known location.
The bartender starts blind-firing into Min-kyu's last known position.
The gangsters start to check the area.
Min-kyu holds the bartender's shotgun after killing him with it.
Min-kyu tossing the shotgun away.
Trivia
Poster firearms
Multiple firearms can be seen on the film's posters.
SIG-Sauer SIG Pro SP 2022
SIG-Sauer SIG Pro SP 2022 with suppressor - 9x19mm (for reference)
Heckler & Koch Mark 23 with Knight's Armament suppressor - .45 ACP (for reference)
Fort-12
A silenced
Fort-12 can be seen in this poster.