Hunter with a Scalpel: Park Ju-hyun as forensics specialist in new serial killer K-drama
Lead cast: Park Ju-hyun, Park Yong-woo, Kang Hoon
An ace forensics specialist is forced to confront demons from her past while investigating a series of brutal slayings in the new thriller Hunter with a Scalpel. Leading the series is
Park Ju-hyun , already a veteran of serial killer dramas thanks to her turn in the hit K-drama
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Based on Choi Yi-do's novel of the same name, the show introduces us to Seo Se-hyeon (Park) at a crime scene, where she imagines herself as the perpetrator, who stabbed a drugged-up baseball player on a nightclub dance floor.
Clad in black and clasping the bloody murder weapon with a distant look in her eyes, Se-hyeon strikes an unnerving tone as she elucidates in a dry monotone on the killer's slow stabbing motions and the thrill he must have felt while committing the crime.
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The detective in charge of the case asks her how she could know that. Her answer – 'Someone I knew told me about it once' – hints at the personal direction that the show's focal case will take.
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