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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie begins with an extremely calm and smiling Bok-soon waking up a yakuza named 'Oda Shinichiro' by throwing a knife at him. When Oda asks Bok-soon why she didn't kill him right away, Bok-soon tells an anecdote she had while watching the news with her daughter Jae-young. The scene returns to the past. Bok-soon and Jae-young talk about a politician's son getting into college thanks to his father. While Bok-soon argues that it's understandable what the politician did because he wanted his son to go to a good school, Jae-young asks him if he would say the same thing if he were the winner, and says that he should teach his daughter that be fair. Bok-soon obtains Oda's consent and gives him a robe and a sword, intending to compete fairly.Boksoon attacks Oda with the ax he bought from the supermarket and then asks for permission to change his weapon. She goes to the car, pulls out his gun and shoots Oda. Korean "You fucking bitch...!" To the swearing Oda, Bok-soon says, "I'm sorry, but it's time to close the supermarket," and kills him.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie begins with an extremely calm and smiling Bok-soon waking up a yakuza named 'Oda Shinichiro' by throwing a knife at him. When Oda asks Bok-soon why she didn't kill him right away, Bok-soon tells an anecdote she had while watching the news with her daughter Jae-young. The scene returns to the past. Bok-soon and Jae-young talk about a politician's son getting into college thanks to his father. While Bok-soon argues that it's understandable what the politician did because he wanted his son to go to a good school, Jae-young asks him if he would say the same thing if he were the winner, and says that he should teach his daughter that be fair. Bok-soon obtains Oda's consent and gives him a robe and a sword, intending to compete fairly.Boksoon attacks Oda with the ax he bought from the supermarket and then asks for permission to change his her weapon. She goes to the car, pulls out his [[CombatPragmatist her gun and shoots Oda. Oda.]] Korean "You fucking bitch...!" To the swearing Oda, Bok-soon says, "I'm sorry, but it's time to close the supermarket," and kills him.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie begins with an extremely calm and smiling Bok-soon waking up a yakuza named 'Oda Shinichiro' by throwing a knife at him. When Oda asks Bok-soon why she didn't kill him right away, Bok-soon tells an anecdote she had while watching the news with her daughter Jae-young. The scene returns to the past. Bok-soon and Jae-young talk about a politician's son getting into college thanks to his father. While Bok-soon argues that it's understandable what the politician did because he wanted his son to go to a good school, Jae-young asks him if he would say the same thing if he were the winner, and says that he should teach his daughter that be fair. Bok-soon obtains Oda's consent and gives him a robe and a sword, intending to compete fairly.
Boksoon attacks Oda with the ax he bought from the supermarket and then asks for permission to change his weapon. She goes to the car, pulls out his gun and shoots Oda. Korean "You fucking bitch...!" To the swearing Oda, Bok-soon says, "I'm sorry, but it's time to close the supermarket," and kills him.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie begins with an extremely calm and smiling Bok-soon waking up a yakuza named 'Oda Shinichiro' by throwing a knife at him. When Oda asks Bok-soon why she didn't kill him right away, Bok-soon tells an anecdote she had while watching the news with her daughter Jae-young. The scene returns to the past. Bok-soon and Jae-young talk about a politician's son getting into college thanks to his father. While Bok-soon argues that it's understandable what the politician did because he wanted his son to go to a good school, Jae-young asks him if he would say the same thing if he were the winner, and says that he should teach his daughter that be fair. Bok-soon obtains Oda's consent and gives him a robe and a sword, intending to compete fairly.
fairly.Boksoon attacks Oda with the ax he bought from the supermarket and then asks for permission to change his weapon. She goes to the car, pulls out his gun and shoots Oda. Korean "You fucking bitch...!" To the swearing Oda, Bok-soon says, "I'm sorry, but it's time to close the supermarket," and kills him.

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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The movie begins with an extremely calm and smiling Bok-soon waking up a yakuza named 'Oda Shinichiro' by throwing a knife at him. When Oda asks Bok-soon why she didn't kill him right away, Bok-soon tells an anecdote she had while watching the news with her daughter Jae-young. The scene returns to the past. Bok-soon and Jae-young talk about a politician's son getting into college thanks to his father. While Bok-soon argues that it's understandable what the politician did because he wanted his son to go to a good school, Jae-young asks him if he would say the same thing if he were the winner, and says that he should teach his daughter that be fair. Bok-soon obtains Oda's consent and gives him a robe and a sword, intending to compete fairly.
Boksoon attacks Oda with the ax he bought from the supermarket and then asks for permission to change his weapon. She goes to the car, pulls out his gun and shoots Oda. Korean "You fucking bitch...!" To the swearing Oda, Bok-soon says, "I'm sorry, but it's time to close the supermarket," and kills him.
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->''"Killing people is simple. "Compared to raising children"''
-->--'''Gil Bok-soon'''
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* ProfessionalKiller: Mk. Ent. an organization that includes them and Bok-soon is one of them

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* ProfessionalKiller: Mk. Ent. an organization that includes them and Bok-soon is one of themthem
*WouldntHurtAChild: Min-kyu's in "Mk. Ent." one of the rules he set is not to kill minors. It's also the reason why he didn't kill Bok-soon when they first met
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Gil Bok-soon turns from a high school girl who was subjected to violence by her father in her past to an "A" grade successful hitman known as Kill Book-soon.
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Gil Bok-Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. Her 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and she owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min-Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization she works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok-Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok-Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok-Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation.

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Gil Bok-Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. Her 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and she owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min-Kyo, Min-Kyu, who runs MK Ent, the organization she works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok-Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo Min-Kyu has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok-Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok-Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation.



** ActionGirl: Young-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyo]]

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** ActionGirl: Young-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyo]]Min-kyu]]
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Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. Her 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and she owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization she works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation.

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Gil Bok Soon Bok-Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. Her 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and she owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, Min-Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization she works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon Bok-Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon Bok-Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon Bok-Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, she finds herself in a life-or-death situation.



* TheAce: Bok-soon. She also has a 100% success rate and is one of the few killers rated "A" by her company. She is also the rich single mother of young Jae-young, who studies at a prestigious private school.

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* TheAce: Bok-soon. She also has a 100% success rate and is one of the few killers rated "A" by her company. She is also the rich single mother of young Jae-young, who studies at a prestigious private school.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Mk. Ent. It's an organization that includes them, and Bok-soon is one of the few people most qualified for it.

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* ProfessionalKiller: Mk. Ent. It's an organization that includes them, them and Bok-soon is one of the few people most qualified for it.them
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* {{Gayngst}}: Bok-soon's daughter Jae-young is a lesbian and hides it. It takes a turn for the worse when, in a fit of rage, she stabs with scissors a male student who had brutally threatened to date her for a month, taking advantage of her relationship with her lover Sora.

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* {{Gayngst}}: Bok-soon's daughter Jae-young is a lesbian and hides it. It takes a turn for the worse when, in a fit of rage, she stabs with scissors a male student who had brutally threatened to date her for a month, taking advantage of her relationship with her lover Sora.
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* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Boksoon, a professional killer, does not want her daughter to be like her

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* EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Boksoon, a professional killer, does not want Despite her daughter job, Bok-soon tries to be like hergive Jae-young as peaceful and normal a life as possible. She is horrified to learn that Jae-young stabbed a male student at school. And she starts to investigate the reason behind this.
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* AbusiveParent: Boksoon's father was violent towards him, he beat Boksoon badly because he smoked and forced her to eat the cigarettes. In the end, Bok-soon killed him. (It was Min-kyo's duty)
* ActionMom: The story tells the events that Bok-soon goes through as both a professionalkiller and a mother trying to understand her daughter.

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* AbusiveParent: Boksoon's Bok-soon's father was violent towards him, using violence against her. In a flashback scene, he beat Boksoon badly because he smoked for smoking and forced her to eat the cigarettes. In the end, Bok-soon killed him. (It was Min-kyo's duty)
cigarettes.
* ActionMom: The story tells the events that Bok-soon goes through as Bok-soon, who is both a professionalkiller an expert hitman and a mother trying to understand her daughter.single mother
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* TheAce: Bok-soon Mk. Ent. She also has a 100% success rate and is one of the few killers rated "A" by her company. She is also the rich single mother of young Jae-young, who studies at a prestigious private school.

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* TheAce: Bok-soon Mk. Ent.Bok-soon. She also has a 100% success rate and is one of the few killers rated "A" by her company. She is also the rich single mother of young Jae-young, who studies at a prestigious private school.
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* ProfessionalKiller

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* ProfessionalKillerProfessionalKiller: Mk. Ent. It's an organization that includes them, and Bok-soon is one of the few people most qualified for it.
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* ParentsAsPeopleParentsAsPeople: Bok-soon tries to take care of Jae-young as much as possible, but due to the problems of her secret job, she can only do this to a certain extent.
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* OpenMindedParentOpenMindedParent: When Bok-soon finds out that Jae-young is a lesbian, she doesn't show the slightest disgust; the only thing she regrets is that she doesn't know her daughter well enough to realize this.
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* GoodParentsGoodParents: This is what Bok-soon is trying to do to Jae-young. She tries to understand her, and when she attacks a male student with scissors, she questions why she does this instead of being directly angry at her. She is sure that her daughter would not do this for no reason and that she really does not want to kill that child (which is true).
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Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. His 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and he owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization he works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, he finds himself in a life-or-death situation.

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Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. His Her 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and he she owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization he she works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, he she finds himself herself in a life-or-death situation.


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* TheAce: Bok-soon Mk. Ent. She also has a 100% success rate and is one of the few killers rated "A" by her company. She is also the rich single mother of young Jae-young, who studies at a prestigious private school.
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* {{Gayngst}}{{Gayngst}}: Bok-soon's daughter Jae-young is a lesbian and hides it. It takes a turn for the worse when, in a fit of rage, she stabs with scissors a male student who had brutally threatened to date her for a month, taking advantage of her relationship with her lover Sora.
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** ActionGirl: Yeong-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyo]]

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** ActionGirl: Yeong-ji.Young-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyo]]
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* AbusiveParent: Boksoon's father was violent towards him, he beat Boksoon badly because he smoked and forced her to eat the cigarettes. In the end, Bok-soon killed him. (It was Min-kyu's duty)

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* AbusiveParent: Boksoon's father was violent towards him, he beat Boksoon badly because he smoked and forced her to eat the cigarettes. In the end, Bok-soon killed him. (It was Min-kyu's Min-kyo's duty)



** ActionGirl: Yeong-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyu]]

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** ActionGirl: Yeong-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyu]]Min-kyo]]
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* AbusiveParent
* ActionMom
** ActionGirl
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* AbusiveParent
AbusiveParent: Boksoon's father was violent towards him, he beat Boksoon badly because he smoked and forced her to eat the cigarettes. In the end, Bok-soon killed him. (It was Min-kyu's duty)
* ActionMom
ActionMom: The story tells the events that Bok-soon goes through as both a professionalkiller and a mother trying to understand her daughter.
** ActionGirl
ActionGirl: Yeong-ji. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this doesn't save her from being killed by Min-kyu]]
* EvilParentsWantGoodKidsEvilParentsWantGoodKids: Boksoon, a professional killer, does not want her daughter to be like her
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*ProfessionalKiller
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Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. His 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and he owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization he works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, he finds himself in a life-or-death situation.

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Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. His 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and he owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization he works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, he finds himself in a life-or-death situation.situation.
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Kill Boksoon (Korean: 길복순) is a 2023 South Korean crime action film directed and written by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Jeon Do-yeon, Sol Kyung-gu, Kim Si-a, Esom, and Koo Kyo-hwan. It premiered on Netflix on March 31, 2023.

Gil Bok Soon is an extraordinary woman who manages to raise her child as a single mother and also becomes one of the most feared assassins in the world. His 100% success rate in contract killings is unprecedented, and he owes it all to the training he received from Cha Min Kyo, who runs MK Ent, the organization he works for. Despite the dangerous and often volatile nature of his profession, Bok Soon has always maintained a strong sense of professionalism and respect for his employer. Cha Min Kyo has always treated her with the same level of respect, but Bok Soon knows that his loyalty can be tested at any time. Just before Bok Soon renews his contract with MK Ent, he finds himself in a life-or-death situation.

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