The12thSuspectisafull-lengthfeaturefilmdirectedbyKOMyoungsung,whoalsodirectedadocumentarytitledGoodBye(2009)aboutKoreanimmigrantslivinginJapanwhowenttoNorthKorea.SetinateahouseinMyeong-dong,SeoulrightaftertheendoftheKoreanWar,The12thSuspectfollowsthesuffocatingpsychologicalshowdownthattakesplacebetweenadetectiveandthe11suspectswhofindthemselvescaughtupinamurdercase.ThetightnarrativebetweenthecharactersandtheenthusiasticperformancesofKimSangkyung,HeoSungtae,ParkSunyoung,KimDongyoung,andtheotheractorspreventthefilmfromfallingintoamonotonythatcouldpotentiallybecausedbyalimitedspacelikeateahouse.ThroughsymbolicspacessuchastheKoreanWar,Myeong-dong,andNamsan,thefilmattemptstotakealookatthedarkfoundationofthemodernhistoryofKoreawhichhasbeencarriedforththroughliberation,theKoreanWar,anddivision.