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Name: Decision to Leave
Director: Park Chan-wook
Genre: mystery, romance, thriller
Released: 2022
Duration: 2 h 19 min
Rating: 7.3

Decision to Leave has an iRankMovies score of 81/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Decision to Leave (2022)

헤어질 결심

The closer you look, the harder you fall.

Release:2022

Runtime:2h 19m

Country:South Korea

Director:Park Chan-wook

Language:Korean

Genre

MysteryRomanceThriller

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Keywords

SeaSecret LovePoliceWidowdetectiveMountainInvestigationLanguage Barrier

iRank81

Decision to Leave rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.3/10· 67K votes

Rotten Tomatoes94%

Metacritic85%

TMDb7.324/10· 2K votes

With 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.3/10 on IMDb and 85/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Decision to Leave

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

Cast of Decision to Leave

Tang Wei
as Song Seo-rae
Park Hae-il
as Jang Hae-joon
Lee Jung-hyun
as Jeong-ahn
Go Kyung-pyo
as Soo-wan
Park Yong-woo
as Lim Ho-shin
Kim Shin-young
as Yeon-su
Yoo Seung-mok
as Ki Do-soo
Jung Yi-seo
as Mi-ji
Jung Young-sook
as Monday Granny
Lee Hak-ju
as Lee Ji-goo
Park Jeong-min
as Hong San-oh
Jeong Ha-dam
as Oh Ga-in

Decision to Leave facts

Original title: 헤어질 결심
Box office: $16.9M

Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026Methodology Data sources

Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Mystery mechanics generate compelling narrative twists subverting genre conventions effectively throughout
•Romantic tension underlies detective procedural creating dual-layer emotional investment simultaneously
•Cinematography captures Busan's nocturnal beauty establishing evocative atmospheric visual storytelling mastery

What the audience disliked

•Complex plot occasionally obscures character motivations requiring attentive viewing for full comprehension
•Pacing shifts between mystery and romance sometimes feel tonally disjointed or unbalanced