<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> US $6 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> US $12.8 million </Td> </Tr> <P> I Saw the Devil (Hangul: 악마 를 보았다; Hanja: 惡魔 를 보았다; RR: Akmareul boatda) is a 2010 South Korean action horror thriller film directed by Kim Jee - woon, and written by Jee - woon and Park Hoon - jung . Starring Lee Byung - hun and Choi Min - sik, the film follows NIS agent Kim Soo - hyun (Byung - hun), who embarks on a quest of revenge when his fiancée is brutally murdered by a psychopathic murderer, Jang Kyung - chul (Min - sik). I Saw the Devil made its premiere in the United States at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and had a limited U.S theatrical release . </P> <P> I Saw the Devil was Choi Min - sik's first major role since the changes to the Korean screen quota system . </P>

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