The Thieves (2012) character relationship network mapped with AI analysis. Explore the connections, alliances, and conflicts between characters.
A skilled safe-cracker recently released on parole. She is an old associate of Macau Park and Popie, haunted by a past heist where she was convicted after inadvertently exposing herself. She eventuall...
The leader of the Korean crew and Macau Park's former subordinate. He recruits Pepsee and plans to swap the real diamond with a fake. He is later revealed to have sabotaged a past rescue to protect Pe...
A seductive cat burglar who initiates the plot by stealing a gallery artifact. She infiltrates the casino suite, avoids romantic advances from Zampano, and secretly swaps the real diamond with a fake....
A member of the Chinese heist team who poses as a Japanese gambler alongside Chewingum. He develops a genuine romance with her during the operation. He is fatally shot while attempting to flee with Ch...
Popie's assistant and a key infiltrator for the Korean team. He helps breach the casino suite but fails to win Yenicall's romantic affection. He sacrifices his freedom by surrendering to the police to...
A member of the Chinese team responsible for disabling security and holding guards at gunpoint. He is arrested but manages to escape a sinking police van. He later regroups with the crew but is abando...
A member of the Chinese heist team tasked with securing the security room. During the chaotic police raid, he successfully evades capture and escapes the casino unscathed.
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
The diamond belongs to Tiffany, who is described as the mistress of the powerful crime lord Wei Hong.
Popie is described as the Korean crew's leader, while Zampano is identified as his assistant.
Johnny and Andrew are assigned to enter the security room and hold the guards at gunpoint.
Zampano unsuccessfully asks Yenicall for a confession of love, while Yenicall avoids answering and proceeds with the plan.
Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.
The meeting with Wei Hong is raided by South Korean police and SWAT, and an undercover officer ultimately shoots Wei Hong.
The team fears Wei Hong because he is known for murdering people who offend him. He later opens fire at the pier while Pepsee is present.
Pepsee is arrested after the casino operation and remains handcuffed while the police van plunges into the sea.
Zampano surrenders to the police during the casino raid to give Yenicall time to escape.
A detective visits the Korean crew after Yenicall steals the gallery artifact, making it dangerous for her to remain in South Korea.
Andrew participates in the casino heist alongside Popie and later regroups with him, Pepsee, and Yenicall after escaping the police van.
Johnny and Chen are both recruited as members of the Chinese heist team in Hong Kong.
Pepsee enters the suite with Popie and the undercover officer, while Yenicall and Zampano open the route into the suite. Pepsee later regroups with Ye...
Yenicall steals the gallery artifact with Popie, Zampano, and the conwoman. She later works with Popie during the casino operation.
The flashback identifies Pepsee, Popie, and the master thief as a former heist team. Pepsee later regroups with Popie after the casino escape.
Andrew is assigned to enter the security room and hold the guards at gunpoint during the ten-minute operation.
A diamond heist becomes a chain of betrayals, personal revelations, police pursuit, and competing schemes for survival.
Directed by Choi Dong-hoon
The Thieves (2012) · 6.8/10 · action, crime
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