Innocent Witness
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationJeungin
McCune–ReischauerChŭngin
Directed byLee Han
Written byLee Han
Moon Ji-won
Produced byKim Jae-joong
Lee Jun-woo
Kim Woo-jae
Starring
CinematographyLee Tae-yoon
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byJo Yeong-wook
Production
companies
Movie Rock
Studio By The Library
Distributed byLotte Cultureworks
Release date
  • February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
Running time
129 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$17.2 million[1][2]

Innocent Witness (Korean: 증인; Hanja: 證人; RR: Jeungin) is a 2019 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Han, starring Jung Woo-sung and Kim Hyang-gi.[3][4][5] The film was released in South Korea on February 13, 2019.[6]

Synopsis

The story follows the relationship between a lawyer and an autistic student. Soon-ho is an attorney who needs to pay his father's debt. One day, he is engaged to deal with a murder case: Mi-ran, a housekeeper accused of murdering her employer. Mi-ran claimed that she found her employer dead in his own room. The only witness in this case is an autistic high school student named Ji-woo. To convince Ji-woo to attend the trial as a witness, Soon-ho decides to meet her, and befriends her in order to prove her testimony was false.

Cast

Main

Supporting

Special appearance

Production

Principal photography began on July 7, 2018, and wrapped on October 10, 2018.[7]

Awards and nominations

Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
55th Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize Jung Woo-sung Won [8]
Best Actor Nominated
Best Actress Kim Hyang-gi Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Yum Hye-ran Nominated
Best Screenplay Lee Han, Moon Ji-won Nominated
39th Golden Cinema Film Festival Grand Prize Jung Woo-sung Won
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Actor Won [9]
6th Korean Film Producers Association Awards Won
27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards Best Actress Kim Hyang-gi Won
39th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Won
56th Grand Bell Awards Best Film Innocent Witness Nominated [10]
Best Actor Jung Woo-sung Nominated
Best Actress Kim Hyang-gi Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Yum Hye-ran Nominated
Best Screenplay Lee Han, Moon Ji-won Nominated
Best Cinematography Lee Tae-yoon Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "Innocent Witness". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Innocent Witness (2019)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  3. ↑ "[Herald Review] 'Innocent Witness,' heart-warming film with generic narrative". www.koreaherald.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "In 'Innocent Witness,' Jung Woo-sung plays ambitious lawyer working with autistic teenage witness". Yonhap News Agency. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "Korean film 'Innocent Witness' sold to 9 countries". 26 February 2019.
  6. ↑ Herald, The Korea (2019-02-21). "[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  7. ↑ "KoBiz - Korean Film Biz Zone". www.kobiz.or.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  8. ↑ Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). "55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개". Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  9. ↑ MacDonald, Joan (November 21, 2019). "2019 Blue Dragon Awards Honor Veteran Actors And Newcomers". Forbes. Archived from the original on November 22, 2019. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  10. ↑ Kim, Joo-won (2020-01-17). "[공식] '제56회 대종상 영화제' 오는 2월 25일 개최, 최종 노미네이트 작품 발표" [[Official] The 56th Daejong Film Festival will be held on February 25th, and the final nominated work will be announced.]. 서울경제 (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-27.


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