Innocent Witness (Korean: 증인; Hanja: 證人; RR: Jeungin) is a 2019 South Korean legal 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]
| Innocent Witness | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Jeungin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŭngin |
| Directed by | Lee Han |
| Written by | Lee Han Moon Ji-won |
| Produced by | Kim Jae-joong Lee Jun-woo Kim Woo-jae |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Lee Tae-yoon |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
Production |
Movie Rock |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$17.2 million[1][2] |
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.
Principal photography began on July 7, 2018, and wrapped on October 10, 2018.[7]
| Awards | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 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 |
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