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Innocent Witness
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Korean name
Hangul	증인
Hanja	證人
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	Jung Woo-sung Kim Hyang-gi
Cinematography	Lee Tae-yoon
Edited by	Nam Na-yeong
Music by	Jo Yeong-wook
Production companies	Movie Rock Studio By The Library
Distributed by	Lotte Entertainment
Release date	February 13, 2019 (2019-02-13)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$17.2 million

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. The film was released in South Korea on February 13, 2019.

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

• Jung Woo-sung as Soon-ho
• Kim Hyang-gi as Ji-woo

Supporting

• Lee Kyu-hyung as Hee-joong
• Yeom Hye-ran as Mi-ran
• Jang Young-nam as Hyun-jung
• Jung Won-joong as Byung-woo
• Kim Jong-soo as Man-ho
• Kim Seung-yoon as Shin-hye
• Lee Eun-saem as High school student
• Nam Sang-ji as smiling lawyer

Special appearance

• Park Geun-hyung as Kil-jae
• Song Yoon-ah as Soo-in
• Lee Jun-hyeok as Yoon-jae
• Lee Re as Kyung-hee

Production

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

Awards and nominations

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". The Korea Herald. 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. "[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week". The Korea Herald. 2019-02-21. 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" [ 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.

External links

• Innocent Witness at HanCinema
• Innocent Witness at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Innocent Witness at IMDb
• Innocent Witness at Rotten Tomatoes

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