Innocent Witness

Innocent Witness is a 2019 South Korean drama film directed by Lee Han, starring Jung Woo-sung and Kim Hyang-gi.[2][3][4]

Innocent Witness
Theatrical release poster
Hangul증인
Revised RomanizationJeungin
Directed byLee Han
Produced byKim Jae-joong
Lee Jun-woo
Kim Woo-jae
Written byLee Han
Moon Ji-won
StarringJung Woo-sung
Kim Hyang-gi
Music byJo Yeong-wook
CinematographyLee Tae-yoon
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Production
company
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$18.1 million[1]

The film was released in South Korea on February 13, 2019.[5]


The story follows the relationship between a lawyer and a autistic student.

Soon-ho is an attorney who need to pay his father's debt. One day, he got an murder case: Mi-ran, a housekeeper was accused of murdering her master. Mi-ran claimed that she found her master dead in his own room. The only witness of this case is an autistic high school student named Ji-woo. In order to convince Ji-woo attend witness, Soon-ho decide to meet her, and befriend with her in order to prove her testimony as false.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on July 7, 2018 and wrapped on October 10, 2018.[6]

Awards and nominations
Awards Category Recipient Result Ref.
55th Baeksang Arts Awards Grand Prize Jung Woo-sung Won [7]
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 [8]
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
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 (2019)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  2. "[Herald Review] 'Innocent Witness,' heart-warming film with generic narrative". www.koreaherald.com. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  3. "In 'Innocent Witness,' Jung Woo-sung plays ambitious lawyer working with autistic teenage witness". Yonhap News Agency. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  4. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190226001900315
  5. Herald, The Korea (2019-02-21). "[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week". www.koreaherald.com. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
  6. "KoBiz - Korean Film Biz Zone". www.kobiz.or.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 20 February 2019.
  7. Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). "55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개". Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  8. 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.


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