Minority Opinion

Minority Opinion (Korean: 소수의견; RR: Sosuuigyeon), released internationally as The Unfair, is a 2015 South Korean courtroom drama film written and directed by Kim Sung-je, starring Yoon Kye-sang, Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Ok-bin.[2][3][4][5] It was adapted from Son A-ram's novel of the same name, which in turn was based on the "Yongsan tragedy," in which 40 tenants protesting against insufficient compensation for the urban renewal redevelopment of their Yongsan neighborhood clashed with riot police on January 20, 2009, that resulted in the death of five tenant-evictees and one police officer.[6][7][8][9]

Minority Opinion
Theatrical poster
Directed byKim Sung-je
Produced byIm Yeong-ho
Cheon Sung-il
Written byKim Sung-je
Based onMinority Opinion
by Son A-ram
StarringYoon Kye-sang
Yoo Hae-jin
Kim Ok-bin
Music byJo Yeong-wook
CinematographyKim Dong-young
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Production
company
Release date
  • June 24, 2015 (2015-06-24)
Running time
126 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2.6 million[1]

Plot

Tenants who have been evicted from their homes are in the middle of a sit-in protest, when the police arrive. A 20-year-old police officer and a 16-year-old boy, the son of a demonstrator, end up dead. The boy's father, Park Jae-ho gets arrested for the cop's death, but he insists it was self-defense and that he had only been trying to protect his son from being beaten by the riot police. Rookie public defender Yoon Jin-won is initially doubtful of Park's claims, until he gets approached by reporter Gong Soo-kyung who has her own suspicions about the government's account of the incident. Yoon then teams up with fellow lawyer Jang Dae-seok to pursue the truth through a jury trial.

Cast

Release

The shoot wrapped on June 3, 2013, but because of the film's political content, it took two years to find a distributor.[5][10] Minority Opinion received a theatrical release on June 24, 2015.[11]

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2015
24th Buil Film Awards
 Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Won
Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram Won
Best Cinematography Kim Dong-young Nominated
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[12]
 Top 10 Films of the Year Minority Opinion Won
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards
 Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Nominated
Best New Director Kim Sung-je Nominated
Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram Won
2016
52nd Baeksang Arts Awards
Best Supporting Actor (Film)Lee Geung-youngWon
Best New Director (Film)Kim Sung-jeNominated

See also

References
  1. http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20136057
  2. Oh, Mi-jung (20 March 2013). "Yoon Kye Sang's Minority Opinion to Start Shooting on March 21". enewsWorld. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  3. Lee, Sun-min (22 March 2013). "Yoon Kye-sang is back in the movies". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. Ahn, Woorim (2 June 2015). "Who Respects Minority Opinion?". BNTNews. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. Kim, Yeon-ji (30 June 2015). "Yoon still 'craves' acting". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  6. Heo, Hwan-ju (1 May 2010). 철거민이 경찰을 죽였다...법정에서 진실이 밝혀질까?. Pressian (in Korean). Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  7. "Yongsan disaster revisited". The Korea Times. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  8. Lee, Seong-hee (16 January 2013). "4 Years Since the Yongsan Disaster: "They Killed My Family, Yet It's Still a Vacant Lot. What was the Hurry? Kicking the People Out First..."". Kyunghyang Shinmun. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  9. Hong, Joo-hee (8 January 2014). "Reel life: When cinema tackles true events". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  10. Lee, Eun-ah (10 June 2013). "Yoon Kye-sang, Kim Ok-vin's New Film Cranks Up". TenAsia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014.
  11. Won, Ho-jung (30 June 2015). "Herald Review: Ugly side of justice rears head in Minority Opinion". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  12. Conran, Pierce (2 November 2015). "THE THRONE Tops Korean Association of Film Critics Awards". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
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