Air Murder

Air Murder
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
공기살인
RRGonggisarin
MRKonggisarin
Directed byJo Yong-sun
Written byJo Yong-sun
Based on
Gyun
by So Ji-won [ko]
StarringKim Sang-kyung
Lee Sun-bin
Yoon Kyung-ho
Seo Young-hee
Production
company
Master One Entertainment
Distributed byThe Contents On
Release date
  • April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$1.2 million

Air Murder (Korean: 공기살인; RR: gonggisarin) is a 2022 South Korean legal drama film written and directed by Jo Yong-sun. The film is based on the novel Gyun by So Ji-won, which addresses a humidifier disinfectant disaster, based on a real-life event in Korea. It was released on April 22, 2022.

Synopsis

The setting of Air Murder is based on the PHMG-caused lung disease outbreak and the struggle to uncover its cause in South Korea.

Cast

A doctor who loses his wife to an unknown lung disease and even puts his son at risk.
Gil-joo's younger sister, a prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office who becomes a lawyer after the death of her sister.
Manager at manufacturer company of humidifier disinfectant.
Tae-hoon's wife.
An owner of a car center who lost his entire family in an instant due to an unknown lung disease.
Young-joo's colleague at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office. 
A doctor who is Jeong Tae-hoon's junior.

Production

Script reading was held on September 29, 2020, and filming began on October 9, 2020.

Notes

  1. ↑ The humidifier disinfectant incident, which is the subject of the movie, is a tragedy in 2011 that resulted in the death of mothers, infants, due to lung damage or other systemic diseases caused by the humidifier disinfectant. In 2016, five years after the incident, a dedicated investigation team was formed and the biggest perpetrators were punished.

References

  1. ↑ "KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2022". KOFIC. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  2. ↑ Kim Ji-eun (August 18, 2020). 가습기살균제 피해자 단체, 소재원 작가에 감사패 전달 [Humidifier Disinfectant Victims' Organization Delivers Appreciation Plaque to Writer So Ji-won]. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ Yonhap (January 12, 2021). "Two former executives acquitted in humidifier cleaner deaths case". The Korea Herald (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ Jo Ji-young (March 17, 2022). [공식] 가습기살균제 참사 다룬 '공기살인' 4월 개봉 확정 [[Official] 'Air Murder', which deals with the humidifier disinfectant disaster, confirmed for release in April] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Retrieved March 17, 2022 – via Naver.
  5. ↑ Kim Yoo-jin (April 5, 2021). '공기살인' 4월 22일 개봉 확정…코로나19 시국 맞춤 금요일 선택 ['Air Murder' confirmed for release on April 22... Select Friday tailored to the COVID-19 situation] (in Korean). Export News. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Naver.
  6. ↑ Park Jae-hwan (March 18, 2022). "가습기살균제의 비극" 김상경-이선빈 영화 <공기살인> 4월 개봉 ["The Tragedy of Humidifier Disinfectant" Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Sun-bin's movie <Air Murder> released in April]. KBS Entertainment (in Korean). Retrieved March 18, 2022 – via Naver.
  7. 1 2 김상경·이선빈, 가습기 살균제 참사 영화 '균' 출연 [Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Seon-bin to appear in the movie 'Gun' in the humidifier disinfectant disaster]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). August 10, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Kim Ji-won (August 10, 2020). 김상경·이선빈·윤경호·서영희, '균' 캐스팅…가습기살균제 피해 고발 [공식] [Kim Sang-kyung, Lee Seon-bin, Yoon Kyung-ho, Seo Young-hee, cast for 'Gyun'... Humidifier Disinfectant Damage Complaint [Official]]. tenasia.hankyung (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ "김정태, 영화 '균' 캐스팅…가습기살균제 참사 피해자로 변신" [Kim Jung-tae, cast in the movie 'Gun'... Transformed into a victim of the humidifier disinfectant disaster]. Wow TV (in Korean). October 30, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  10. ↑ Han Hyun-jung (March 23, 2022). 이유준, 영화 '공기살인' 합류..김상경·이선빈과 호흡[공식] [Lee Yoo-jun, joins the movie 'Air Murder'... Breathing with Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Seon-bin [Official]] (in Korean). Maeil Business Newspaper. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Naver.
  11. ↑ Ha Ji-won (March 28, 2022). 이지훈, '공기살인' 출연 확정…김상경과 호흡 [공식입장] [Lee Ji-hoon confirmed to appear in 'Murder in the Air'... Breathing with Kim Sang-kyung [Official Position]] (in Korean). Xports News. Retrieved March 28, 2022 – via Naver.
  12. ↑ Yoo Soo-kyung (October 7, 2020). 가습기 살균제 사건 다룬 영화 '균', 9일 크랭크인 ['Guns', a movie about the humidifier disinfectant incident, cranked in on the 9th]. Hankook Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved March 17, 2022.