Innocent Witness

Innocent Witness
Innocent Witness
	Theatrical release poster
Hangul	증인
RR	Jeungin
MR	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;
Running time	129 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$17.2 million

Innocent Witness (Korean: 증인; 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

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, is accused of murdering her employer. Mi-ran claims 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

Awards	Category	Recipient	Result
55th Baeksang Arts Awards	Grand Prize	Jung Woo-sung	Won
	Best Actor	Jung Woo-sung	Nominated
	Best Actress	Kim Hyang-gi	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actress	Yeom 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
6th Korean Film Producers Association Awards	Best Actor		Won
27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards	Best Actress	Kim Hyang-gi	Won
39th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	Best Actress	Kim Hyang-gi	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	Yeom Hye-ran	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Lee Han, Moon Ji-won	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Lee Tae-yoon	Nominated

References

↑ "Innocent Witness". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
↑ "Innocent Witness (2019)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
↑ "[Herald Review] 'Innocent Witness,' heart-warming film with generic narrative". The Korea Herald. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
↑ 박보람 (10 January 2019). "In 'Innocent Witness,' Jung Woo-sung plays ambitious lawyer working with autistic teenage witness". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
↑ Sun-Ah, Shim (26 February 2019). "Korean film 'Innocent Witness' sold to 9 countries". Yonhap News Agency.
↑ "[Box Office] Movies in theaters this week". The Korea Herald. 2019-02-21. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
↑ "KoBiz - Korean Film Biz Zone". www.kobiz.or.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 20 February 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
↑ Cho, Yeon-gyeong (April 5, 2019). 55회 백상예술대상 영화부문 최종 후보 공개. Is Plus (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
↑ 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.
↑ Kim, Joo-won (2020-01-17). [공식] '제56회 대종상 영화제' 오는 2월 25일 개최, 최종 노미네이트 작품 발표 [[Official] The 56th Daejong Film Festival will be held on February 25th, and the final nominated work will be announced.]. The Seoul Economic Daily (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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[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] 박보람 (10 January 2019). "In 'Innocent Witness,' Jung Woo-sung plays ambitious lawyer working with autistic teenage witness". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 20 February 2019.

[5] Sun-Ah, Shim (26 February 2019). "Korean film 'Innocent Witness' sold to 9 countries". Yonhap News Agency.

[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 [[Official] The 56th Daejong Film Festival will be held on February 25th, and the final nominated work will be announced.]. The Seoul Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-09-27.

v t e Lee Han
Films directed	Lovers' Concerto (2002) Almost Love (2006) My Love (2007) Punch (2011) Thread of Lies (2013) Innocent Witness (2019) Honey Sweet (2023)
Films written	Garden of Heaven (2003) Bodyguard (2003)

v t e Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Film
1960s	Kim Jin-kyu (Deaf Sam-yong) (1965) - (1966)^* Late Autumn (1967) Choi Nam-hyun (Legend of Ssarigol) (1968) - (1969)^*
1970s	- (1970)^* - (1971)^* - (1972)^* Gate of Women (1973) - (1974)^* - (1975)^* - (1976)^* Concentration Of Attention (1977) A Splendid Outing (1978) The Last Words from a Comrade in Arms (1979)
1980s	Man-suk, Run! (1980) A Fine, Windy Day (1981) - (1982)^** Village of Haze (1983) Whale Hunting (1984) Deep Blue Night (1985) Gilsotteum (1986) Moonlight Hunter (1987) Adada (1988) Seoul Rainbow (1989)
1990s	The Lovers of Woomook-baemi (1990) - (1991)^** Stairways of Heaven (1992) Our Twisted Hero (1993) Ahn Sung-ki (Two Cops) (1994) Life and Death of the Hollywood Kid (1995) Park Chul-soo (Farewell my darling) (1996) - (1997)^ - (1998)^ Kang Je-gyu (Shiri) (1999)
2000s	Chunhyang (2000) Libera Me (2001) Sul Kyung-gu (Public Enemy) (2002) The Way Home (2003) Kang Woo-suk (Silmido) (2004) Marathon (2005) King and the Clown (2006) Tazza: The High Rollers (2007) The Chaser (2008) Kang Woo-suk(Public Enemy Returns) (2009)
2010s	Yoon Je-kyoon (Tidal Wave) (2010) Lee Byung-hun (I Saw the Devil) (2011) Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time (2012) Ryu Seung-ryong (Miracle in Cell No. 7) (2013) Song Kang-ho (The Attorney) (2014) Choi Min-sik (The Admiral: Roaring Currents) (2015) Lee Joon-ik (The Throne and Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet) (2016) Park Chan-wook (The Handmaiden) (2017) 1987: When the Day Comes (2018) Jung Woo-sung (Innocent Witness) (2019)
2020s	Bong Joon-ho (Parasite) (2020) Lee Joon-ik (The Book of Fish) (2021) Ryoo Seung-wan (Escape from Mogadishu) (2022) Decision to Leave (2023) Kim Sung-su (12.12: The Day) (2024) Hong Kyung-pyo (Harbin) (2025) Yoo Hae-jin (The King's Warden) (2026)
^* awarded to theatrical play; ^** no winner