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

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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.^[3]^[4]^[5] The film was released in South Korea on February 13, 2019.^[6]

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.^[7]

Awards and nominations

Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
55th Baeksang Arts Awards	Grand Prize	Jung Woo-sung	Won	^[8]
	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
39th Golden Cinema Film Festival	Grand Prize	Jung Woo-sung	Won
40th Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Actor		Won	^[9]
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	^[10]
	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

^ "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.
^ "In 'Innocent Witness,' Jung Woo-sung plays ambitious lawyer working with autistic teenage witness". Yonhap News Agency. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
^ "Korean film 'Innocent Witness' sold to 9 countries". 26 February 2019.
^ "[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.]. 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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[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" [[Official] 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.

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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)
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) Gilsoddeum (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)
^* awarded to theatrical play; ^** no winner