The Last Witness (2001 film)
The Last Witness (Korean: 흑수선; RR: Heugsuseon) is a 2001 South Korean thriller film directed by Bae Chang-ho and starring Lee Jung-jae, Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Mi-yeon. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kim Seong-jong, and is the second adaptation of the book, the first being in 1980.[1]
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| Hangul | 흑수선 |
| Revised Romanization | Heugsuseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hŭksusŏn |
| Directed by | Bae Chang-ho |
| Produced by | Jeong Tae-won |
| Written by | Bae Chang-ho |
| Based on | The Last Witness by Kim Seong-jong |
| Starring | Lee Jung-jae Ahn Sung-ki Lee Mi-yeon |
| Cinematography | Kim Yun-su |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Plot
A political prisoner, Hwang-seok is released after 50 years of solitary confinement. A day later, a body with stab wounds is recovered from a harbor. Detective Oh investigates the death and determines the body is that of Yang, a former soldier. Discovering a diary amongst Yang's possessions, Oh follows a trail of clues to a blind antique dealer, Ji-hye. It transpires that it was Yang who was responsible for the imprisonment of Hwang-seok, a suspected communist sympathizer in the Korean War. This makes Hwang-seok the prime suspect for the murder of Yang. But not all is as it seems, and a series of flashbacks back to the dark days of the Korean War and the infamous Geoje POW Camp on Geoje Island leads Oh to Han, a former North Korean soldier living in Japan, and a final, tragic resolution for two ill-fated lovers.[1]
Cast
- Lee Jung-jae as Detective Oh
- Ahn Sung-ki as Hwang-seok
- Lee Mi-yeon as Ji-hye
- Jung Joon-ho as Han Dong-ju
- Lee Ki-young as Yang
See also
Notes
- Leong, 2002, pp. 72–73
References
- Anthony C. Y. Leong (2002). Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong - A Guidebook for the latest Korean New Wave. Trafford Publishing. pp. 72–73.