South Korean Film 2019
Innocent Witness (South Korean Film Review & Summary)
Innocent Witness poster
- Genre: Crime, Legal, Friendship, Thriller
- Release Date: February 2019
- Origin: South Korea
- Film: 2hrs 15 Min
Cast:
- Jung Woo-sung as Soon-ho
- Kim Hyang-gi as Ji-woo
- Lee Kyu-hyung as Hee-joong
- Yum 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
I love the story. It has some heavy moments and lighter moments.
It was well cast with Kim Hyang-gi playing as Ji Woo was just adorable. Jung Woo Sung gave a good performance as well but less likely believable that he was single and no one had caught him before, after all he’s gorgeous, tall and a lawyer.
Anyway, Soon-Woo was a lawyer in a middle size law firm. He is 40 years old who looks after an ailing father with Parkinson’s.
His father was desperate for him to get married. He constantly presents his son with a photo of a woman for his son to go on a blind date in view of marriage. His father said that the woman was older than his son but that was ok after all his wife, Soon Woo’s mother was also older than his father. He then asked his son that perhaps he was not into women but he liked guys. He then said that he would not mind if Soon Woo brought home a bloke, as long as they can be happy together.
His father remembered Soon Woo’s college friend.
Soon Woo said that she was already divorced.
The father said that was good but again asked if she has a child?
Soon Woo said that the woman has a daughter who was already in middle school.
Suddenly his father said that ready-made children were a no-no and Soon Woo would be better off getting a dog.
Actually, the reason that Soon Woo gave for his failure to get married was that he was up to his neck in death despite being a lawyer.
Apparently, his father was too generous that he acted as a guarantor to his friend’s huge loan and now it was left to Soon Woo to pay off the debts.
Soon Woo felt that it was unfair to marry or be in a relationship with anyway when he was saddled with a debt.
One day his big boss came to him with a controversial case that they would have to take on as a pro bono basis to make them and the firm relevant again as it was in a doldrum.
The case was about a housekeeper, who was blamed for the death of her elderly employer. The only witness was a girl who suffers from autism savant.
The crime happened at 5am. Ji Woo heard some loud noises and had a look out of her window.
She saw the woman attacking a man who had a plastic bag over his head.
I am not going to completely reveal what happened as it would ruin the fun and excitement but suffice to say that it was very interesting how it turned out.