White Night
Genre: Thriller
Director: Shin-woo Park
Starring: Han Suk-Kyu, Son Ye-Jin, Ko Su, Lee Min-Jung
Release year: 2009
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
SYNOPSIS:
A man is murdered shortly after his release from prison. Detective. Dong-su Han investigates the case, which leads him back to a homicide case that occured 14 years ago. An unsolved case that eats the soul of Det. Han to this day.
Meanwhile, Mi-ho (Son Ye-Jin) is set to marry the chief executive of a large conglomeration. An assistant (Lee Min-Jung) to the executive chief is asked to do a background check on Mi-ho. She discovers that Mi-ho's mother was the primary suspect in an unsolved murder case 14 years ago. The assistant also notices another man, Yo-han (Ko Su), who always seems to linger by Mi-ho's side.
Det. Dong-su Han becomes convinced that the victim's son from 14 year old murder case, Yo-han, is somehow involved in the recent murder. Det. Han then discovers a hidden relationship between Yo-han and Mi-ho. As more crimes occur, Det. Dong-su Han works frantically to uncover the truth ...
NOTE:
# Based on the Japanese novel "Byakuyako" by popular mystery writer Keigo Higashino.
# Filming began March 1, 2009.
# At a press conference for "White Night," held in Seoul on October 21st, director Shin-woo Park revealed he was part of a high school study group that also included main actress Son Ye-Jin.[1]
# Actor Han Suk-Kyu initially turned down the role of Det. Dong-su Han because his character is over 50 years old and Han Suk-Kyu is in his 40's. Movie director Shin-woo Park then met with Han Suk-Kyu personally & persuaded him to accept the role.[2]
# "White Night" opened #2 at the South Korean box office selling 292,504 tickets on 480 screens and accounting for 17.2% of all tickets sold during its opening Nov. 20th-22th weekend.
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