White Night (film)
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White Night is a South Korean mystery
thriller based on the original Japanese novel by Keigo Higashino
and the screenplay by Park Shin Woo. The film is the director's feature debut. PARK first drew attention after winning the jury award his short film "About a Bad Boy" at the Mis-en-scene Short Film Festival.
Almost fifteen years pass and detective Jo Min Woo discovers that it is related to a homicide case that occurred fourteen years earlier, where a woman had been suspected of murdering her married lover, a pawnbroker. Talking to the pawnbroker's widow and her son, Yo Han, gives no clue. Then Min Woo requests assistance from lead inspector Han Dong Soo, who was investigating this case fourteen years ago. Detecive Dong Soo remembers every fact as this unsolved case ruined his career and killed his son. Lead inspector Dong Soo decides to reinvestigate along with Jo Min Woo and Lee Si Yeong who come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill when two of them go missing. Yo Han matures into a murderer and eliminates those who get in Mi Ho's way. He exists as Mi Ho's shadow, requiring nothing in return. Secretly they are still as close as ever while they are living out separate lives. Mi Ho knows of Yo Han's crimes but looks away from them and encourages them. It was later revealed that Kim Yo Han killed his father after he found him molesting Jia. In the end, Kim Yo Han killed himself to protect Jia.
Extended Cast
's story "Byakuyako," published first in Shueisha magazine from 1977 to 1979. "Byakuyako
" was then compiled into a novel which has been previously adapted as Byakuyako
(TBS, 2006) and Into the White Night
(2011).
Mystery film
Mystery film is a sub-genre of the more general category of crime film and at times the thriller genre. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of a crime by means of clues, investigation, and clever deduction.The...
thriller based on the original Japanese novel by Keigo Higashino
Keigo Higashino
is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. . He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27...
and the screenplay by Park Shin Woo. The film is the director's feature debut. PARK first drew attention after winning the jury award his short film "About a Bad Boy" at the Mis-en-scene Short Film Festival.
Synopsis
A pawnbroker’s son, Kim Yo Han, killed his father, which later lead to Lee Jia killing her mother when she found out that Yo Han had killed his father. Kim Si Hoo, a pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building and Jia later changes her name to Yoo Mi Ho when she moves in with her aunt, where she grew a flower garden.Almost fifteen years pass and detective Jo Min Woo discovers that it is related to a homicide case that occurred fourteen years earlier, where a woman had been suspected of murdering her married lover, a pawnbroker. Talking to the pawnbroker's widow and her son, Yo Han, gives no clue. Then Min Woo requests assistance from lead inspector Han Dong Soo, who was investigating this case fourteen years ago. Detecive Dong Soo remembers every fact as this unsolved case ruined his career and killed his son. Lead inspector Dong Soo decides to reinvestigate along with Jo Min Woo and Lee Si Yeong who come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill when two of them go missing. Yo Han matures into a murderer and eliminates those who get in Mi Ho's way. He exists as Mi Ho's shadow, requiring nothing in return. Secretly they are still as close as ever while they are living out separate lives. Mi Ho knows of Yo Han's crimes but looks away from them and encourages them. It was later revealed that Kim Yo Han killed his father after he found him molesting Jia. In the end, Kim Yo Han killed himself to protect Jia.
Cast
- Han Suk Kyu as Han Dong Soo
- Son Ye Jin as Yoo Mi Ho / Lee Ji Ah
- Go Soo as Kim Yo Han
Extended Cast
- Lee Min JeongLee Min JeongLee Min-Jeong is a South Korean actress and model. She is best known for playing the role of Ha Jae Kyung on the popular 2009 idol drama Boys Over Flowers...
as Lee Si Yeong - Park Seong-woong as Cha Seung Jo
- Cha Hwa-yeon as Seo Hae Yeong (Yo Han's mother)
- Jeong Jin as Park Tae Ho
- Lim Ji-gyoo as Yak Tong
- Bang Joong-hyeon as Detective Jo Min Woo
- Yoon Da-kyeong as Park Mi Yeon
- Jeong In-gi as Kang Jae Doo
- Hong Ji-hee as Cha Yeong Eun
- Joo Da-yeong as Lee Ji Ah / Yoo Mi Ho (young)
- Won Deok-hyeon as Kim Yo Han (young)
- Ye Soo-jeong as Aunt
- Han Ye-won as Na Hyeon
- Kim Ji-hyeon-II as Hong Yoon Mi
- Jo Kyeong-sook as Yang Mi Sook
- Choi Jin-ho-I as Kim Si Hoo
- Han Cheol-woo as Detective Ko
- Seo Dong-soo as Crime lab investigation team leader
- Jo Seok-hyeon as Detective Choi
- Im Se-jin as Detective Moon
- Han Kook-jin as Detective Oh
- Yoon Chan as Min Jae
- Seo Jin-won-II as Detective Jang
- Lee Jae-goo as Gangnam team leader
Box office
White Night opened second 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 November 20–22 weekend.Production
Based on Japanese mystery writer Keigo HigashinoKeigo Higashino
is a Japanese author chiefly known for his mystery novels.-Biography:Born in Osaka, he started writing novels while still working as an engineer at Nippon Denso Co. . He won the Edogawa Rampo Award, which is awarded annually to the finest mystery work, in 1985 for the novel Hōkago at age 27...
's story "Byakuyako," published first in Shueisha magazine from 1977 to 1979. "Byakuyako
Byakuyako
is a Japanese drama, broadcast from January 12, 2006 to March 23, 2006. It is based on novel written by Higashino Keigo.-Summary:Byakuyako is a sad story about the promise between a girl and a boy. When they were young, their parents did sick things to them...
" was then compiled into a novel which has been previously adapted as Byakuyako
Byakuyako
is a Japanese drama, broadcast from January 12, 2006 to March 23, 2006. It is based on novel written by Higashino Keigo.-Summary:Byakuyako is a sad story about the promise between a girl and a boy. When they were young, their parents did sick things to them...
(TBS, 2006) and Into the White Night
Into the White Night
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Fukagawa. It was screened in the Main Programme of the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival...
(2011).