The Last Witness (2001 film)
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Heugsuseon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hŭksusŏn |
| Directed by | Bae Chang-ho |
| Produced by | Jeong Tae-won |
| Written by | Bae Chang-ho |
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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 |
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106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
The Last Witness (Hangul: 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.
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.
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