Unbowed
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Promotional poster for Unbowed
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| Hangul | |
| Revised Romanization | Bureojin Hwasal |
| McCune–Reischauer | Purŏjin Hwasal |
| Directed by | Chung Ji-young |
| Produced by | Kim Ji-yeon |
| Written by | Chung Ji-young Han Hyeon-geun |
| Starring |
Ahn Sung-ki Park Won-sang |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
| Edited by |
Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
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Production
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Aura Pictures
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| Distributed by | NEW/Finecut |
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Release date
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Running time
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100 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$1.5 million |
| Box office | US$22,132,903 |
Unbowed (Hangul: 부러진 화살; RR: Bureojin Hwasal; lit. "Broken Arrow") is a 2011 South Korean courtroom drama film starring Ahn Sung-ki and Park Won-sang. It was inspired by the true story of Kim Myung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against wrongful dismissal.
This was director Chung Ji-young's first film after a 13-year hiatus and it received a 13-minute ovation at its 2011 Busan International Film Festival premiere.
Unbowed was produced and distributed by Aura Pictures on a low budget of ₩1.5 billion which included marketing and ₩500 million for production. Ji-yeong said making the film would not have been possible without the actors' willingness to work for very little pay, commending their passion.
After it was released in theaters on January 18, 2012, the outrage resonated with South Korean viewers, and word of mouth turned it into an unexpected box office hit with 3.4 million tickets sold.
In 1995, an untenured professor of mathematics named Kim exposes an error in the College Scholastic Ability Test, leading to the humiliation of the professors who drafted it. A few years later, he is denied tenure and forced to resign despite the high quality of his research. Kim relocates to the United States for a time, but flies back to South Korea after the laws are amended to allow rejected professors to file wrongful dismissal law-suits.
In 2007, with his case lost and his appeal dismissed, Kim decides to confront the appeals judge at the entrance of the judge's apartment. He brings his sporting cross-bow, which he occasionally fires at a cross-bow range as a hobby. A physical struggle ensues and Kim is arrested. However, the judge, who initially appears uninjured, disappears from the scene and comes out a few minutes later with a minor puncture in his hip, and is taken to the hospital. An assault against a judge is a serious crime so the case attracts wide-spread attention.
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