White Night (film)
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| Hanja | : 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다 |
| Revised Romanization | Baek-yahaeng: Ha-yan Eodum Sok-eul Geotda |
| McCune–Reischauer | Paekyahaeng: Hayan Ŏtum Sokŭl Kŏtta |
| Directed by | Park Shin-woo |
| Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
| Written by | Park Shin-woo Park Yeon-seon |
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Byakuyakō (English title: Journey Under the Midnight Sun) by Keigo Higashino |
| Starring |
Han Suk-kyu Son Ye-jin Go Soo |
| Music by |
Jo Yeong-wook Shiro Sagisu |
| Cinematography | Lee Chang-jae |
| Edited by | Lee Sang-min |
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| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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135 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$6,171,057 |
White Night (Hangul: 백야행: 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다; RR: Baek-yahaeng: Ha-yan Eodum Sok-eul Geotda; lit. "White Night: Walking Through White Darkness") is a 2009 South Korean mystery thriller starring Han Suk-kyu, Son Ye-jin and Go Soo. It was based on the Japanese novel Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino.
The film starts when Kim Si-hoo, a pawnbroker, is found dead in a remote town in a derelict building, the police are divided whether it was a murder or a suicide.
Fourteen years previous to that a man's body is found on an abandoned ship. The prime suspect, a woman suspected of being his lover, is also found dead soon afterwards. The woman's daughter Lee Ji-ah later changes her name to Yoo Mi-ho when she moves in with her aunt, where she grows a flower garden.
Fourteen years later, detective Jo Min-woo accidentally discovers the link between the two cases. Talking to the pawnbroker's widow and her son, Kim Yo-han, gives no clue. Then Jo Min-woo requests assistance from Han Dong-soo, who was investigating this case fourteen years ago. Han Dong-soo remembers every fact as this unsolved case ruined his career and killed his son. Dong-soo decides to re-investigate along with Min-woo and Lee Si-yeong, an employee of Mi-ho's rich fiance.
Yo-han has matured 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 is later revealed that Yo-han killed his father after he found him molesting Ji-ah, and Ji-ah killed her mother who was pimping her out to throw suspicion off Yo-han. In the end, Yo-han kills himself to protect Ji-ah.
Keigo Higashino's story Journey Under the Midnight Sun was first serialized in Shueisha magazine from 1977 to 1979, then compiled into a novel. It has been adapted several times, among them the Japanese drama Byakuyakō which aired on TBS in 2006, and the 2011 Japanese film Into the White Night.
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