Juvenile Offender

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Movie: Juvenile Offender (English title) / Crime Boys (literal title)
Revised romanization: Bumjoe Sonyeon
Hangul: 범죄소년
Director: Kang Yi-Kwan
Writer: Park Joo-Young, Kang Yi-Kwan
Producer: Park Joo-Young
Cinematographer: Byun Bong-Sun
Release Date: November 22, 2012
Runtime: 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Teen / Arthouse / Coming of Age / Mother & Son
Distributor: Time Story Group
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

16-year-old Jang Ji-Gu (Seo Young-Joo) takes care of his ill grandfather, while he hangs out with other troubled kids. He was abandoned by his parents at an early age. After another run in with the law, Jang Ji-Gu is sent to a detention center.

One day, Jang Ji-Gu hears that his mother Hyo-Seung (Lee Jung-Hyun) has come for him at the detention center. Hyo-Seung had Jang Ji-Gu at the age of 17 and gave him up soon after birth. Can they repair their relationship?

Notes

Filming begins December, 2011
Actor Seo Young-Joo was picked for his role after going through an audition with 600 applicants.
"Juvenile Offender" is selected as South Korea's submission for the "Best Foreign Language Film" at the 86th Academy Awards.

Cast



Seo Young-Joo	Lee Jung-Hyun
Jang Ji-Gu	Hyo-Seung

Additional Cast Members:

Choi Won-Tae - Jae-Bum
Kang Rae-Yeon - Ji-Young
Jun Ye-Jin - Kim Sae-Rom
Lee Yoon-Sang - Sae-Rom's father
Jung Suk-Yong - Teacher Kim (Youth Detention Center)
Ji Dae-Han - detective squad chief in front of school
Kim Geun-Young - Jae-Bum's aunt
Bae Sung-Woo - Seoul Probation Officer
Min Jung-Ki - police officer at police station
Son Hee-Soon - Ji-Hyun's mother
Han Sa-Myung - Yong-Jae
Kim Kyeong-Ryong - Ok-Hyun's father
Jeon Young-Woon - grandfather on mother's side
Uhm Tae-Ok - gas station owner

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Film Festivals

2012 (37th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 6-16, 2012 - Contemporary World Cinema *World Premiere
2012 (25th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 20-28, 2012 - Competition *Asian Premiere
2013 (15th) Udine Far East Film - April 19-27, 2013 *Italian Premiere
2013 (14th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 25-May 3, 2013 - Korea Cinemascape
2013 (56th) San Francisco International Film Festival - April 25-May 9, 2013 - New Directors
2013 (12th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 28-July 15, 2013 *North American Premiere
2013 (62nd) Melbourne International Film Festival - July 25-August 11, 2013 - Accent on Asia
2013 (23rd) Focus on Asia-Fukuoka International Film Festival - September 13-23, 2013

Awards

2012 (25th) Tokyo International Film Festival - October 20-28, 2012
- Special Jury Prize
- Award for Best Actor (Seo Young-Joo)

Comments

Esther Sep 06 2020 2:32 pm SPOILERS! Had me interested to the very end. The ending though?! I guess it was left open to whether or not they would reconnect and he would straighten out his life and reunite with the girl & baby. Or, he would become just like his mother. Great performance by Seo Young Ju!

koko Sep 17 2017 11:38 am Sad movie with a stupid ending.

Hanee Nov 10 2013 3:18 am I really love him so much... I'm Falling in Love with him more and more.. Good Luck and More Dramas and Movies to come for you...(っ◕‿◕)っ ♥ Young Joo...

JOW May 14 2013 1:02 pm movie seemed okay a bit slow paced but mainly what i did not like was the ending....it was open ended with too much ambiguity and i did not get the point that writer/director was trying to make...the performances were great. lee jung hyun is beautiful and talented....cant believe i havent seen her before

InSu Aug 28 2012 10:19 am "Can You Hear My Heart" script, he still squeezed an impressive performance out of it. More than the adult Ma Roo actor.

InSu Aug 25 2012 12:13 pm Seo Young Joo really impressed me is Episode 2 of "May Queen." I'm so happy he got a chance to show what his got. A 13yr old as a male lead in a drama. He's 14 in "May Queen."

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