The Witness (Korean Movie)

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Movie: The Witness
Revised romanization: Mokkyeokja
Hangul: 목격자
Director: Jo Kyu-Jang
Writer: Lee Young-Jong, Jo Kyu-Jang
Producer: Oh Jung-Hyeon, Cha Ji-Hyeon
Cinematographer:
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Runtime: 111 min.
Genre: Thriller / Apartment
Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

One night at his apartment, Sang-Hoon (Lee Sung-Min) hears a woman's scream. He looks outside his apartment and sees Tae-Ho (Kwak Si-Yang) hitting a woman with a hammer. Sang-Hoon and Tae-Ho then make direct eye contact. Sang-Hoon does not call the police. The next day, that woman is found dead. Detective Jae-Yeob (Kim Sang-Ho) investigates the case. Sang-Hoon is still terrified and does not tell Detective Jae-Yeob about what he witnessed. Soon, another resident who witnessed the same murder is killed by Tae-Ho. Sang-Hoon tries to protect himself and his family from the murderer.

Cast



Lee Sung-Min	Kim Sang-Ho	Jin Kyung
Sang-Hoon	Jae-Yeob	Soo-Jin



Kwak Si-Yang	Park Bom	Kim Sung-Kyun
Tae-Ho	Eun-Ji	Hyung-Gyoon

Additional Cast Members:

Bae Jung-Hwa - Seo-Yeon
Shin Seung-Hwan - Park Sang-Tae
Jung Yoo-Min - Yoon Hee-Won
Yeon Je-Wook - Cola
Park Ji-Hu - Ye-Seul
Choi Jung-Hwa - Ye-Seul's mother
Hwang Young-Hee - women's society president
Son Jong-Hak - Squad Chief Choi
Lee Jae-Woo - Detective Jo
Lee Min-Woong - Woo-Min
Lee Sang-Hee - janitor
Kim Hak-Sun - Team Leader
Choi Jung-In - So-Yoon's mother
Kang Young-Taek - Sang-Hoon's co-worker 1
Lee Si-Hoon - Sang-Hoon's co-worker 2
Yang Hee-Myoung - gas station employee
Jun Hyun-Sook - cart woman
Kim Ja-Young - handcart woman
Woo Ji-Hyun - newspaper delivery guy
Park Sung-Geun - documentary host
Jeong Jae-Kwang - mart man 1
Kim Gun-Ho - moving company employee
Choi Sol-Hee - local resident 1
Jo Seung-Yeon - local resident 2
Jang Tae-Min - detective
Woo Sang-Ki - detective
Park Chae-Ik - taxi driver

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Comments

Yellow Apr 24 2023 5:43 am I think it is one of must watch movie. The ending is just….lesson to everyone in real life.

Yellow Apr 24 2023 5:27 am It really frustrate me how incompetent police force in this movie. Seriously. Arghh. I curse so many time. However, the story depict what really happen in real life. I watched it because of Jin Kyung. And as expected, she slay in any movie or drama.

bingbing Feb 19 2020 2:53 am Reply to @Ichigo the movie lover : The lead actor of this movie is actor Lee Sung Min (the middle age company worker)..he is great..his acting is impressive and expressive..so i disagree with your comment regarding poor acting of the actor! You can check actor Lee Sung Min drama: Misaeng, Memory and Money Game (tvN cable network). But i agree with your comment regarding poor writing, bad pacing and the killer's motive wasn't clear..my opinion this movie was a low budget movie. I only learnt a thing from this movie is society ignorance...the residents of the complex ignore the woman who cries for help..nowdays people tries to avoid problems...i felt lost hope in humanity

Pema D Nov 11 2019 7:53 am I would rate 6/10. The murderer looks just like one. And it could have been comedy thriller but sadly it was not.

Ichigo the movie lover Jul 25 2019 9:27 am Actually I don't like this film. The movie starts with the car with the woman tied at the hood. Then she escaped to the residential complex , killed by hammer by this mysterious killer and witnessed by this middlede aged company worker drunked past 2 an . And the Killer noticed him. That started it all. Sounds cliche to me like how many times i watched the same thing but the main point of the movie was being in witness point of view, decisions and consequences but the Killer and the middle aged man characters wasn't developed and here comes the detective I think hes useless for the most part and the middle aged man was an idiot. The killer's motive wasn't clear and the victims character was totally unrelated and the following scences almost non sense . A lot of loop holes here and there. Poor writing, poor acting, bad pacing. Only the first 20 minutes was worth to watch. Side characters totally unrelated to the plot and it wasn't affecting the movie at all even if they are not around. I got the message of the movie but poor execution I was bored for the last 1 hour and 30 minutes. The movie wasn't impactful enough. 6/10 in my opinion.

William M. Neal Aug 31 2018 7:15 am Great FILM. A terrifying eye opening experience. What would YOU do? And what can we learn? Why does it happen at all? Saw it last night at CGV.

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