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The Last Witness (1980)

The Last Witness poster
Original title
최후의 증인
Directed by
Doo-yong Lee
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
2h 38m
Rated
18
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man searches for a person who holds key information about a past event. The investigation leads him through a tangled web of secrets and lies in South Korea.

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What happens

The Last Witness (Korean: 최후의 증인; RR: Choehuui jeungin) is a 1980 South Korean mystery film directed by Lee Doo-yong, based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Kim Seong-jong. A remake with the same title was released in 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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