New Trial (2017)

Original title

재심

Directed by

Kim Tae-yoon

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R15+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer takes on the case of a man who was wrongly convicted of a taxi driver's murder as a teenager. He works to uncover the truth and get a new trial after the man spent a decade in prison.

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What happens

New Trial (Korean: 재심; RR: Jaesim) is a 2017 South Korean crime drama film written and directed by Kim Tae-yoon. It stars Jung Woo, Kang Ha-neul, and Kim Hae-sook, with Lee Dong-hwi, Han Jae-young, and Lee Geung-young in supporting roles. The film is based on the 2000 Iksan murder case where a teenage boy was falsely accused of the murder of a taxi driver and spends ten years in prison. It was released in South Korea on February 15, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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