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The Last Witness is a film of genre Drama with Lee Jung-jae

The Last Witness (2001)

The Last Witness
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Length 1h46
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action
Rating59% 2.999252.999252.999252.999252.99925

The Last Witness (Hangul: 흑수선; RR: Heugsuseon) is a 2001 South Korean thriller film directed by Bae Chang-ho and starring Lee Jung-jae, Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Mi-yeon. It is based on the novel of the same name by Kim Seong-jong, and is the second adaptation of the book, the first being in 1980.

Synopsis

A political prisoner, Hwang-seok is released after 50 years of solitary confinement. A day later, a body with stab wounds is recovered from a harbor. Detective Oh investigates the death and determines the body is that of Yang, a former soldier. Discovering a diary amongst Yang's possessions, Oh follows a trail of clues to a blind antique dealer, Ji-hye. It transpires that it was Yang who was responsible for the imprisonment of Hwang-seok, a suspected communist sympathizer in the Korean War. This makes Hwang-seok the prime suspect for the murder of Yang. But not all is as it seems, and a series of flashbacks back to the dark days of the Korean War and the infamous Geoje POW Camp on Geoje Island leads Oh to Han, a former North Korean soldier living in Japan, and a final, tragic resolution for two ill-fated lovers.

Actors

Lee Jung-jae

(Detective Oh)
Ahn Sung-ki

(Hwang-seok)
Lee Mi-yeon

(Ji-hye)
Jung Joon-ho

(Han Dong-ju)
Lee Ki-young

(Yang Dal-soo)
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