Minority Opinion

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Minority Opinion
Directed by Kim Sung-je
Produced by Im Yeong-ho
Cheon Sung-il
Written by Kim Sung-je
Based on Minority Opinion
by Son A-ram
Starring Yoon Kye-sang
Yoo Hae-jin
Kim Ok-bin
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography Kim Dong-young
Edited by Kim Sang-bum
Production
company
Release dates
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  • June 24, 2015 (2015-06-24)
Running time
126 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Minority Opinion (Hangul소수의견; RRSosuuigyeon), released internationally as The Unfair, is a 2015 South Korean courtroom drama film written and directed by Kim Sung-je, starring Yoon Kye-sang, Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Ok-bin.[1][2][3][4] It was adapted from Son A-ram's novel of the same name, which in turn was based on the "Yongsan tragedy," in which 40 tenants protesting against insufficient compensation for the urban renewal redevelopment of their Yongsan neighborhood clashed with riot police on January 20, 2009, that resulted in the death of five tenant-evictees and one police officer.[5][6][7][8]

Plot

Tenants who have been evicted from their homes are in the middle of a sit-in protest, when the police arrive. A 20-year-old police officer and a 16-year-old boy, the son of a demonstrator, end up dead. The boy's father, Park Jae-ho gets arrested for the cop's death, but he insists it was self-defense and that he had only been trying to protect his son from being beaten by the riot police. Rookie public defender Yoon Jin-won is initially doubtful of Park's claims, until he gets approached by reporter Gong Soo-kyung who has her own suspicions about the government's account of the incident. Yoon then teams up with fellow lawyer Jang Dae-seok to pursue the truth through a jury trial.

Cast

  • Yoon Kye-sang as Yoon Jin-won
  • Yoo Hae-jin as Jang Dae-seok
  • Kim Ok-bin as Gong Soo-kyung
  • Lee Geung-young as Park Jae-ho
  • Jang Gwang as Kim Hee-taek's father
  • Kim Eui-sung as Prosecutor
  • Kwon Hae-hyo as Judge
  • Kim Hyeong-jong as Kim Soo-man
  • Noh Young-hak as Kim Hee-taek
  • Oh Yeon-ah as Yoo In-ha
  • Kwak In-joon as Park Kyung-chul
  • Eom Tae-gu as Lee Seung-joon
  • Jo Bok-rae as Public prosecutor
  • Kim Jong-soo as Jo Goo-hwan
  • Park Gyu-chae as Professor Yeom
  • Ahn Sang-woo as Moon Hee-sung
  • Choi Soo-han as Park Shin-woo
  • Yoon Dong-hwan as Assistant prosecutor general
  • Park Chul-min as Judge Kim Joon-bae (cameo)

Release

The shoot wrapped on June 3, 2013, but because of the film's political content, it took two years to find a distributor.[9][4] Minority Opinion received a theatrical release on June 24, 2015.[10]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2015
24th Buil Film Awards
Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Won
Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram Won
Best Cinematography Kim Dong-young Nominated
35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards[11]
Top 10 Films of the Year Minority Opinion Won
36th Blue Dragon Film Awards
Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Nominated
Best New Director Kim Sung-je Nominated
Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram Won

See also

Two Doors, a 2012 documentary about the same incident

References

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