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The Day I Died: Unclosed Case

PARK Jiwan

Korea2019116min

Synopsis

On a dark stormy night, a young witness to her father’s crime disappears on an island leaving her shoes on the cliff and her last will in her house. Due to the bad weather, a body has yet to be found. In the absence of the body, the case cannot be closed, but is simply dismissed as suicide. Detective Hyun-soo heads to the island to investigate the mysterious death of the girl. Tracing back the girl’s last day, we get closer to the truth. 

Diretor

PARK Jiwan

Park Ji-wan, born in 1981, majored in visual communication at Ehwa University and graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. In 2006, she directed her first short film, Pillow Talk. Her second short, High School Girls(2008), won Best Asian Short at the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival. Her feature debut, The Day I Died: Unclosed Case, starring Kim Hye-soo and Lee Jung-eun, won the Baeksang Arts Awards for Best Screenplay – Film. 

Credit

Producer
JANG Jinseung KWON Namjin KIM Hangil
Screenplay
PARK Jiwan
Cinematographer
CHO Yongkyu
Editor
KIM Sang-bum, JEONG Gyehyeon
Sound
LEE Seung-yup
Music
KIM Hong-jib, LEE Jin-hui
Production Design
AN Ji-hye