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Unbowed

Original title: Bu-reo-jin hwa-sal
  • 20112011
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
638
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197,117
30,917
Sung-Ki Ahn in Unbowed (2011)
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Kim Kyung-ho is fired by his university after he questioned the validity of a math question in its entrance exam. Kim files a lawsuit against the university, but it is dismissed. Out of frus... Read allKim Kyung-ho is fired by his university after he questioned the validity of a math question in its entrance exam. Kim files a lawsuit against the university, but it is dismissed. Out of frustration he confronts the judge with a crossbow. Kim is arrested. He says that he did not s... Read allKim Kyung-ho is fired by his university after he questioned the validity of a math question in its entrance exam. Kim files a lawsuit against the university, but it is dismissed. Out of frustration he confronts the judge with a crossbow. Kim is arrested. He says that he did not shoot the judge but the judge insists he did.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
638
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
197,117
30,917
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    • Director
      • Ji-yeong Jeong
    • Writers
      • Hyeon-geun Han(screenplay)
      • Ji-yeong Jeong(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Sung-Ki Ahn
      • Park Won-Sang
      • Na Young-hee
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    • Director
      • Ji-yeong Jeong
    • Writers
      • Hyeon-geun Han(screenplay)
      • Ji-yeong Jeong(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Sung-Ki Ahn
      • Park Won-Sang
      • Na Young-hee
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    • 3User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 8 nominations

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      Park Won-Sang
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        Na Young-hee
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        Deok-jae Jo
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          • Ji-yeong Jeong
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          Based on a true story.

        User reviews3

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        6/10
        Interesting Korean movie about justice and the corrupted system
        Kim Kyung-ho is fired unjustly from his job at the university and as he searches for justice discovers that is not so easy to get it. He then decides to make a visit to the judge that dismissed his case... with a crossbow. The judge is shot, Kim Kyung-ho is detained and he decides to hire a new lawyer, a drunkard, quite the cynic, to help him in his new trial.

        Based on real facts, Unbowed is quite interesting, but it just follows the legal thriller formula, which hurts the movie, as it makes a compelling case seem a TV movie of the week. The direction is good enough, and the actors (specially Kim Kyung-ho's Sung-kee Ahn, who you will hate while respecting his search for justice and following the rules) do a good job. But the pace suffers from a lack of focus and only in the last part seems to find its footing. Here is where it shows how the movie could have been, and really makes Kim Kyung-ho's search worthwhile.
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        • Nov 14, 2015

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        • Release date
          • January 18, 2012 (South Korea)
        • Country of origin
          • South Korea
        • Official site
          • Official site (Japan)
        • Language
          • Korean
        • Also known as
          • Di Tìm Công Lý
        • Production companies
          • Aura Pictures
          • Myung Films
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          • $22,132,903
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 40 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Dolby Digital
        • Aspect ratio
          • 2.35 : 1

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