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| Hangul | 백야행: 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다 Baekyahaeng: Walk Into the White Night |
| Hanja | 白夜 |
| RR | Baekyahaeng |
| MR | Byakuyako |
| Directed by | Park Shin Woo |
| Produced by | Kang Woo Suk |
| Written by | Park Shin Woo Park Yeon Seon Keigo Higashino (novel) |
| Starring | Han Suk Kyu Son Ye Jin Go Soo |
| Music by | Cho Young Wook Shiro Sagisu |
| Cinematography | Lee Chang Jae |
| Editing by | Lee Sang Min |
| Studio | Kim Jeong Gon |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment Cinema Service |
| Release date(s) | November 19, 2009 |
| Running time | 135 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Admissions | 353,336 [1] |
| Gross revenue | $6,171,057 [2] |
White Night (백야행: 하얀 어둠 속을 걷다 , Baekyahaeng, Into the White Night) is a South Korean mystery thriller based on the original Japanese novel by Keigo Higashino [3] and the screenplay by Park Shin Woo. The film is the director's feature debut. PARK first drew attention after winning the jury award his short film "About a Bad Boy" at the Mis-en-scene Short Film Festival.[4]
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A pawnbroker’s son, Kim Yo Han, killed his father, which later lead to Lee Jia killing her mother when she found out that Yo Han had killed his father. Kim Si Hoo, a pawnbroker is found murdered in a remote town in a derelict building and Jia later changes her name to Yoo Mi Ho when she moves in with her aunt, where she grew a flower garden.
Almost fifteen years pass and detective Jo Min Woo discovers that it is related to a homicide case that occurred fourteen years earlier, where a woman had been suspected of murdering her married lover, a pawnbroker. Talking to the pawnbroker's widow and her son, Yo Han, gives no clue. Then Min Woo requests assistance from lead inspector Han Dong Soo, who was investigating this case fourteen years ago. Detecive Dong Soo remembers every fact as this unsolved case ruined his career and killed his son. Lead inspector Dong Soo decides to reinvestigate along with Jo Min Woo and Lee Si Yeong who come under suspicion but all of them have perfect alibis and the investigation comes to a standstill when two of them go missing. Yo Han matures into a murderer and eliminates those who get in Mi Ho's way. He exists as Mi Ho's shadow, requiring nothing in return. Secretly they are still as close as ever while they are living out separate lives. Mi Ho knows of Yo Han's crimes but looks away from them and encourages them. It was later revealed that Kim Yo Han killed his father after he found him molesting Jia. In the end, Kim Yo Han killed himself to protect Jia.
Extended Cast
White Night opened second at the South Korean box office selling 292,504 tickets on 480 screens and accounting for 17.2% of all tickets sold during its opening November 20–22 weekend.[5]
Based on Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino's story "Byakuyako," published first in Shueisha magazine from 1977 to 1979. "Byakuyako" was then compiled into a novel which has been previously adapted as Byakuyako (TBS, 2006) and Into the White Night (2011).
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