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The Boys 2023 Directed by Chung Ji-young 소년들

There was no truth on that day.

In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys from the neighborhood, and these boys are falsely accused of being murderers overnight and are imprisoned without understanding what is happening. The following year, veteran detective Hwang Joon-cheol is newly appointed as the head of Crime Investigation Division. He receives a tip about the real culprits and embarks on a reinvestigation to clear the boys' names. However, the interference of the detective responsible for the case at the time, Choi Woo-sung, leads to everything falling apart, and Hwang is demoted. Sixteen years later, the sole witness of the case and daughter of the victim, Yoon Mi-sook, and the boys return to Hwang, seeking justice...

Production Country South Korea
Language Korean
Spoken Language Korean
Gneres Crime , Drama
Production Companies CJ ENM , Aura Pictures , Viva Film
Release Date 1 November 2023
124 mins
Cast
Sul Kyung-gu Hwang Joon-cheol
Yu Jun-sang Choi Woo-sung
Jin Kyung Yoon Mi-sook
Heo Sung-tae Park Jeong-gyu
Yeom Hye-ran Kim Gyeong-mi
Kim Dong-young Kwon Chang-ho
Yoo Su-bin Jeon Seung-woo
Kim Kyung-ho Seo Byeong-won
Seo In-guk Lee Jae-seok
Bae Yu-ram Jo Hyun-soo
Cho Jin-woong Oh Jae-hyung
Park So-yi Lee Eun-sol
Yoon Byung-hee Detective Lee
Lee Ye-won Young Hae-mi
Chung Ye-jin Hwang Hae-mi
Ha Jung-min Parent
Cho Yu-ha Seung-ah
Choi Yun-seol Yeon-hee