The Attorney

The Attorney

  • Director: WooSuk Yang
  • Writer: Yoon Hyeon-ho,WooSuk Yang
  • Countries of origin: South Korea
  • Language: Korean
  • Release date: December 18, 2013
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: The Counsel
  • "The Attorney" by Yang Woo-seok director, 송강호 , Kim Young Ae , Oh Dal-su , the Do-Won Gwak starred in a Korean drama.
    The film is set in Busan in the 1980s. It is based on the story of the late former President Roh Moo-hyun who was in charge of defending the Helin incident in Busan when he was a lawyer . It tells the story of no money, no education, and no background. The tax lawyer Song Youshuo has experienced five public trials that changed his life.
    The film was released in South Korea on December 28, 2013, occupying the top box office for 29 consecutive days, with   more than 11.37 million viewers. It was the first movie with 10 million viewers in 2014 and the ninth movie in Korean history with more than 10 million viewers. Native movie.   The film getsBest film award. 

    Details

    • Release date December 18, 2013
    • Filming locations Busan, South Korea
    • Production companies WithUs Films

    Box office

    Budget

    $5,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $557,236

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $216,035

    Gross worldwide

    $78,547,586

    Movie reviews

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    • By Martine 2022-12-21 06:13:57

      role model for defenders

      I think this film can only be described as a model. The defense lawyers in this film represent Korea in an era, represent the deepest thinking, and represent the inner conscience. I seem to have watched a lot of Korean films of this type recently. They are all about social changes in which people sacrifice their power because of tyranny. There must be superfluous facts. Playwrights need to enrich the contradictions and conflicts to make the story. More watchable, but will the truth be lower...

    • By Eula 2022-12-17 06:21:24

      A country should not just run away from the mistakes of the past. Standing on top of mistakes can see tomorrow's progress.

      I'm a very stupid person, and until now I don't know what real democracy is. Whether the rulers are right or wrong, I cannot comment alone. But I think that if there is no legal opportunity for equality to appear, then there may be a real problem.
      The rights of a country belong to all citizens. More than one country's constitution has this sentence written in it. How many people are ignoring the existence of the constitution. Does the court's approval really care about the provisions of...

    • By Jacklyn 2022-12-14 07:10:03

      If you make a mistake, you will stand if you change it, and if you don't change it, you will lose it.

      Danger is everywhere, the uncle smoking a cigar and reading the newspaper, the aunt driving a tricycle, the stall owner who shouted at the fruit... They all have the same characteristics, their eyes keep rolling, and they seem to want to swallow every pair exposed in their eyes. down the face, or do they have more purpose? At least, I don't think they're just normal people who just stay out there trying to monitor everything and nip in the buds messages that don't live up to the positive...

    • By Marcella 2022-12-05 09:40:01

      How many years have I been shooting, Haiyan Heqing can't be photographed endlessly

      Korean politics is a piece of shit, and related movies are just a public toilet, no matter how magnificent, the insides are rotten and smelly. Korean people go in to vent and come out feeling comfortable, but in fact, nothing has changed. How can so many films that so-called expose the dark side of Korea be shown? Let me ask, what happened to Roh Moo-hyun, who was the prototype of the protagonist of the movie? How many of the South Korean presidents have died peacefully?

      This...

    • By Savanna 2022-11-28 12:09:40

      a voice for justice

      This is a legal film, but it is not as cold and blunt as the constitutional documents. Instead, it makes everyone's blood boil after watching it, and the sense of justice in their hearts Yu Qiang Yu Nong...

      Next I summarize what I learned in the film in a few words.

      1. Grateful

      If I say that people who can do great things must be grateful people, because once when they rolled up and down, they made a qualitative leap. In addition to their own sweat, there are other people's...

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    • By Darby 2023-09-30 15:31:09

      Can you dump the ten streets of...

    • By Jonas 2023-09-30 14:12:45

      Sensational but not promiscuous, cliché but not bloody. The subject matter alone is enough to prop up the whole film, leaving the Chinese filmmakers behind. What's more, Uncle Song Kangho's acting skills are superb. The long shot of Steadicam in the courtroom scene is really amazing! Same history, different ending. Today, Korean filmmakers can proudly capture the struggles and struggles of the past. And the Chinese can only continue to live in the dire straits they once...

    • By Amiya 2023-09-28 12:26:04

      A work that is difficult to evaluate in terms of cinematography. In a country with the right system, democracy can be achieved by law; in a country with a biased system, democracy can only beg for mercy. Han Ying is still the world of the uncles, and the big-faced Song Kanghao is angering his presence...

    • By Bernita 2023-09-20 11:54:11

      Some countries use literature and art to improve the system, and some countries use the system to stifle literature and...

    • By Newell 2023-09-20 04:08:30

      The director doesn't seem to know anything but sensationalism. It would be even better if the story entered the main topic 30 minutes earlier. Fortunately, the subject matter and Uncle Song's acting skills are very good. In fact, it is an enviable thing that Koreans can shoot such a theme. It feels that the Chinese Dynasty will always be in the era of this...

    Movie plot

    In 1978, Song Yousuk ( played by 송강호 ) , who had only a high school degree , passed the judicial examination after years of hard work, and soon became a lawyer after becoming a judge. He keenly smelled business opportunities from the latest policies and started his business as a real estate agency. Although he was ridiculed by his peers as a nightclub boy who handed out business cards anytime and anywhere, Youshuo didn't think he was...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    ● The film is the directorial debut of the script written by Woo-seok Yang, a well-known disaster comics manga writer, and shot by himself. 
    ● Because of the sensitivity of the role, 송강호 once refused to appear in the film. The reason he gave was "worry to cause trouble to him (Roh Moo-hyun)". 
    ● In order to interpret the characters perfectly, I read the script only once before. 송강호, who was never correct before shooting, joined the...
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    Background creation

    The story of "The Attorney" is based on real events. In 1981, South Korea's Chun Doo-hwan military dictatorship detained and tortured university students and activists from the Busan area for violating the National Security Law and other reasons, which shocked the whole country and was called the "Helim Incident in Busan." The late former president of South Korea, Roh Moo-hyun, who was still an ordinary tax lawyer, was shocked and...
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    Evaluation action

    At the beginning of the film, the subtitles said that the film "sets real characters as the background, but the content is fictitious", focusing on the subtle relationship between film and history. It also makes us realize how images and history, entertainment and politics can achieve a reasonable balance. At least in this film, film has become an art larger than film, transcending the existence of film itself, and carrying a lot of...
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    Movie quotes

    • Choi Soon-ae: Old debts are settled by face, not money.

    • Jin-woo: You can throw dozens of eggs, but it can't hurt a boulder... As weak as eggs are, they are still living things... Boulders will break into dust, but eggs will hatch with life.