''The Boys Who Cried Wolf'' (), also known as ''The Shepherd'', is a 2015 South Korean crime thriller drama film. Written and directed by Kim Jin-hwang in his first feature-length for his Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)'s final year undergraduate film project, it depicts how a former stage actor becomes involved in a murder case. It made its world premiere at the

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in 2015 and won the DGK Award. It was also invited to the 15th edition of

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in 2016 to be screened as the North American premiere.

Synopsis

Wan-joo (

Park Jong-hwan Park Jong-hwan ( born 9 February 1938) is a former South Korean football manager. Managerial career Considered one of South Korea's greatest football managers in the 20th century, Park led South Korean under-20 team to the semi-finals in t ...

), enraged at being replaced by another actor, quits theatre school and now works as a role play in "real-life". One day, a woman asks him to be a witness for her son's murder case. Desperate for money for his mother's surgery, he agrees. When he realizes his false testimony implicates an innocent young man as the murderer, and discovers the murdered victim is an orphan and the woman who hired him isn't who she claims to be, he decides to search for the truth.

Cast

as Ji Wan-joo * Cha Rae-hyung as Myung-woo *

Ha Jun Ha Jun (born Song Joon-Chul on 3 April 1987), also known by his ex-stage name Song Ha-jun, is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Theater Awards and nominations References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:H ...

as Kwang-suk * Yoon Jung-il as Young-min * Kim Ye-eun as Mi-jin * Oh Chang-kyung as Homicide detective Park *

Ryu Jun-yeol Ryu Jun-yeol (; born September 25, 1986) is a South Korean actor, activist, and photographer. Ryu began his acting career in independent films, and then rose to prominence through his breakthrough role in the critically acclaimed television ser ...

as Dong-chul * Lee Ga-sub as Joon-ho

Production

''The Boys Who Cried Wolf'' is director Kim Jin-hwang's final year undergraduate film project at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). In addition to the original story and directing, Kim also wrote, edited, and co-produced the film.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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