''The Last Witness'' () is a
1980 South Korean mystery film
A mystery film is a genre of film that revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. It focuses on the efforts of the detective, private investigator or amateur Detective, sleuth to solve the mysterious circumstances of an issue by means ...
directed by
Lee Doo-yong
Lee Doo-yong (born December 24, 1942) is a South Korean film director. Since his debut in 1969 with the film ''The Lost Wedding Veil'' (1970), Lee has made more than 60 films in a wide array of genres. In the 1970s, he introduced Korean-style ac ...
, based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Kim Seong-jong. When the film was originally released, a 40-minute portion was cut due to censorship laws of that time.
Korean Film Archive to Screen Director Lee Du-yong's Films
. ''HanCinema'', 6 January 2006; originally published by ''KBS Global''. Retrieved on 18 January 2009. A remake with the same title was released in 2001.
Cast
* Hah Myung-joong
Hah Myung-joong ( ko, 하명중, Hanja: 河明中) (born May 14, 1947) is a South Korean actor, film director, producer, planner, and screenwriter. Hah started his career as an actor, but expanded his career to film directing, and film producing. ...
* Jeong Yun-hui
Jeong Yun-hui (born June 4, 1954) is a former South Korean actress active since 1975. She was born in Tongyeong, a southwestern coastal city of South Gyeongsang province, South Korea in 1954. After graduation from Hyehwa Girls' High School, Je ...
* Choi Bool-am
Choi Bool-am (born June 15, 1940) is a South Korean actor and a professor.
Biography
Choi was born in the neighborhood of , Dong-gu, Incheon, Korea in 1940. Choi was the only son to his father Choi Cheol, a business man, and his mother Lee M ...
* Hyun Kill-soo
Korea's provinces (''Do (administrative division), Do''; hangul: 도; hanja: ) have been the primary administrative division of Korea since the mid Goryeo dynasty in the early 11th century, and were preceded by provincial-level divisions (''Ju'' ...
* Han Hye-sook
Han Hye-sook (born August 20, 1951) is a South Korean actress. Han won the Grand Prize in the controversial but highly rated television drama ''Dear Heaven'' at the SBS Drama Awards
The SBS Drama Awards (), also known as SBS Awards Festival, ...
* Lee Dae-keun
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
* Han So-ryong
* Shin Woo-chul
* Sin Dong-uk
* Han Tae-il
References
External links
*
*
1980 films
1980 crime drama films
South Korean crime drama films
South Korean mystery films
Films set in the 1950s
Films set in the 1960s
Films set in the 1970s
Films based on Korean novels
Films based on mystery novels
Films directed by Lee Doo-yong
1980s Korean-language films
{{SouthKorea-film-stub