Minority Opinion (), released internationally as The Unfair, is a 2015 South Korean legal drama film written and directed by Kim Sung-je, starring Yoon Kye-sang, Yoo Hae-jin and Kim Ok-vin. It was adapted from Sohn Ah-ram's novel of the same name, which in turn was based on the Yongsan Tragedy, in which 40 tenants protesting against insufficient compensation for the urban renewal redevelopment of their Yongsan neighborhood clashed with riot police on January 20, 2009, that resulted in the death of five tenant-evictees and one police officer.
Plot Tenants who have been evicted from their homes are in the middle of a sit-in protest, when the police arrive. A 20-year-old police officer and a 16-year-old boy, the son of a demonstrator, end up dead. The boy's father, Park Jae-ho gets arrested for the cop's death, but he insists it was self-defense and that he had only been trying to protect his son from being beaten by the riot police. Rookie public defender Yoon Jin-won is initially doubtful of Park's claims, until he gets approached by reporter Gong Soo-kyung who has her own suspicions about the government's account of the incident. Yoon then teams up with fellow lawyer Jang Dae-seok to pursue the truth through a jury trial.
Cast
Yoon Kye-sang as Yoon Jin-won Yoo Hae-jin as Jang Dae-seok Kim Ok-vin as Gong Soo-kyung Lee Geung-young as Park Jae-ho Jang Gwang as Kim Hee-taek's father Kim Eui-sung as Prosecutor Kwon Hae-hyo as Judge Kim Hyeong-jong as Kim Soo-man Noh Young-hak as Kim Hee-taek Oh Yeon-ah as Yoo In-ha Kwak In-joon as Park Kyung-chul Uhm Tae-goo as Lee Seung-joon Jo Bok-rae as Public prosecutor Kim Jong-soo as Jo Goo-hwan Park Gyu-chae as Professor Yeom Ahn Sang-woo as Moon Hee-sung Choi Soo-han as Park Shin-woo Yoon Dong-hwan as Assistant prosecutor general Park Hae-soo as Goo-hwan's assistant Park Chul-min as Judge Kim Joon-bae (cameo)
Release The shoot wrapped on June 3, 2013, but because of the film's political content, it took two years to find a distributor. Minority Opinion received a theatrical release on June 24, 2015.
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result2015 24th Buil Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram Best Cinematography Kim Dong-young 35th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Top 10 Films of the Year Minority Opinion 36th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Supporting Actor Lee Geung-young Best New Director Kim Sung-je Best Screenplay Kim Sung-je, Son A-ram 2016 52nd Baeksang Arts Awards Best Supporting Actor (Film) Lee Geung-young Best New Director (Film) Kim Sung-je
See also Two Doors, a 2012 documentary about the same incident
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