The Attorney

[Machine Translation] Winning acquittal even against the state! Based on the true story of a lawyer who single-handedly stood up against a false accusation fabricated by the state, this is a heart-wrenching human drama. The film swept Korean film awards, including the Blue Dragon Film Award and the Daejong Award, and won 20 awards! The masterpiece courtroom drama, which became the 8th most-watched film in Korea's history and drew more than 11 million viewers, is finally available on DVD! --The story takes place in Busan in the early 1980s. In Busan in the early 1980s, tax lawyer Song Woo-seok (Song Kang-ho) is a successful lawyer with no academic background who has a variety of cases on his plate. He was scouted by a major firm and was on the verge of making his debut as a nationwide lawyer. One day, he hears that Jin-woo ( Lim Siwan ), the son of a Kuppa restaurant he helped when he was just starting out, is involved in a case and is about to go to trial. Unable to ignore the earnest plea of Soon-ae ( Kim Young-ae ), the owner of the Kuppa restaurant, she goes to visit him at the detention center, but is shocked to see Jin-woo's unbelievable appearance waiting there. Under the military regime, a number of people are arrested for violating the fabricated National Security Law, and Woosook decides to take on the case that many lawyers do not want to take on...

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国家を敵に回しても無罪を勝ち取る! 国家によって捏造された冤罪事件にひとりで立ち向かった弁護士の実話を基にした心揺さぶるヒューマンドラマ。青龍映画賞、大鐘賞など韓国内の映画賞を席巻し、20冠獲得!! 韓国歴代観客動員数8位、動員総数1100万人突破の大ヒットを記録した傑作法廷ドラマが遂にDVD化! ――1980年代初めの釜山。学歴はないが、様々な案件を抱える売れっ子、税務弁護士ソン・ウソク(ソン・ガンホ)。大手企業からのスカウトを受け、全国区の弁護士デビューを目の前にしていた。ある日、駆け出しの頃にお世話になったクッパ店の息子ジヌ(イム・シワン)が事件に巻き込まれ、裁判を控えているという情報を聞く。クッパ店の店主スネ(キム・ヨンエ)の切実な訴えを無視出来ず、拘置所の面会に行くが、そこで待ち受けていたジヌの信じがたい姿に衝撃を受ける。軍事政権下、捏造された国家保安法違反による逮捕者が続出する中、多くの弁護士が引き受けようとしない事件の弁護をウソクは請け負うと決めるが・・・。

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