Miracle in Cell No.7 7번방의 선물

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Movie: Miracle in Cell No.7 (English title) / Number 7 Room's Gift (literal title)
Revised romanization: 7beonbangui Seonmool
Hangul: 7번방의 선물
Director: Lee Hwan-Kyung
Writer: Lee Hwan-Kyung, Kim Hwang-Sung, Kim Young-Suk
Producer: Lim Min-Sub
Cinematographer: Kang Seung-Ki
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Runtime: 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Tearjerker / Prison / Father & Daughter / Law / Award Winning
Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

A father (Ryoo Seung-Ryong), who is mentally handicapped, but loves his daughter very much, is falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison. Later, his daughter Ye-Seung (Park Shin-Hye, who is a law school student, works to prove his innocence.

Back in 1997, Yong-Goo lives happily with his daughter Ye-Seung (Kal So-Won), even though he has the intelligence of a child. They stop by a shop everyday to look at a yellow Sailor Moon backpack that he hopes to buy his daughter. One day, they notice that the last yellow Sailor Moon backpack is being sold. Yong-Goo goes inside the store to plead his case, but the father buying the backpack ends up slapping Yong-Goo.

The following day, the girl who bought the yellow Sailor Moon backpack sees Yong-Goo working in the grocery store parking lot. She tells him that she knows another store that sells the same yellow backback. Yong-Goo follows the girl to a traditional outdoor market. A short while later, the girl is laying on the ground unconscious and Yong-Goo is trying to perform CPR. A woman walks by and calls the police.

Yong-Goo is accused of kidnap and murder. The father of the dead girl is also the chief of the National Police Agency. Yong-Goo is given the death penalty and incarcerated. In prison, Yong-Goo shares a jail cell with five other inmates. One day, Yong-Goo saves the life of his cellmate So Yang-Ho (Oh Dal-Su) from a rival prison gang leader. So Yang-Ho then offers to help Yong-Goo in any way he can to return the favor. Yong-Goo tells So Yang-Ho that he wants to see his daughter Ye-Seung. The five inmates then plan to make a miracle happen.

Cast

Ryu Seung-ryong as Lee Yong-gu
Kal So-won as Ye-sung
Park Shin-hye as adult Ye-sung
Jung Jin-young as Jang Min-hwan
Oh Dal-su as So Yang-ho
Park Won-sang as Choi Chun-ho
Kim Jung-tae as Kang Man-beom
Jung Man-shik as Shin Bong-shik
Kim Gi-cheon as Elder Seo

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