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The Client- Ha Jung-woo, Park Hee-Soon, Jang Hyuk; UPCOMING 9-29- 2011 RELEASE
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Upcoming Courtroom Thriller from the director of The Pit and the Pendulum.

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The Client
Battle of wits as a lawyer slowly uncovers the truth that his client tries to hide


Defense attorney Kang receives a notorious case to defend Han, who is accused of killing his wife. Even though her body is not discovered, the general public is quick to label him as the devil-reincarnate and begs for a shift guilty verdict. It’s a difficult case but Kang is confident that he will prevail. The defendant is an enigmatic character with OCD who can’t express his thoughts clearly.

Fortunately for him, there is no murder weapon but he doesn’t have an alibi either. The prosecutor handling Han’s case is also Kang’s archrival, and is determined to bring down Han for the murder and his lawyer along with him. Kang digs into Han’s case in order to uncover evidences to clear his client’s name.
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Ha Jung-woo confident about Korean-style legal thriller
By Lee Hyo-won

Local cinema has seen a host of dramas set in court, but actor Ha Jung-woo and the other makers of “The Client” are confident that their film offers something new as the country’s first legal thriller.

The upcoming film is expected to tell a Korean-style story that stands apart from its American counterparts.

“When I was at Cannes, many people told me that Korean cinema is really in the now. They say that Korean movies have meaningful stories and deliver emotion, thrills and humor in a very unique way,” Ha, who portrays a lawyer in the film, told The Korea Times in an interview following a promotional event for the film, Tuesday, in Seoul.

“Our movie speaks to the audience in the old-fashioned way, through the power of drama. So instead of trying to mimic the latest American legal TV dramas, we looked to classic Hollywood movies for inspiration,” said Park Heui-soon, who plays a prosecutor, about watching older American films such as 1957’s “Witness for the Prosecution.”

Jang Hyuk, who appears as the plaintiff, added that he was confident about local films having a distinctive color.

In addition to being a genre-defining project, the film has already made headlines for bringing together the three A-list actors.
In the film, a young man (Jang) is accused of murdering his wife. To complicate matters, the woman’s body has also disappeared. Ha appears as a lawyer who must defend his client before the jury, opposite a powerful public prosecutor (Park). It is the first time a jury system is being portrayed onscreen.

Newcomer director Sohn Youngsung helms the project. Given the nature of legal thrillers, which are basically about whether a plaintiff is guilty or not, “The Client” is bound to contain certain conventional elements such as surprise twists and turns, the director told reporters.

He said he had to fulfill both those new to the genre as well as its biggest fans, and thus focused on creating lively characters. Sohn repeatedly emphasized how fortunate he was to work with some of the country’s top actors, especially praising Ha for his “moments of true brilliance and genius” during the production.

The star of critically acclaimed films such as “The Murderer” (aka “Yellow Sea”) said the project evoked his early days of theater.
“In designing my acting style I recalled my experience in theater during my 20s. Instead of going with the flow of the production, I had to calculate everything in advance and really paid heed to diction and tone, and accurately delivering my lines,” said Ha.

“The court scenes in particular involved a 360-degree scope in terms of acting, as if I were onstage. There was the judge in front, the jury and witness to the side, and the audience to the back. So after shooting came to an end my co-stars and I stayed behind to rehearse.”

The actor said he was inspired by the professionalism his co-star Park exhibited during those practice sessions. Jang said he was also impressed by the natural gestures Park employed in his acting.

Park, who breaks away from his tough roles as a gangster (“The Scam”) or police officer (“Seven Days”) by playing an elite character, said the long takes in the court sequences proved to be a new challenge. “I’d sit down after delivering my line and prepare for my next line, just as a real prosecutor would, so it helped me stay in character,” he said.

Meanwhile Jang, who had recently been seen in action-packed stories, said the film satisfied his wish to play a more emotionally complex persona.

“Quite ironically I was able to express more by doing less,” Jang said, adding that he was inspired by classic films such as Akira Kurosawa’s “Rashomon.”

In film clips shown during the event, the actor mostly appeared taciturn with enigmatic facial expressions. “I had to appear as someone who can appear at times like a criminal or at other times like an innocent man. I had to find the right balance.”

Sohn, a former assistant director to the esteemed minimal realist Hong Sang-soo, said he wished to make the film as realistic as possible and opted for long takes, crafted a speedy narrative flow and refrained from overly stylizing the sets.

“The court set that appears in the film is used in the upcoming local film ‘The Crucible,’ but we shot our film there first. We look forward to competing in good faith with other such unique Korean films that are due around the same time,” said Park.

“The Client,” a Showbox/Mediaplex release, is due in theaters Sept. 28.
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'The Client' is deceptive, smart
By Lee Hyo-won

A man is suspected of killing his wife. The cadaver is however missing and solid evidence is impossible to procure. A powerful prosecutor and notoriously competent attorney engage in a fierce battle of wits to determine whether the man is guilty or innocent, with nothing but their own sense of conviction and validation.

“The Client,” the country’s first legal thriller, is propelled mostly by heavy legal terminology-ridden dialogue inside a glossy, wood-paneled courtroom. Unlike most variations in the genre it rules out the possibility of multiple suspects and focuses on the 50-50 chance of a man’s culpability.

There are many things at stake as the dramatic tension could be compromised by the wordy script and a predictable ending. The film’s thrill factor all depends on how far it keeps the audience confused of the suspect’s innocence.

Emerging young director Sohn Youngsung largely succeeds in this respect. He makes an impressive foray into the genre by offering a deviously deceptive story full of thrills and chills, all the while without losing a sense of humor.

Heartthrob Jang Hyuk breaks away from his usual action-packed roles as the mellow and mysterious Han Cheol-min. He returns from a business trip for his wedding anniversary. He enters his house with a bouquet of flowers in hand but the police, rather than his wife, greet him with an arrest warrant. The body is nowhere to be found but the amount of blood in the bedroom makes the possibility of her survival virtually impossible.

Prolific actor Ha Jung-woo plays the suave, smooth-talking star attorney Kang Seong-heui. Though he finds his client baffling and difficult to trust, Kang delves into the case with a determination to win. He ingeniously finds one piece of evidence after another that supports Han’s innocence and becomes increasingly confident about defending his client.
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Park Heui-soon, best known for scruffy, hardball characters, adopts a surprisingly cold facade as the merciless prosecutor. A man of power and unwavering conviction, Ahn Min-ho never for a moment doubts Han’s guilt and acts quickly to turn the tables on Kang.

Not surprisingly, Ahn and Kang turn out to be longtime buddies-cum-rivals. The story becomes multi-textured as it explores how personal ambition can conflict with one’s sense of justice. But the strength of the film is that is refrains from doing the most obvious, and keeps a cool, distanced observation of ulterior motives and instead focuses on harnessing these factors to confuse the viewer about the truth in the case.

The story unfolds mostly from the point of view of Kang, who at first appears to be a superficial young man to whom the entire incident is just a game he must win. Ahn on the other hand immediately invites one’s trust but the story begins freewheeling down a rabbit hole as it is revealed that Ahn holds a deep grudge against Han from the past.

Jang, as the enigmatic suspect, appears innocent one moment and completely guilty the next, crowning all the defining moments of the mystery thriller. In addition to the three irreplaceable lead actors, a supporting cast of A-list talent adds to the film’s impeccable production values, from funnyman Seong Dong-il and veteran actor-turned-politician Choi Jong-won to actress Yu Da-in, the unforgettable heroine of “Re-encounter,” as the late wife.

A unique aspect of the film is that it features a jury. Though “The Client” is the first legal drama to feature a jury here (the jury system was only introduced in Korea in 2008) it does not make much use of it. While some fans of American legal TV series may be disappointed, the film remains focused and avoids straying off on tangents. The presence of a jury enables the audience to feel as if they are part of the panel that the prosecutor and attorney are trying to convince.

“The Client,” a Showbox/Mediaplex release, opens in theaters on Sept. 29. Two-and-a-half out of four stars.
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