The Whistleblower (2014)
The Whistleblower (2014)
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Cast & Crew.
Park Hae-il
Yoon Min-cheol
Lee Kyung-young
Lee Jang-hwan
Yoo Yeon-seok
Shim Min-ho
Park Won-sang
Lee Sung-ho
Ryu Hyun-kyung
Kim Mi-hyeon
Song Ha-yoon
Kim Yi-seul
Kim Su-an
Shim Soo-bin
Kim Kang-hyun
Lee Do-hyeong
Nam Myung-ryeol
Professor Yoo Jong-jin
Hwang Jae-won
Park Soo-hyun
Kim Joong-ki
Pastor Park
Kim Ji-hoon
Mr. Kim
Lee Bong-gyu
Monk
Park Seong-geun
PD
Lee Seung-joon
PD
Lee Hwa-ryong
Min-cheol’s Friend
Jeon Su-ji
Researcher 1
Park Yong-su
Broadcast Station Executive 1
Park Jin-young
Broadcast Station Executive 2
Kwon Hae-hyo
Broadcast Station Director
Choi Hee-jin
Reporter 2
Kim Kyeong-ran
Old Mother
Jang Gwang
Broadcast Station President (cameo)
Choi Yong-min
Minister of Science and Technology (cameo)
Han Gi-joong
Director of National Intelligence Service (cameo)
Kim Won-hae
Taxi Driver (cameo)
Lee Mi-do
Min-Cheol's Wife (cameo)
Kim Young-jae
Press Conference MC (cameo)
Hwang Jeong-min
Woman at Old House (cameo)
Kim Dae-heung
Icebox Man
Park Song-i
Storyboard
Yim Soon-rye
Director
Lee Jong-woo
Camera Operator
Cho Gi-hun
Key Grip
Park Young-jun
Director of Photography
Kim Sun-min
Editor
Lee Ju-noh
Original Music Composer
Hong Ju-hui
Art Direction
Jeong Seong-hun
Producer
Lee Choon-hyung
Writer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 2, 2014
Original Name제보자
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Whistle Blower (Korean: 제보자; RR: Jeboja) is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Yim Soon-rye.
Though fictionalized, the film is based on real-life scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who was at the center of one of the largest investigations of scientific fraud, named the Hwang affair, in recent memory. Hwang, then a professor of biotechnology at Seoul National University (SNU), gained international renown in 2004 after claiming that he had successfully carried out experiments cloning human embryonic stem cells. In 2005, an anonymous tip from whistleblower Ryu Young-joon, a former researcher at Hwang's lab, led to MBC program Producer's Note uncovering Hwang's ethical violations and fabricated data, which was confirmed by an SNU investigative panel in 2006. Hwang's research was discredited and in 2009, a South Korean court convicted him of embezzlement and bioethical violations.