Heart Blackened

Heart Blackened (Korean: 침묵; RR: Chimmuk; lit. “Silence”) is a 2017 South Korean drama film starring Choi Min-sik, Park Shin-hye, Ryu Jun-yeol, and Lee Hanee. It is a remake of the Chinese film Silent Witness.^[4][5][6]

Heart Blackened
Theatrical release poster
Hangul	침묵
Hanja	沈默
Revised Romanization	Chimmuk
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'immuk
Directed by	Jung Ji-woo
Screenplay by	Jung Ji-woo
Based on	Silent Witness by Fei Xing
Produced by	Syd Lim
Starring	Choi Min-sik Park Shin-hye Ryu Jun-yeol Lee Hanee
Production company	Yong Film
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)[1]
Running time	125 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$3.6 million[2][3]

Plot

Im Tae-san has everything—wealth, love, and success. On what he believed to be a perfectly happy day, his fiancée and famous singer, Yoo-na, is murdered. And shockingly, his own daughter, Im Mi-ra, is named the prime suspect.

With the public's attention fixated on the case, Tae-san is determined to prove his daughter's innocence even though she has no memory of what happened that night. Rejecting the most elite legal team, he instead chooses Choi Hee-jung, a young lawyer who genuinely believes in Mi-ra’s innocence and will stand by her.

A fierce courtroom battle ensues over the missing seven hours Mi-ra cannot remember. Then, the case takes an unexpected turn when a fan of Yoo-na, Kim Dong-myung, emerges holding the lost CCTV footage from that night.

Cast

• Choi Min-sik as Im Tae-san^[7]
• Park Shin-hye as Choi Hee-jeong^[8]
• Ryu Jun-yeol as Kim Dong-myeong^[9]
• Lee Hanee as Park Yoo-na
• Park Hae-joon as Dong Seong-sik^[9]
• Jo Han-chul as Jeong Seung-gil
• Lee Soo-kyung as Im Mi-ra^[9]
• Park Gyu-young as Female college student
• Oh Ah-yeon as Overseas Korean
• Kim Soo-jin as Presiding judge
• Park Ho-san as Chief Prosecutor

Production

Filming wrapped after 4 months of shooting on February 7, 2017, in Bangkok, Thailand.^[10]

Awards and nominations

Awards	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
54th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Lee Hanee	Nominated	[11][12]
		Lee Soo-kyung	Won