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Seven Days

2007 · 125 min

A tightly wound race against the clock that keeps you anxious and guessing, with a mother's desperation driving every tense turn.

Directed by
Won Shin-yun
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Yunjin Kim, Kim Mi-sook, Park Hee-soon
Tagline
Time is running out...
Overview
A successful lawyer who, in order to save her daughter, is pressured into defending the innocence of a man slated to receive the death penalty.

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Directed by
Won Shin-yun
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Yunjin Kim, Kim Mi-sook, Park Hee-soon
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • family
  • crime
  • power
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Won Shin-yun
Written by
Won Shin-yun, Yoon Jae-goo
Starring
Yunjin Kim, Kim Mi-sook, Park Hee-soon, Choi Mu-sung, Lee Ra-hye, Yang Jin-woo, Jang Hang-seon, Oh Kwang-rok
Runtime
125 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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