CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Song Woo-seok is a lawyer with no clients. When his friend's son is falsely accused of a crime and tortured, he takes up the case and the course of his life changes for good.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Song Woo-suk

Kim Young-ae

Choi Sun-ae

Yim Si-wan

Yim Si-wan

Park Jin-woo

Ryu Soo-young

Ryu Soo-young

Lee Chang-jun