Unbowed
Unbowed
Professor Kim Kyung-ho, played by Ahn Sung-ki, goes to see a judge after a university reappointment dispute, causes a crossbow incident, and faces a criminal trial. Through Kim Kyung-ho’s trial, the film presents problems with judicial procedure as a major source of conflict. The film’s central narrative focuses on the process in which the defendant is found guilty in the criminal trial over the crossbow incident.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
A work drawing on actual events—the so-called crossbow incident and a university professor’s legal battle—but with the characters’ names, the lawyer character, and courtroom dialogue cinematically reconstructed.
Crossbow incident
An incident in which a judge was threatened with a crossbow in connection with a university professor’s lawsuit over reappointment.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 6
Fact / Fiction verification
6 recordsThe work’s true-story and historical background includes the “2007 crossbow incident.”
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- 영화 '부러진 화살' 200만 관객 돌파연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- 정지영 감독 "나이들면 녹슨다는 건 선입관"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
Former professor Kim Myeong-ho was convicted in the crossbow incident and received a final sentence of four years in prison.
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- The film’s central narrative follows the defendant’s conviction in the criminal trial over the crossbow incident.
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- In June 2008, the Supreme Court finalized the four-year prison sentence imposed on former professor Kim Myeong-ho, who had been indicted on charges of shooting and injuring an incumbent judge with a crossbow.
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- 정몽구·송두율·김명호… 올 大法 선고사건연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
Professor Kim Gyeong-ho in the film is a character whose name and details were reworked based on former professor Kim Myeong-ho.
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- Professor Kim Gyeong-ho, played by Ahn Sung-ki, goes to see a judge after a university reappointment dispute, causes the crossbow incident, and stands trial.
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- The actual person involved in the events depicted in the film is Kim Myeong-ho, a former professor at Sungkyunkwan University. The director made a feature film based on case materials and investigations of the parties involved and their counsel.
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- Unbowed (2012)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- 정지영 감독 "나이들면 녹슨다는 건 선입관"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
- 정몽구·송두율·김명호… 올 大法 선고사건연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
The film’s courtroom scenes closely follow actual trial records, but not every line of dialogue is exactly the same as in the records.
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- The film presents the exchanges among the defendant, the bench, and the defense counsel as realistic courtroom dialogue.
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- Attorney Park Hoon, who handled the actual defense, said that the courtroom scenes were almost identical to what happened in reality, while also noting that some lines differed from what was actually said.
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- ‘부러진 화살’ 변호인 ‘실제와 싱크로율 98%’연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
In the criminal trial of the Kim Myeong-ho case, there was an actual procedural issue in which some first-instance trial proceedings in a case requiring mandatory representation by counsel took place without counsel.
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- The film presents problems with judicial procedure as a major source of conflict through Kim Gyeong-ho’s trial.
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- Supreme Court decision 2008Do2621 directly ruled on how to handle a case in which first-instance trial proceedings in a case requiring mandatory representation by counsel took place without counsel.
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- 대법원 2008. 6. 12. 선고 2008도2621 판결국가법령정보센터 · Law or judgment · Grade AOpen source →
On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal in the Kim Myeong-ho case.
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- The order in Supreme Court decision 2008Do2621 dismissed the defendant’s appeal.
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- 대법원 2008. 6. 12. 선고 2008도2621 판결국가법령정보센터 · Law or judgment · Grade AOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
김경호
Fictionalized real personBased on a real personKim Myeong-ho →
박준
Fictionalized real personBased on a real personPark Hoon →
Sources used
- 영화 '부러진 화살' 200만 관객 돌파연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- 정지영 감독 "나이들면 녹슨다는 건 선입관"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
- 정몽구·송두율·김명호… 올 大法 선고사건연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- Unbowed (2012)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- ‘부러진 화살’ 변호인 ‘실제와 싱크로율 98%’연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade AOpen source →
- 대법원 2008. 6. 12. 선고 2008도2621 판결국가법령정보센터 · Law or judgment · Grade AOpen source →