Miracle in Cell No.7

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• Movie: Miracle in Cell No.7 (English title) / Number 7 Room's Gift (literal title)
• Revised romanization: 7beonbangui Seonmool
• Hangul: 7번방의 선물
• Director: Lee Hwan-Kyung
• Writer: Lee Hwan-Kyung, Kim Hwang-Sung, Kim Young-Suk
• Producer: Lim Min-Sub
• Cinematographer: Kang Seung-Ki
• Release Date: January 24, 2013
• Runtime: 127 min.
• Genre: Drama / Comedy / Tearjerker / Prison / Father & Daughter / Law / Award Winning
• Distributor: Next Entertainment World
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

A father (Ryoo Seung-Ryong), who is mentally handicapped, but loves his daughter very much, is falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison. Later, his daughter Ye-Seung (Park Shin-Hye, who is a law school student, works to prove his innocence.
Back in 1997, Yong-Goo lives happily with his daughter Ye-Seung (Kal So-Won), even though he has the intelligence of a child. They stop by a shop everyday to look at a yellow Sailor Moon backpack that he hopes to buy his daughter. One day, they notice that the last yellow Sailor Moon backpack is being sold. Yong-Goo goes inside the store to plead his case, but the father buying the backpack ends up slapping Yong-Goo.
The following day, the girl who bought the yellow Sailor Moon backpack sees Yong-Goo working in the grocery store parking lot. She tells him that she knows another store that sells the same yellow backback. Yong-Goo follows the girl to a traditional outdoor market. A short while later, the girl is laying on the ground unconscious and Yong-Goo is trying to perform CPR. A woman walks by and calls the police.
Yong-Goo is accused of kidnap and murder. The father of the dead girl is also the chief of the National Police Agency. Yong-Goo is given the death penalty and incarcerated. In prison, Yong-Goo shares a jail cell with five other inmates. One day, Yong-Goo saves the life of his cellmate So Yang-Ho (Oh Dal-Su) from a rival prison gang leader. So Yang-Ho then offers to help Yong-Goo in any way he can to return the favor. Yong-Goo tells So Yang-Ho that he wants to see his daughter Ye-Seung. The five inmates then plan to make a miracle happen.

Notes

1. Filming began June 20, 2012 in Daejeon, South Korea. The first scene filmed involved Yong-Goo (Ryoo Seung-Ryong) who meets his cellmates in cell block 7 for the first time.
2. Filming finished October 10, in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea. The last scene filmed took place at a prison in Iksan, Jeollabuk-do. The scene involved Yong-Goo (Ryoo Seung-Ryong) and the other prisoners carrying out a mission to get a chance for a temporary release.
3. Early working title was "12 Wol 23 Il" (literally "December 23").
4. On February 23, 2012, "Miracle in Cell No.7" became the 9th film to ever surpass 10 million admissions in South Korea.
5. On March 1, 2013, "Miracle in Cell No.7" passed 11 million admissions and now the 8th all time best selling film in South Korea.
6. On March 9, 2013, "Miracle in Cell No.7" passed 12 million admissions in South Korea and became the 6th all time best selling film.
7. On March 15, 2013, "Miracle in Cell No.7" became the 4th best selling film ever in South Korea. By 3:30 PM on March 15, 2013, the movie has sold 12.32 million tickets and only trails "The Thieves," (12.98 million), "The Host" (13 million), "Avatar" (13.3 million).