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''The Boys Who Cried Wolf'' (), also known as ''The Shepherd'', is a 2015 South Korean crime thriller drama film. Written and directed by Kim Jin-hwang in his first feature-length for his Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA)'s final year undergraduate film project, it depicts how a former stage actor becomes involved in a murder case. It made its world premiere at the
20th Busan International Film Festival The 20th Busan International Film Festival was held from October 1 to October 10, 2015 at South Korea's Busan Cinema Center and was hosted by Song Kang-ho and Marina Golbahari. In this year's festival, a total of 302 films from 75 countries wa ...
in 2015 and won the DGK Award. It was also invited to the 15th edition of
New York Asian Film Festival The New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF) is a film festival held in New York City dedicated to the display of Asian film and culture. The New York Asian Film Festival generally features contemporary premieres and classic titles from Eastern Asia ...
in 2016 to be screened as the North American premiere.


Synopsis

Wan-joo ( Park Jong-hwan), enraged at being replaced by another actor, quits theatre school and now works as a role play in "real-life". One day, a woman asks him to be a witness for her son's murder case. Desperate for money for his mother's surgery, he agrees. When he realizes his false testimony implicates an innocent young man as the murderer, and discovers the murdered victim is an orphan and the woman who hired him isn't who she claims to be, he decides to search for the truth.


Cast

* Park Jong-hwan as Ji Wan-joo * Cha Rae-hyung as Myung-woo *
Ha Jun Ha Jun (born Song Joon-Chul on 3 April 1987), also known by his ex-stage name Song Ha-jun, is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Theater Awards and nominations Listicles Notes References External links ...
as Kwang-suk * Yoon Jung-il as Young-min * Kim Ye-eun as Mi-jin * Oh Chang-kyung as Homicide detective Park *
Ryu Jun-yeol Ryu Jun-yeol (; born September 25, 1986) is a South Korean actor, activist, and photographer. Ryu began his acting career in independent films and gained attention for his role in the feature film '' Socialphobia'' (2015). He rose to internatio ...
as Dong-chul *
Lee Ga-sub Lee Ga-sub (; born December 28, 1991) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * 1991 births Living people Male actors from Busan South Korean male stage a ...
as Joon-ho


Production

''The Boys Who Cried Wolf'' is director Kim Jin-hwang's final year undergraduate film project at the Korean Academy of Film Arts (KAFA). In addition to the original story and directing, Kim also wrote, edited, and co-produced the film.


Awards and nominations


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