Whistle Blower (film)

Whistle Blower
Theatrical release poster
Directed byYim Soon-rye
Written byLee Chun-hyeong
Produced byLee Choon-yeon
Nam Jung-il
StarringPark Hae-il
Yoo Yeon-seok
Lee Geung-young
Edited byKim Sun-min
Music byLee Jun-oh
Production
company
Watermelon Pictures
Distributed byMegabox Plus M
M-Line Distribution
Release date
  • October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Whistle Blower (Korean: 제보자; RR: Jeboja) is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Yim Soon-rye.[1][2][3][4]

Though fictionalized, the film is based on real-life scientist Hwang Woo-suk, who was at the center of one of the largest investigations of scientific fraud, named the Hwang affair, in recent memory.[5][6] Hwang, then a professor of biotechnology at Seoul National University (SNU), gained international renown in 2004 after claiming that he had successfully carried out experiments cloning human embryonic stem cells. In 2005, an anonymous tip from whistleblower Ryu Young-joon, a former researcher at Hwang's lab, led to MBC program Producer's Note uncovering Hwang's ethical violations and fabricated data, which was confirmed by an SNU investigative panel in 2006.[7][8] Hwang's research was discredited and in 2009, a South Korean court convicted him of embezzlement and bioethical violations.[9][10][11]

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  2. ^ Jin, Eun-soo (26 September 2014). "Stem cell scandal movie casts doubts on integrity of press". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
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  4. ^ Ahn, Sung-mi (28 September 2014). "Herald Review: Exploring blurred line between truth and national interest". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
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  9. ^ Park, Si-soo (26 October 2009). "Hwang Convicted of Embezzlement, Cleared of Fraud". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-05.
  10. ^ Cyranoski, David (14 January 2014). "Cloning comeback". Nature. 505 (7484): 468–71. Bibcode:2014Natur.505..468C. doi:10.1038/505468a. PMID 24451524.
  11. ^ Cyranoski, David (28 January 2014). "Whistle-blower breaks his silence". Nature. 505 (7485): 593–4. Bibcode:2014Natur.505..593C. doi:10.1038/505593a. PMID 24476864.