Juvenile Offender

For other uses, see Juvenile offender.
Juvenile Offender
Korean name
Hangul
범죄소년
Revised RomanizationBeomjoe Sonyeon
McCune–ReischauerPŏmjoe Sonyŏn
Directed byKang Yi-Kwan
Written byPark Joo-Young
Kang Yi-Kwan
Produced byHyun Byung-Chul
StarringLee Jung-Hyun
Seo Young-Joo
CinematographyByun Bong-Sun
Edited byPark Yoo-Kyung
Music byKang Min-Guk
Distributed byFinecut
Release date
  • November 22, 2012 (2012-11-22)
Running time
107 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office₩81,988,800

Juvenile Offender (Korean: 범죄소년; RR: Beomjoe Sonyeon; lit. "Crime Boys") is a 2012 South Korean drama film about a teenage criminal who reunites with his mother, who gave him up at birth.[1][2]

It won the Special Jury Prize at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Actor for Seo Young-Joo.[3][4][5][6] It was also awarded the Lino Brocka Grand Prize and Best Actor at the 14th Cinemanila International Film Festival[7][8][9] as well as Best Children's Feature Film at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[10]

The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards,[11] but it was not nominated.

  1. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (30 November 2012). "Kang Yi-Kwan, director of Juvenile Offender: Social Problems Still Exist". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
  2. ^ Paquet, Darcy (2 November 2012). "In Focus: Juvenile Offender". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. ^ "'Juvenile Offender' to Compete at Tokyo Int'l Film Festival". The Chosun Ilbo. 25 September 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. ^ Kim, Hyun-min (29 October 2012). "Juvenile Offender Wins 2 Awards in Tokyo". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  5. ^ Lee, Tae-ho (29 October 2012). ""Juvenile Offender" Grabs 2 Awards at Tokyo Independent Film Festival". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  6. ^ Lee, Claire (26 November 2012). "'Juvenile Offender' invited to international film fests". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2012-11-26. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  7. ^ "Cinemanila announces this year's winners". Cinemanila.org. 8 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  8. ^ Cremin, Stephen (9 December 2012). "Offender pleases Cinemanila". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-12-12.
  9. ^ Conran, Pierce (13 December 2012). "Cinemanila Takes a Shine to Juvenile Offender". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  10. ^ "Asia Pacific Screen Awards announced in Australia". Australia Network News. 13 December 2013.
  11. ^ Frater, Patrick (1 September 2013). "Korea picks Juvenile Offender as Oscars hopeful". Variety. Retrieved 2013-09-08.