Miracle in Cell No. 7

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (Korean: 7번방의 선물) is a 2013 South Korean comedy drama film starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Kal So-won and Park Shin-hye. The film is about a developmentally disabled man wrongfully imprisoned for murder, who builds friendships with the hardened criminals in his cell, who in return help him see his daughter again by smuggling her into the prison.

Miracle in Cell No. 7
International release poster
Hangul
7번방의 선물
Hanja
7番房의 膳物
Literal meaningA Gift from Room 7
Revised Romanization7beonbang-ui Seonmul
McCune–Reischauer7pŏnbang ŭi Sŏnmull
Directed byLee Hwan-kyung
Written byLee Hwan-kyung
Yu Young-a
Kim Hwang-sung
Kim Young-seok
Produced byKim Min-ki
Lee Sang-hun
Starring
CinematographyKang Seung-gi
Edited byChoi Jae-geun
Kim So-yeon
Music byLee Dong-jun
Production
company
Fineworks/CL Entertainment
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • January 23, 2013 (2013-01-23)
Running time
127 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$80.3 million

The movie is based on the real-life story of a man who was tortured and pleaded guilty under duress to the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl on September 27, 1972 in Chuncheon before being finally exonerated in November 2008. Its early working title was December 23 (Korean: 12월 23일).

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