Whistle Blower (2014)

Profile

• Movie: The Whistleblower (English title)
• Revised romanization: Jeboja

• Hangul: 제보자
• Director: Yim Soonrye
• Writer: Lee Choon-Hyung
• Producer: Jung Sung-Hoon, Shin Bum-Soo, Nam Jung-Il
• Cinematographer: Park Young-Joon
• Release Date: October 2, 2014
• Runtime: 113 min.
• Genre: Based on True Story / Drama
• Distributor: Megabox Plus M
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Lee Jang-Hwan (Lee Kyoung-Young) receives widespread acclaim and media attention after successfully cloning human embryo stem cells. A TV news program PD, Yoon Min-Cheol (Park Hae-Il) receives a phone call from an anonymous source. The anonymous source is Shim Min-Ho (Yoo Yeon-Seok) who has done stem cell research with Lee Jang-Hwan in the past. Shim Min-Ho blows the whistle on Lee Jang-Hwan’s work. Results were fabricated along with other unethical practices. PD Yoon Min-Cheol believes Shim Min-Ho and decides to take his story public.