The Boys

There was no truth on that day.

The Boys — Plot

In 1999, a robbery-murder case occurs in a small supermarket in Samnye, Jeonbuk province. The police investigation quickly narrows down to three boys from the neighborhood, and these boys are falsely accused of being murderers overnight and are imprisoned without understanding what is happening. The following year, veteran detective Hwang Joon-cheol is newly appointed as the head of Crime Investigation Division. He receives a tip about the real culprits and embarks on a reinvestigation to clear the boys' names. However, the interference of the detective responsible for the case at the time, Choi Woo-sung, leads to everything falling apart, and Hwang is demoted. Sixteen years later, the sole witness of the case and daughter of the victim, Yoon Mi-sook, and the boys return to Hwang, seeking justice...

• Release date
• November 1, 2023
• Runtime
• 124 min
• Genres
• Drama, Crime
• Director
• Chung Ji-young

The Boys — Cast

Sul Kyung-gu Hwang Joon-cheol Yu Jun-sang Choi Woo-sung Jin Kyung Yoon Mi-sook Heo Sung-tae Park Jeong-gyu Yeom Hye-ran Kim Gyeong-mi Kim Dong-young Kwon Chang-ho Yoo Su-bin Jeon Seung-woo Kim Kyung-ho Seo Byeong-won