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93% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by Ahn Sang-hoon Initial release 30 October 2015 Box office 214 million JPY | 5.8/10 IMDb Chinese 我是证人 Running time 112 minutes Director Ahn Sang-hoon Distributed by Beijing Enlight Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Yang Mi
Lu Han
Wang Jingchun
Zhu Yawen Production
companies Xinxiansuo (Beijing) Entertainment Capital
Jaywalk Media
Han Guo Wang Ru Ren Release date October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30) (China) Cast Yang Mi, Lu Han, Wang Jingchun, Sierra Lee, Yawen Zhu Similar Blind, 12 Citizens, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, 20 Once Again, Time Raiders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Witness (Chinese: 我是证人) is a 2015 suspense crime drama film directed by Ahn Sang-hoon, starring Yang Mi and Lu Han. The film is a remake of the 2011 South Korean film Blind, also by the same director. It was released in China on October 30, 2015.
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Plot
Lu Xiaoxing (Yang Mi) is a rookie cop when one night, she abandons her post to find her brother and aspiring singer (Liu Ruilin) and bring him back home after his constant rebellion. As they fight in the car, Xiaoxing loses control of the vehicle and crashes into a truck. As a result of the accident, her brother dies and she is left blind.
Three years later, Xiaoxing is living life as a blind woman. Amidst a string of female disappearances in the city, she tries unsuccessfully to persuade her former police academy senior to allow her another chance at being an officer. Upset and unable to come to terms with the rejection and her brother's death three years ago, Xiaoxing calls a taxi to head home.
After waiting for a while, a luxurious car pulls up and asks her if she needs a taxi. Upon getting in, she immediately realizes strange things about the car and her driver offers her a coffee. As they fight over opening the coffee, they crash into a woman. In the middle of chaos, Xiaoxing is left in the rain as he drives off.
At the police station, she reports her experience to the head of police, Captain Lu (Wang Jingchun) and with her police training, is able to deduce key details of the incident despite being blind. After a hefty reward is posted for any eyewitnesses, it attracts the attention of reckless, music-loving teenager Linchong (Lu Han). Xiaoxing and Captain Lu both dismiss his account. However, a few days later, Linchong sees a man tailing Xiaoxing as she boards a bus. Sensing danger, Linchong calls Xiaoxing and asks her to turn on her video camera to film her surroundings so he can guide her to safety. Her tailer notices but she manages to escape.
The search now begins as the police unit notice that all the missing women had disappeared after being set up for a date on the "Let's Meet" dating app. Linchong notices the male usernames are all lyrics from the same song and guesses the next username will be the song's next line. They trace the owner of the account to Tang Zhen (Zhu Yawen), a plastic surgeon and the culprit, who began killing off women using the dating app after he lost his own sister to online dating. Xiaoxing brings Linchong to her old home, and she reveals that she is the older sister of the dead singer Linchong greatly admires.
Tang Zhen traces Xiaoxing to her home and he fanatically offers to kill the both of them together, since they are so similar to the other, both having loved and lost a sibling. However, Linchong appears and temporarily subdues Tang Zhen. Xiaoxing sets the room on fire before escaping the house. In a fury and half burnt, Tang Zhen chases after her, but she swings her brother's old guitar at him and incapacitates him before the police arrive.
A year later, Xiaoxing watches Linchong performing her brother's song onstage.
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Reception
The film has earned CN¥214 million, US dollar 35.6 million at the Chinese box office.