Wide Awake (Korean: 리턴; RR: Riteon), also known as Return, is a 2007 South Korean thriller film directed by Lee Gyu-man, starring Kim Myung-min in the lead role.
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Plot
In 1980s South Korea, a young boy is traumatised after experiencing anesthesia awareness during heart surgery, and no-one believes his story afterwards. Twenty-five years later, the doctors and nurses who operated on him begin to die under mysterious circumstances. Dr. Ryu Jae-woo, a surgeon married to Hee-jin, believes that the boy he remembers from his childhood is responsible for the deaths. The leading suspects are Lee Myeong-suk, who has been stalking Dr. Ryu, and the seemingly unhinged Uk-hwan. Hypnosis specialist Oh Chi-hoon also seems to know something about these deaths.
Cast
Kim Myung-min as Ryu Jae-woo
Yoo Jun-sang as Kang Wook-han
Kim Tae-woo as Oh Chi-hoon
Jung Yoo-suk
Kim Yoo-mi as Seo Hee-jin
Kim Roi-ha as Lee Myeong-suk
Baek Seung-hwan as Na Sang-woo
Seo Young-hwa
Lee Sung-min as Sang-woo's father
Release
Wide Awake was released in South Korea on 8 August 2007, and its opening weekend was ranked fourth at the box office with 238,819 admissions. The film went on to receive a total of 677,939 admissions nationwide, with a gross (as of 16 September 2007) of US$4,569,126.
Awards and nominations
2008 Grand Bell Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Yoo Jun-sang
Nomination – Best Music – Choi Seung-hyun