The Day I Died: Unclosed Case

The Day I Died: Unclosed Case is a 2020 South Korean character driven, investigation drama film, directed by Park Ji-wan in her directorial debut. The film starring Kim Hye-soo, Lee Jung-eun and Roh Jeong-eui, is a mysterious story and about a missing girl supposedly died from a cliff on a dark stormy night. The film was released in theaters on November 12, 2020.

Synopsis
It is a movie about Se-jin (Roh Jeong-eui) who disappeared to the edge of a cliff with only one suicide note left, a detective who tracks events on the edge of life, and an unspoken witness who reached out to them. Kim Hyeon-soo (Kim Hye-soo) is assigned to investigate the case, but due to bad weather, the body of Se-jin can not been found and the case remains open. Se-jin's death is simply dismissed as a suicide by local detectives. Hyeon-soo has to find the truth behind the suspicious disappearance of the teenage girl.

Cast

 * Kim Hye-soo as Kim Hyeon-soo
 * Lee Jung-eun as Suncheondaek
 * Roh Jeong-eui as Se-jin
 * Kim Sun-young Min-jeong
 * Lee Sang-yeob as Hyeong-joon
 * Moon Jung-hee as Jeong-mi
 * Shim So-young as Cheol-yi's mother
 * Yoon Byung-hee
 * Park Ji-hoon as Yong-jin
 * Oh Se-young as Bakery shop clerk
 * Kim Jung-young as Superior

Production
Kim Hye-soo was confirmed to appear in June 2019. In August 2019, Lee Sang-yeop was cast in the film. The film was wrapped up in November, 2019. The distribution press conference was held on November 4, 2020, setting the way to release of the film.

Release
The film was invited at 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival held in July, 2021 to compete in Bucheon Choice Features section. It was also invited at 23rd Seoul International Women's Film Festival in New Wave section and was screened on August 28, 2021.

Box office
The film released on November 12, 2020, on 909 screens.

As of February 2, 2021, the film is at 25th place, with gross of US$1.91 million and 233,112 admissions, among all the Korean films released in the year 2020.

Critical response
Going by Korean review aggregator Naver Movie Database, the film holds an approval rating of 9.07 from the audience.