Bleak Night

Bleak Night
South Korean poster
Hangul
파수꾼
Hanja
Revised RomanizationPasukkun
McCune–ReischauerP'asukkun
Directed byYoon Sung-hyun
Written byYoon Sung-hyun
Produced byYoon Sung-hyun
Kim Seung-june
Park Ki-yong
Jang Hyun-soo
StarringLee Je-hoon
Seo Jun-young
Park Jeong-min
Jo Sung-ha
CinematographyByeon Bong-seon
Edited byYoon Sung-hyun
Music byPark Min-joon
Production
company
KAFA Films
Distributed byFilament Pictures
CJ Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 9, 2010 (2010-10-09) (BIFF)
  • March 3, 2011 (2011-03-03) (South Korea)
Running time
116 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$143,437

Bleak Night (Korean: 파수꾼; RR: Pasukkun; lit. "The Lookout") is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends. A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.