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| director = Hwang Dong-hyuk | producer = Uhm Yong-hun Bae Jeong-min Na Byung-joon | based on = | writer = Hwang Dong-hyuk | starring = Gong Yoo Jung Yu-mi | music = Mogue | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Samgeori Pictures | distributor = CJ Entertainment | released = | runtime = | country = South Korea | language = Korean and Korean Sign Language | budget = | gross = 〔(Dogani (Crucible) ) ''Box Office Mojo''. Retrieved 2012-04-25〕 }} ''The Crucible'' (; also known as ''Silenced'') is a 2011 South Korean film based on the novel of the same name by Gong Ji-young,〔(Fueled by need for fresh material, best-sellers become box office hits ) ''JoongAng Daily''. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-25〕 starring Gong Yoo and Jung Yu-mi. It is based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.〔("'The Crucible' Brings Demons of Child Molestation Case Back to Life" ) ''Chosun Ilbo''. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15〕〔(Film examines child abuse case ) ''Korea Times''. 24 August 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-25〕 Depicting both the crimes and the court proceedings that let the teachers off with minimal punishment, the film sparked public outrage upon its September 2011 release, which eventually resulted in a reopening of the investigations into the incidents. With over 4 million people in Korea having watched the film, the demand for legislative reform reached all the way to the National Assembly, where a revised bill, dubbed the ''Dogani Bill'', was passed in late October 2011 to abolish the statute of limitations for sex crimes against minors and the disabled.〔 ==Background== The film has sparked public outcry over lenient court rulings, prompting police to reopen the case and lawmakers to introduce bills for the human rights of the vulnerable.〔("Sexual abuse of disabled, vulnerable, or Deaf people on the rise" ) ''Yonhap News''. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15〕 Four out of the six teachers at the Gwangju Inhwa School for whom serious punishment was recommended by the education authority were reinstated after they escaped punishment under the statute of limitations.〔("Deaf School Teachers Face Firing Over Sex Abuse Scandal" ) ''Chosun Ilbo''. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15〕 Only two of them were convicted of repeated rapes of eight young students and received jail terms of less than a year.〔("Box-office hit sheds new light on sex crimes against disabled students" ) ''Yonhap News''. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-15〕 71-year-old ex teacher Kim Yeong-il recently claimed that two children had died when the incident took place in 1964, after which he was beaten and forced to resign his job by the vice principal.〔("광주 인화학교 50년전 학생 암매장 폭로(종합)" ) ''Yonhap News''. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08 〕〔("경찰, 47년 전 인화학교 학생 암매장 의혹 조사" ) ''Yonhap News''. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-08〕 Two months after the film's release and resulting controversy, Gwangju City officially shut down the school in November 2011.〔("'Dogani' school to be shut down" ) ''Korea Times''. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 2012-03-31〕 In July 2012, the Gwangju District Court sentenced the 63-year-old former administrator of Gwangju Inhwa School to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old student in April 2005. He was also charged with physically abusing another 17-year-old student who had witnessed the crime (the victim reportedly attempted to commit suicide afterward). The administrator, only identified by his surname Kim, was also ordered to wear an electronic anklet for 10 years following his release. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Crucible (2011 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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