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0 MOVIE SUMMARY
Yong Goo (Ryoo Seung-ryong) is mentally handicapped but fondly takes care of his
little daughter Ye Seong (Gal So-won). He wants to buy her a Sailor Moon schoolbag and
therefore follows a little girl who can show him a shop that still sells it. But the girl dies,
apparently by a hit to the head with a brick, and Yong Goo is standing above her and has
partly undressed her when a witness sees him. For the police and the media the case is
obvious right away, even the more as the victim is the daughter of the police commissioner
In prison Yong Goo is treated everything but friendly because of his crime as well,
but his cellmates led by Yang-Ho (Oh Dal-Soo) soon find out that the death of the girl
actually was just an unfortunate accident and that the police forced the mentally handicapped
man to make a false confession by beating him and making promises. Even the prison warden
(Jeong Jin-Yeong) has doubts about Yong-goo's guilt. Somehow Yong Goo's new friends
then manage to smuggle Ye Seong into prison. The father and daughter happily reunited, but
it was short-lived since the choir she was brought with was set to depart. They were left with
no choice but to have her stay, but the warden officer soon realized her existence and was
sent back to the orphanage while Yong Goo was jailed in seclusion as punishment.
Through their re-enactment, they figured out that it was an unfortunate accident that
killed the little girl. She slipped and the weight of her bag pulled her down and got caught
with a brick that landed on her forehead. Yong Goo explained that he was trying to do CPR
to revive the kid against the police claim of him molesting her. They prepared Yong Goo for
the trial to avoid an imminent death sentence for him but up against the police commissioner
who was the father of the young girl he was accused of killing, it was a no easy task. The last
day of trial, the police commissioner met up with Yong Goo to traumatize and forced him to
In the final trial, thinking only of the possibility that his daughter might be in danger,
he conceded to the crime to protect Ye Seong. The cell inmates sat with Ye Seong and Yong
Goo in their final meal together. The uncles gave Ye Seong her Christmas presents and her
father finally gave her the yellow sailor moon bag. It was an emotional day for the people
around them who understood what was bound to happen. In between the prison bars
separating them, Yong Goo and Ye Seong wept in their last goodbye. Years later, Ye Seong
stood before the justice court to exonerate his father’s name of the crime that took his life
Ethical issue that we get in this movie is we cannot judge, accuse or blame people
directly without investigating the real situation. This happens in this movie when Yong Goo
wants to buy a bag for his daughter but he could not find the shop that sold the bag.
Suddenly, Yong Goo was approached by a little girl who bought the last bag in one shop and
told him that she saw another bag store that sell it. Yong Goo followed the girl but along the
way, there was an accident happened to the kid. She was slipped because of the slippery road
and died right away. Unfortunately, a witness saw Yong Goo kissing that girl who lying
unconsciously in order to safe her from dying. Actually, he is trying to do CPR to the kid
because he is one of the rescue teams. Because of the witness wrong statement, Yong Go is
prisoned. People tend to believe everything they see or hear first and not even bothering to
know the real story or having to hear to both sides. Not all that seems bad are totally evil and
not all good seems to be right. That's why we should not limit our minds to the things we see
once. We should open our mind, sight and ears to see the right and the wrong.
Then, other ethical issue in this movie that can be seen where police officer who
brings Lee Yong Goo to the to the crime scene to re-enactment the real situation for the case.
The police officer forced him to ignoring the fact that he tries to help the girl live by doing
CPR, in fact the police officer also forced him to lower his pants to make a situation like he
wants to rape the girl. It is because they want him to take responsibility for killing and
molesting the Police Commissioner’s daughter. It is unethical that the police officer to
instruct the defendant to do something that he not doing especially he was mildly
While in Cell No. 7, he is being bullied by other members in that cell. They bullied him and
said harsh words to him. Besides that, they also got in a fight with the gang in other cells
while they are doing exercise at the field. Even though in the prison they have groups but
they keep fight to each other. They also oppress another people that weaker and ask them to
Next, the ethical issue it is when someone use his power to get personal information
which is a private document From this movies, we found a scene where the Prison Chief talk
to the detective about who was in charge of the case and he was ask personally to detective
about the case file. He noticed that the report was wrong and unmatched with Yong Goo’s
handwriting due to his mental capabilities. It might be someone that has been manipulated the
report and make Yong Goo as culprit in the case of murdered and minor rape. He also was
investigated by his own even though it was not his job scope. He was actually just a chief of
warden prison. He also takes as personal case because he feels pity towards Yong Goo which
is innocent people.
The lawyer supposed to be a true and fair view as well as to protect innocent people.
The illegal issue in this movie can be seen in the scene where the public lawyer who should
defend and help Yong Goo for the case but he was not taking serious about the defendant. He
was only depending about the fact that the victim is the Police Commissioner’s daughter,
who is a very inconsiderate man and he aware of the possibility that he might lose the case.
The lawyer is not practicing code of ethics where he is supposed to defend and diligence to
help people in need. Even though, the Prison Chief showing the paper that support from
prison for this case, the lawyer still denies and said that it will not help to reduce the
punishment. The lawyer also is afraid to do aright thing and make a right statement because
trial. He beaten Yong Goo and asked him to take responsible for his daughter death. He
blamed Yong Goo and he wanted Yong Goo to get punishment even though Yong Goo is not
the culprit. Besides that, the Prison Chief asked the Police Commissioner to give him a
chance to investigate and find proof to prove that Yong Goo was not guilty so that he can
release from prison but the Police Commissioner refused to do so. The day when Yong Goo
will be brought to the court for his case, the Police Commissioner met him and he even did
excessive force to Yong Goo. He wants Yong Goo to admit the crime in front of the judge
that he is the culprit. If he does not want to admit, the Police Commissioner threaten him that
he will kill Yong Goo’s daughter. When question asked by the lawyer’s plaintiff is it right he
is the one who killed the victim, Yong Goo admitted it. Yong Goo willingly admit the
mistake he is not doing because he loves his daughter and does not want same thing happens
to his daughter
2.2 Awareness Stockholder
In this context, stakeholders are the persons who are very important and affected in
the organization. It is because without the stakeholders, the organizational did not exist.
Based on the story, the stakeholders are the people who involved in making the movie such
as the directors and an actor. All the actors have mentioned in 2.1 that have many ethical
issues that they want their audience can take a lesson from the movie that they are making.
Besides, the audience also can be the stakeholder because of they are watching the movie.
They have learnt some lesson and it will affect their view on the ethical issues that shown in
the movie.
There are some of unethical issues that we can conclude from the movie:
Ethical issue that we get in this movie is we cannot judge, accuse or blame people
directly without investigating the real situation. This happens in this movie when Yong Goo
wants to buy a bag for his daughter but he could not find the shop that sold the bag.
Suddenly, Yong Goo was approached by a little girl who bought the last bag in one shop and
told him that she saw another bag store that sell it. Yong Goo followed the girl but along the
way, there was an accident happened to the kid. She was slipped because of the slippery road
and died right away. Unfortunately, a witness saw Yong Goo kissing that girl who lying
unconsciously in order to safe her from dying. Actually, he is trying to do CPR to the kid
because he is one of the rescue teams. Because of the witness wrong statement, Yong Go is
prisoned.
There is a reason that makes the witness says Yong Goo raped the girl where she saw
Yong Goo kissing the little girl but actually Yong Goo is trying to save the girl by doing
CPR. She also thinks that Yong Goo is trying to rape that girl because at that time no one else
know the real story or having to hear to both sides. Not all that seems bad are totally evil and
not all good seems to be right. That's why we should not limit our minds to the things we see
once. We should open our mind, sight and ears to see the right and the wrong.
Then, other ethical issue in this movie that can be seen where police officer who
brings Lee Yong Goo to the to the crime scene to re-enactment the real situation for the case.
The police officer forced him to ignoring the fact that he tries to help the girl live by doing
CPR, in fact the police officer also forced him to lower his pants to make a situation like he
wants to rape the girl. It is because they want him to take responsibility for killing and
Due to this unethical behaviour, there is constraint faced by the character in this
scene. Yong Goo did as what the police officer told him because he wanted to go home to see
his daughter immediately. This is because the police officer told him if he admit and act like
he was trying to rape the little girl, he will get to see his daughter immediately. However, that
So, there is a few alternatives that can use to handle the police officer unethical
behaviour such as the police officer should not force and instruct the defendant to do
something that he is not doing especially he was mildly handicapped person and in fact he is
not guilty, it has been shown that the police officer has done unethical behaviour. As a
professional worker, the police officer must shows a good behaviour to others. Police should
be fair and consider to treat the disabled person nicely. The police officer must has strong
reason in order to ask Yong Goo to re-act the real situation happened between the little girl
and him.
2.2.3 Bullying People with Disabilities
Furthermore, the ethical issue is when Yong Goo enter Cell No.7 as a new person.
While in Cell No. 7, he is being bullied by other members in that cell. They bullied him and
said harsh words to him. Besides that, they also got in a fight with the gang in other cells
while they are doing exercise at the field. Even though in the prison they have groups but
they keep fight to each other. They also oppress another people that weaker and ask them to
The reason why Yong Goo’s cellmate bullying him is because they hate and angry
towards him when they found out that he is imprisoned for committing a serious crime which
is murder and raping a child. Then, the fight happen between Yong Goo’s cellmates because
each one of them wanted to has power where the strongest one will get to control over their
cell. The strongest one that has the power will bully the weakest and ask them to follow his
instruction.
2.2.4 Manipulated the Report
From this movies, we found a scene where the Prison Chief talk to the detective about
who was in charge of the case and he was ask personally to detective about the case file. He
noticed that the report was wrong and unmatched with Yong Goo’s handwriting due to his
mental capabilities. It might be someone that has been manipulated the report and make Yong
Due to unethical behaviour, there is a few constraints faced by the character in this
scene. The reason why report is being manipulated is because the little girl who died is a
daughter of police commissioner. That’s why the detective is involved in manipulating the
report so that they can accuse Yong Goo and make him a culprit. In this scene, the detective
refused to give Yong Goo’s case file to the Prison Chief because he afraid that the Prison
Chief will know that the file has been manipulated by other party. Then, because the
detective afraid of punishment by the Prison Chief he then gave the file.
Supposedly the detective does not need to cover the fault of others. He should be
honest and tell the truth to the Prison Chief that the file is not written by Yong Goo.
should defend and help Yong Goo for the case but he was not taking serious about the
defendant. He was only depending about the fact that the victim is the Police Commissioner’s
daughter, who is a very inconsiderate man and he aware of the possibility that he might lose
the case. The lawyer is not practicing code of ethics where he is supposed to defend and
diligence to help people in need. Even though, the Prison Chief showing the paper that
support from prison for this case, the lawyer still denies and said that it will not help to
There are few constraints faced by the character in this scene. The lawyer did this
action because he is afraid to fight with the plaintiff where he knows that the plaintiff is the
police commissioner which has big influence and also can do anything that he wants. The
lawyer still refused the petition of the Prison Chief to defend Yong Goo, even though the
Prison Chief has strong evidence about the case file which shows that it is not written by
Yong Goo.
Before the trial, Yong Goo remembered back that he was told by his lawyer that he
had to confess his offense if he did not want his daughter to die. The day when Yong Goo
will be brought to the court for his case, the Police Commissioner met him and he even did
excessive force to Yong Goo. He wants Yong Goo to admit the crime in front of the judge
that he is the culprit. If he does not want to admit, the Police Commissioner threaten him that
he will kill Yong Goo’s daughter. When question asked by the lawyer’s plaintiff is it right he
is the one who killed the victim, Yong Goo admitted it. Yong Goo willingly admit the
mistake he is not doing because he loves his daughter and does not want same thing happens
to his daughter. During the trial, Prison Chief asked the lawyer to defend Yong Goo but he
refused to do so.
As a professional lawyer, he needs to practice his code of ethics where he is supposed
to defend his client and diligence to help people in need. The lawyer should be committed to
their work.
Lastly, it was an action of Police Commissioner that visited Yong Goo before the last
trial. He beaten Yong Goo and asked him to take responsible for his daughter death. He
blamed Yong Goo and he wanted Yong Goo to get punishment even though Yong Goo is not
the culprit. Besides that, the Prison Chief asked the Police Commissioner to give him a
chance to investigate and find proof to prove that Yong Goo was not guilty so that he can
The Police Commissioner did that because he wants the offender to be punished for
the death of his daughter. Even though the Police Commissioner knows that Yong Goo does
not do it but he forced him to admit. In this scene, Yong Goo was confessing that he was
guilty because he was threatened by Police Commissioner to do so. He wants to clear his
name from being accused but he thinks that his daughter safety is more important rather than
his life. It may sound a little crazy, but to protect the ones that he loves he is willing to do
anything.
As an influencer person, he should not does something as he please just to satisfy his
feelings. Besides that, he must has strong evidence to prosecute the defendant to commit his
offense. Then, the Police Commissioner must think rationally and do not make decision in an
emotionally unstable condition. He also must not misused his power and authority to blame
someone of a lower rank without reinvestigating the situation properly. The person that has
power should not be blinded by the power they have and use it as long as they can. They
cannot use it to gain more power or even use it against to those lower than them.
2.3 Ethical Reasoning
Ethical reasoning pertains to the rights and wrongs of human conduct. Each person
has standards that are defined by their personal values, which come into play when the person
The issues that incurred in this movie is when there are miss judgement about the
situation that happen without investigate the real reason the person do the action. The miss
judge the real situation are lead where Lee Yong Goo is accused of rape and murder the
young girl. As known in the story, he did not do it, but with his limited mental capacities, he
is not capable of explaining things well. The police officer was force him to ignoring the fact
that he tries to help the girl live by doing CPR, in fact the police officer also forces tell him to
lower his pants to make a wrong situation, as he wants to rape the girl. When being caught,
he has a lousy lawyer and the girl’s father is a police commissioner who wants revenge.
As one saying goes, there is always a genuine truth behind the truth. For the Lee Yong
Goo cases, the argument is happen between the lead character ( Lee Yong Goo) and the
police officer that force him to the action that clearly not the victim action. This situation
shows that people around that saw the action would accuse and blame Yong Goo for doing
the wrong things. The police or the investigator must gather up the evidences to support a
claim. Explain the facts that the investigation had provided but there are always fail to look
beyond what the facts tell us. There are argument when they fail to know the reason and
refuse to listen for the fear that the truth will only hurt us more. We believe what we want to
believe that we rob other people of the chance to be understood and be cleared of wrongful
accusations.
We fail to take consideration that maybe, the other person did not meant for those
things to happen. We fail to see that they are also a victim because their story was never
heard. The thing is, everybody deserves the benefit of the doubt. They deserve justice just
like us. We should not jump into conclusions and we should not be blind, deaf and mute to
what our conscience tells us. We always have to know the truth behind the facts. Failure to
see the truth may lead into a person losing his life or losing the thing that means life to him.
The above situation can be related for the next point where, when someone use his
power to get personal information, which is a private document. It was action by the Prison
Chief talk to the detective about who was in charge of the case and he was ask personally to
detective about the case file. He was notice that the report was wrong and unmatched like the
writing of Yong Goo, due to his mental capabilities. It is would be someone was writing it
and make it Yong Goo as culprit in the case of murdered and rape of minor.
In the movie, they show to us that with the higher position, the person can do anything
they want even though it will be illegal. This issue is not good example because there will be
argument when someone using their power to get what they want. However, Yong Goo was
blackmailed by the Chief Commissioner to lie by admitting he committed his crime or else
Ye Seong will be harmed. Thus, Yang Ho wanting to protect his daughter admitted he
committed the crime he was framed for and was sentenced to death.
The father of the girl that died is a Police who has high position and use power to
settle his daughter cases with using the wrong path. In a world we live in today, there are
people who blinded by the power they have and will use it as long as they can. They would
not even think twice. They will use it to gain more power or even use it against those who are
inferior to them. I hate the fact that these kind of people can get away easily with their
doings. I just despise these kind of people and how they rule it.
Both father try their best to protect their daughter but the differences from the both
action are Yong Goo tried to protect his daughter from being hurt by people and the police
Commissioners protect her daughter pride and his pride also by using the wrong action with
force Yong Goo to admit that he kill her daughter. This clearly shows that, not all people can
do the right thing by using the right path in order complete their mission. We usually get a
little out of hand and forget how to see things in a good way, sometimes a little act of
kindness can actually can change how people see in us but also, on how they can actually see
the world.
In fact, evidence shows that the moral principle or theory a person chooses to apply is
often, based on their emotions not on logic. Their choice is usually influenced by internal
biases or outside pressures such as the self-serving bias or the desire to conform. Therefore,
while we likely believe we approach ethical dilemmas logically and rationally, the truth is our
Based on Miracle in Cell No 7 movie, there are some ethical suggestions that can be
made to improve a society to be more useful and beneficial to others. We must know both
sides of the story. People tend to believe everything they see or hear at first not even
bothering to know the real story or having to hear both sides. Not all that seems bad are
totally evil and not all good things seems to be right. That's why we should not narrow our
minds to things we only see. We should be better that our sight and ears. In the movie, they
only hear one side of this is unfair on behalf of Lee Yong Goo is a retarded person. He was
not given a chance to speak out what happened. As our human beings must be considerate
and humanity and do not punish someone without hearing the explanations of his side. It is
in performing the task. In the movie, the police officer forced him to ignoring the fact that he
tries to help the girl live by doing CPR, in fact the police officer also forced him to lower his
pants to make a situation like he wants to rape the girl. It is because they want him to take
responsibility for killing and molesting the Police Commissioner’s daughter. As human
beings, we must take care of the feelings of a person we cannot embarrass in front of the
Next, mentally challenged people are always judged. People who are mentally challenged
are often shunned or called names. It may sound hypocritical to say that we not afraid of them
but deny the fact that they are also humans like us. They can be happy, they can be doing
insane things but they also get hurt. That's why; we should not judge them repulsively. Like
in the movie when Lee Yong Goo went inside the prison of friends in the prison did not ask
first why being included in the prison but they continue to act in a hurry by hitting Lee Yong
Goo when they read their cases. As human beings they are disabled but they have a feeling
like ordinary people do not remember they have no sense of humour as normal. Providing a
courteous service to the underprivileged people in order not to feel excluded and recognize
illegal ethic as it can cause innocent people to be arrested or punished. Where the Prison
Chief talks to the detective about who was in charge of the case and he was ask personally to
detective about the case file. He noticed that the report was wrong and unmatched with Yong
Goo’s handwriting due to his mental capabilities. It might be someone that has been
manipulated the report and make Yong Goo as culprit in the case of murdered and minor
rape. We must be honest in doing the task not because we are afraid or something we are able
to cheat on duty. Responsible attitude can lead to the trust and confidence of others.
Besides that, not practice code of ethics in doing the task. A wise person must be
professional in performing the task without any favouritism. Police should be fair and
consider disabled people with due care. In the movie, where the public lawyer who should
defend and help Yong Goo for the case but he was not taking serious about the defendant. He
was only depending about the fact that the victim is the Police Commissioner’s daughter,
who is a very inconsiderate man and he aware of the possibility that he might lose the case.
The lawyer is not practicing code of ethics where he is supposed to defend and diligence to
help people in need. Even though, the Prison Chief showing the paper that support from
prison for this case, the lawyer still denies and said that it will not help to reduce the
punishment. As human beings who have ethical in the task must take equal action against
both parties without being influenced by rank and make no decision on one side only.
Last suggestion is power can make you blind. In a world we live in today, there are people
who are blinded by the power they have and will use it as long as they can. They won't even
think twice. They'll use it to gain more power or even use it against those who are inferior to
them. We hate the fact that these kinds of people can get away easily with their doings. We
just despise these kinds of people and how they rule. In this movie shows because he has
power so he uses his power and tells Lee Yong Goo to admit that he is doing the case.
Otherwise he will do the same with Ye Seong. As a high-ranking man we cannot abuse the
power given. Do not oppress the underprivileged and the disabled because they are also
Justice
The study of decisions in the criminal justice process provides a useful focus for the
examination of many fundamental aspects of criminal justice. These decisions are not always
highly visible. They are made, ordinarily, within wide areas of discretion. The aims of the
decisions are not always clear, and, indeed, the principal objectives of these decisions are
often the subject of much debate. Usually they are not guided by explicit decision policies.
Often the participants are unable to verbalize the basis for the selection of decision
alternatives. Adequate information for the decisions is usually unavailable. Rarely can the
decisions be demonstrated to be rational. Justice would have been one of a very difficult
problem ever happened in the earth’s civilizations, especially when someone is putting their
self-ego above the truth. The hardest thing is, when those who are selfish take a biggest part
of the judicial institution, while others that voicing the truth were the weak. That is what
exactly happened everywhere around us. And that kind of situations were successfully
portrayed by the movie called Miracle in Cell No 7. There is a scene where the Chief Police
bag to the police commissioner to re-investigate the case because he believes that Lee Yong
Goo is innocent.
This shows that the Chief Police is being fair towards Lee Yong Goo. Not only that,
the police commissioner should show more concern to keep his mind straight in fighting in
justice of people. Although it is acceptable for him to be extremely furious at the death of his
daughter, he should not have killed an innocent victim just to relieve his rage. Authority does
not mean having the privileged to make any innocent man into a murderer. In this movie
there was no justice that happen that time while Ye Seong was still a child. When Ye Seong
was a lawyer she fight and to claim that her father was innocent and to clean her name.
Ethic of Due Care
Based on the movie we are decide on best solution the ethical issue. We are justified
Moral right it is ethic modal for the decision taking the evaluates the decisions and
behaviours, there have six of moral right which is life and safety, individual have a right to
live without endangerment or violation of their health and safety. Next it is right to due
process, every individual should have a right to an impartial hearing and fair treatment.
Beside that every human also have a right to free speech they may criticise truthfully the
ethics or legality of action and other. Next, it’s about privacy right every individual can
choose to do as they please away from work and have control of information about their
private life. Conscious freedom, individual may refrain from carrying out any order that
From this case Yong Goo was an innocent person so that he has a right conscious
freedom which is Yong Goo can ignore treated from the police commission that force him to
accept the responsible of killed and rape her daughter. People with higher position and where
high minded are taking advantage to those people with dysfunctional issues. People like
Yong Goo do not have the voice to speak out for themselves. Besides that, Yong Goo also
have a right of provide a basis for justifying one action and for invoking the protection of aid
of other. It is the lawyer should protect him and help him to win his case because he was
innocent person. Furthermore, Ye Seong which Yong Goo daughter have a right to life and
safety, the police commission should not treat him to kill his daughter if he is not admitting
the case, moreover his daughter also is not related with the case and she innocent.
3.0 CONCLUSION
In a conclusion, this movie story has many ethical and unethical issues. The moral
lesson of the movie that can we conclude is about the knowledge of the truth. As one saying
goes, there is always a genuine truth behind the truth. We can gather up evidences to support
a claim. We can explain all the facts that the investigation had provided but we always fail to
look beyond what the facts tell us. We believe what we want to believe that we rob people of
the chance to be understood and be cleared of wrongful accusations. We fail to take into
consideration that maybe, the other person did not meant for those things to happen. We fail
to see that they are also a victim because their story was never heard. The thing is, everybody
deserves the benefit of the doubt. They deserve justice just like us. We should not jump into
conclusions and we should not be blind, deaf and mute to what our conscience tells us. We
always have to know the truth behind the facts. Failure to see the truth may lead into a person
losing her life or losing the thing that means life to him. There is a fine thread separating
things from being right and wrong that it sometimes blurs so we fail to see it. All we can is
People who are mentally challenged are often shunned or called names. We should
treated people who are mentally challenged well and do not differentiate them because they
are also humans like us. They can be happy, they can be doing insane things but they also get
hurt. That's why, we should not judge them repulsively. People with higher positions and
where high minded are should not taking advantage to those people with dysfunctional issues.
People like Yong Goo do not have the voices to speak out for themselves. They couldn’t even
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