{{short description|2022 South Korean film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = | image = Air Murder (2022 film).jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^공기살인}} | director = Jo Yong-sun | writer = Jo Yong-sun | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{Based on|''Gyun''|{{ill|So Ji-won|ko|소재원}}}} | producer = | starring = Kim Sang-kyung<br/>Lee Sun-bin<br/>Yoon Kyung-ho<br/>Seo Young-hee | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = | music = | production_companies = Master One Entertainment | distributor = The Contents On | released = {{Film date|2022|4|22}} | runtime = 108 minutes | country = South Korea | language = Korean | budget = | gross = US$1.2 million<ref name="box:korea">{{Cite web|url=http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/boxOffice_Yearly.jsp?mode=BOXOFFICE_YEAR&selectDt=2022&category=ALL&country=K|title=KOFIC, KOBIS (Korean Box Office Information System) The Box office: Korean films of 2022|access-date=June 4, 2022|work=KOFIC}}</ref> }}

'''''Air Murder''''' ({{Korean/auto|hangul=공기살인|rr=yes}}) is a 2022 South Korean legal drama film written and directed by Jo Yong-sun. The film is based on the novel ''Gyun'' by So Ji-won,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mobile.newsis.com/view.html?ar_id=NISX20200818_0001132696|author=Kim Ji-eun|script-title=ko:가습기살균제 피해자 단체, 소재원 작가에 감사패 전달|trans-title=Humidifier Disinfectant Victims' Organization Delivers Appreciation Plaque to Writer So Ji-won|work=Newsis|date=August 18, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> which addresses a humidifier disinfectant disaster, based on a real-life event in Korea.{{efn|The humidifier disinfectant incident, which is the subject of the movie, is a tragedy in 2011 that resulted in the death of mothers, infants, due to lung damage or other systemic diseases caused by the humidifier disinfectant. In 2016, five years after the incident, a dedicated investigation team was formed and the biggest perpetrators were punished.<!-- However, according to the announcement of the Social Disaster Special Investigation Committee last month, between 1994 and 2011, about 6.27 million people used the humidifier disinfectant, and about 670,000 people experienced health damage. Of these, it is estimated that about 14,000 people died from related diseases after using the humidifier disinfectant.--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210112000857|author=Yonhap|title=Two former executives acquitted in humidifier cleaner deaths case|work=The Korea Herald|date=January 12, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>}} It was released on April 22, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=076&aid=0003842419|author=Jo Ji-young|script-title=ko:[공식] 가습기살균제 참사 다룬 '공기살인' 4월 개봉 확정|trans-title=[Official] 'Air Murder', which deals with the humidifier disinfectant disaster, confirmed for release in April|publisher=Sports Chosun|via=Naver|date=March 17, 2022|access-date= March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/311/0001430017|author=Kim Yoo-jin|trans-title='Air Murder' confirmed for release on April 22... Select Friday tailored to the COVID-19 situation|script-title=ko:'공기살인' 4월 22일 개봉 확정…코로나19 시국 맞춤 금요일 선택|publisher=Export News|via=Naver|date=April 5, 2021|access-date=April 5, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>

== Synopsis == The setting of ''Air Murder'' is based on the PHMG-caused lung disease outbreak and the struggle to uncover its cause in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/438/0000044857|author=Park Jae-hwan|script-title=ko:"가습기살균제의 비극" 김상경-이선빈 영화 <공기살인> 4월 개봉|trans-title="The Tragedy of Humidifier Disinfectant" Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Sun-bin's movie <Air Murder> released in April|work=KBS Entertainment|via=Naver|date=March 18, 2022|access-date=March 18, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>

== Cast == * Kim Sang-kyung as Jung Tae-hoon<ref name=casting1>{{cite web|url=https://www.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/08/10/2020081002647.html|script-title=ko:김상경·이선빈, 가습기 살균제 참사 영화 '균' 출연|trans-title=Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Seon-bin to appear in the movie 'Gun' in the humidifier disinfectant disaster|work=The Chosun Ilbo|date=August 10, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> : A doctor who loses his wife to an unknown lung disease and even puts his son at risk. * Lee Sun-bin as Han Young-joo<ref name=casting1/> : Gil-joo's younger sister, a prosecutor at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office who becomes a lawyer after the death of her sister. * Yoon Kyung-ho as Seo Woo-shik<ref name=casting2/> : <!-- the core of O2-->Manager at manufacturer company of humidifier disinfectant. * Seo Young-hee Han Gil-joo<ref name=casting2>{{Cite news|author=Kim Ji-won|script-title=ko:김상경·이선빈·윤경호·서영희, '균' 캐스팅…가습기살균제 피해 고발 [공식]|trans-title=Kim Sang-kyung, Lee Seon-bin, Yoon Kyung-ho, Seo Young-hee, cast for 'Gyun'... Humidifier Disinfectant Damage Complaint [Official]|url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/movie/article/2020081023994|website=tenasia.hankyung|date=August 10, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> : Tae-hoon's wife. * Kim Jung-tae as Hyeon-jong<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.wowtv.co.kr/NewsCenter/News/Read?articleId=A202010300049|title=김정태, 영화 '균' 캐스팅…가습기살균제 참사 피해자로 변신|trans-title=Kim Jung-tae, cast in the movie 'Gun'... Transformed into a victim of the humidifier disinfectant disaster|work=Wow TV|date=October 30, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> : An owner of a car center who lost his entire family in an instant due to an unknown lung disease. * Lee Yoo-jun as Yang Gye-jang<ref>{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/009/0004938886|author=Han Hyun-jung|script-title=ko:이유준, 영화 '공기살인' 합류..김상경·이선빈과 호흡[공식]|trans-title=Lee Yoo-jun, joins the movie 'Air Murder'... Breathing with Kim Sang-kyung and Lee Seon-bin [Official]|publisher=Maeil Business Newspaper|via=Naver|date=March 23, 2022|access-date=March 23, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> : Young-joo's colleague at the Seoul District Prosecutors' Office.&nbsp; * Jo Seo-hoo as Eun-jeong * Jang Gwang * Song Young-gyu * Sung Byung-suk * Jang Hyuk-jin * Lee Ji-hoon as In-ho<ref>{{cite web|url= https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=311&aid=0001426237|author=Ha Ji-won|script-title=ko:이지훈, '공기살인' 출연 확정…김상경과 호흡 [공식입장]|trans-title=Lee Ji-hoon confirmed to appear in 'Murder in the Air'... Breathing with Kim Sang-kyung [Official Position]|publisher= Xports News|via=Naver|date=March 28, 2022|access-date= March 28, 2022|language=ko}}</ref> : A doctor who is Jeong Tae-hoon's junior.

== Production == Script reading was held on September 29, 2020, and filming began on October 9, 2020.<ref name=production1>{{cite web|url=https://m.hankookilbo.com/News/Read/A2020100713200002937|author=Yoo Soo-kyung|script-title=ko:가습기 살균제 사건 다룬 영화 '균', 9일 크랭크인|trans-title='Guns', a movie about the humidifier disinfectant incident, cranked in on the 9th|work=Hankook Ilbo|date=October 7, 2020|access-date=March 17, 2022|language=ko}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{hancinema film|Toxic}} * {{KMDb film|28743}} * {{IMDb title|19849514}}

Category:2022 films Category:2022 drama films Category:2022 Korean-language films Category:South Korean films based on actual events Category:South Korean courtroom films Category:South Korean drama films Category:Films about diseases and disorders Category:Films about lawyers Category:Films about medical doctors Category:Films based on South Korean novels Category:Films set in 2011 Category:Korean-language drama films