The movie "Sowon" is based on the Cho Doo-soon incident, a shocking child sexual assault and violence incident in South Korea in 2008.

The detailed story of the Cho Doo-soon incident in South Korea:

The Supreme Court sentenced the rapist Cho Doo-soon to 12 years in prison for raping an 8-year-old elementary school girl in Danwon-won, Ansan City, South Korea in December 2008. Sexual violence was committed with cruel means and caused lifelong disability. The verdict aroused strong repercussions in society, with the public accusing the sentence of being too merciful, ultimately leading Congress to raise the sentencing standards for child sexual assault crimes. The case of Cho Doo-soon, who sexually assaulted an 8-year-old elementary school girl, caused an uproar in the Korean legal community.

The first instance sentenced Zhao Douchun to 12 years in prison, but at the same time, the punishment was reduced because Zhao Douchun was mentally and physically weak due to drunkenness. The Korean people criticized the court, and the procuratorate also caused controversy due to its errors in the application of the law and its abandonment of protest during the prosecution. The siege of public opinion. When the courts and prosecutors conducted state affairs inspections, South Korean congressmen also investigated the problems that existed in the handling of the incident by the courts and prosecutors.

Since then, the court has begun to formulate an improvement plan for the trial of sex crime cases and discussed strengthening sentencing standards for sex crimes against children. The procuratorate even convened a procuratorial committee and decided to warn the general prosecutor on matters he should pay attention to during the investigation and prosecution process. However, the Korean Bar Association decided to investigate the truth and file a compensation lawsuit against the state on behalf of the victim, further continuing the controversy over the incident. The Ministry of Justice of South Korea proposed that the statute of limitations for sexual violence crimes against children should last until the victim reaches adulthood, and plans to amend relevant laws to expand the upper limit of fixed-term imprisonment for sexual violence crimes and other countermeasures.

Other similar Korean movies such as "The Crucible" and "Mama Don't Cry" are also shocking movies based on real events.