Spring in My Hometown (Korean: 아름다운 시절) is a 1998 South Korean film.
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 아름다운 시절 |
| Revised Romanization | Areumdaun sijeol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Arŭmdaun sijŏl |
| Directed by | Lee Kwang-mo[1] |
| Written by | Lee Kwangmo |
| Produced by | Jung Taesung Kang Sungkyu |
| Starring | Ahn Sung-ki Bae Yoo-jung |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
| Edited by | Hahm Sung-won |
| Music by | Won Il |
| Distributed by | Korean Film Art Center BaekDu-DaeGan Company Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Synopsis
editA story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.[2][3][4][5][6]
Cast
edit- Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father
- Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother
- Cho Jae-hyun
- Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
- Lee In ... Sungmin
- Myeong Gye-nam
- Myeong Sun-mi
- Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
- Song Ok-sook ... Sungmin's mother
- Yu Hye-jeong
- Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle
Awards
editWins
edit- Entrevues Film Festival (1998)[7]
- Grand Prix Foreign Film (Spring in My Hometown)
- Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
- Best Feature Film (Spring in My Hometown)
- Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
- FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwang-mo) "For the director's mature approach to the consequences of recent Korean history on common people's lives."
- Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
- Special Artistic Achievement (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
- Gold Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
- Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Grand Bell Awards (1999)
- Best Film
- Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
- Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)
Nominations
edit- Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
- Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
- Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)
Notes
edit- ^ Infobox data from "Good Windy Day (Balambul-eo joh-eun nal)(1980)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 8 January 2008. and Areumdawoon sheejul (1998) at IMDb
- ^ "Spring in My Hometown". KVIFF. 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Stratton, David (18 May 1998). "Film Review: Spring in My Hometown". Variety. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Spring in My Hometown review". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Bourne, Christopher (4 November 2011). "Review: Lee Kwang-mo's Spring in My Hometown". meniscuszine.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Spring in My Hometown". gwangjublog.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ Awards based on "Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
Bibliography
edit- Areumdawoon sheejul (1998) at IMDb
- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "3. 'Is This How the War is Remembered?': Violent Sex and the Korean War in Silver Stallion, Spring in My Hometown, and The Taebaek Mountains". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 87–93. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
- Paquet, Darcy. "Spring in My Hometown". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
- "Spring in my Hometown(Aleummda-un sijeol)(1998)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
- "아름다운 시절 Spring in My Hometown, 1998". Cine21. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
- "Hope, Despair, and Memory of the Koreans' War: Spring in My Hometown[permanent dead link]," Minjung Kim and Trenia Walker, Education About Asia 7.1 Spring 2002 (Free access after registration)