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Once in a Summer

{{Infobox film

|name = Once in a Summer

|image = Onceinasummer.jpg

|caption = Theatrical poster

|director = Joh Keun-shik

|writer = Kim Eun-hee

|starring = Lee Byung-hun
Soo Ae

|cinematography = Lee Hyung-deok

|producer = Park Mu-seung
Bang Chu-sung

|editing = Kim Sang-bum

|music = Shim Hyeon-jeong

|studio = KM Culture

|distributor = Showbox/Mediaplex

|released = {{Film date|2006|11|30}}

|runtime = 121 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|gross = {{USD|1,593,491}}{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr3355791877/|title="Geu-hae Yeo-reum (Once in a Summer) (2006)|publisher=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2021-07-07}}

|native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes|hide=no|header=none

|hangul = 그해 여름

|rr = Geuhae yeoreum

|mr = Kŭhae yŏrŭm}}

}}

Once in a Summer ({{korean|그해 여름}}) is a 2006 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Joh Keun-shik. The film stars Lee Byung-hun and Soo Ae.{{cite web|title=Once in a Summer|url=http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/content/cms_view_301252.jsp?gotoPage=1&genre=7320|work=Korea Tourism Organization|access-date=2012-06-04|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018020727/http://english.visitkorea.or.kr/enu/CU/content/cms_view_301252.jsp?gotoPage=1&genre=7320|archivedate=2014-10-18|url-status=dead}} It won Best Film and Best Director (for Joh) at the 15th Chunsa Film Art Awards in 2007.

Plot

To make up for her poor performance as an assistant producer, a girl promises to have her reserved but very renowned professor appear on their television series. The show involves locating the long-lost loved ones of the participant's past. Although hesitant at first, the professor finally agrees. His story takes the assistant back 50 years—1969—when the world is in chaos.

President Park Chung Hee is a dictator and the students are furious. Suk-young and a group of his classmates travel to the country to escape the tense city and help a small village become up-to-date with newly invented technology. It is there he meets Jung-in, a very pretty girl who is the custodian of the only library. Cheerful and happy, they first run across each other when Suk-young hears Jung-in singing while hanging up laundry. Over the period of time that Suk-young is at the village, they get to know each other more. Although Jung-in is hesitant, she gradually opens up to Suk-young. However, their bumpy courtship is threatened by dark secrets that Jung-in hides about her family and their history in the village, secrets that will haunt the pair as the volatile political climate catches up with them.

Cast

Release

Distribution rights to Japan were sold for {{USD|4 million}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/once_in_a_summer.htm|title=Once in a Summer (Korea, 2006)|access-date=2010-12-19|website=LoveHKFilm.com}}{{cite web|title=Once in a Summer to be Released in Japan|url=http://english.kbs.co.kr/hallyu/entertainment_news_view.html?No=259|website=KBS Global|access-date=2021-07-07|date=2007-01-12}}

Awards and nominations

class=wikitable

!Year!!Award !! Category!!Recipient!!Result.

rowspan=7|2007

|rowspan=7|15th Chunsa Film Art Awards

|Best Film

|Once in a Summer

|{{won}}

Best Director

|Joh Keun-shik

|{{won}}

Best ActorLee Byung-hun{{nom}}
Best ActressSoo Ae{{nom}}
Best Supporting Actor

|Oh Dal-su

|{{won}}

Best New Actress

|Lee Se-eun

|{{won}}

Best Music

|Shim Hyun-jung

|{{won}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • {{official website|http://www.kmculture.com/summer/}} {{in lang|ko}}
  • {{hancinema film|Once_In_A_Summer}}
  • {{kmdb film|07415}}
  • {{IMDb title|0923703}}

{{Kim Eun-hee}}

Category:South Korean romantic drama films

Category:2000s Korean-language films

Category:Showbox films

Category:2006 romantic drama films

Category:2000s South Korean films

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