Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
{{Infobox film
| name = Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned
| image = Vanishing_Time-poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name|hangul=가려진 시간|rr=Garyeojin Sigan|lk=Obscured Time}}
| director = Um Tae-hwa
| producer = Park A-hyoung
| writer = Um Tae-hwa
| starring = {{ubl|Gang Dong-won|Shin Eun-soo}}
| music = Dalpalan
| cinematography = Go Nak-seon
| editing = Kim Chang-ju
| studio = Barunson E&A Corp.
| distributor = Showbox
| released = {{film date|2016|11|16}}
| runtime = 129 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| gross = {{USD|3.3 million}}{{cite web|title=VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED (2016)|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20154905|website=Korean Film Biz Zone|publisher=Korean Film Council|access-date=June 16, 2021}}
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Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned ({{ko-hhrm|가려진 시간}}) is a 2016 South Korean fantasy film written and directed by Um Tae-hwa and starring Gang Dong-won and Shin Eun-soo.{{cite web|last1=Jang|first1=Ah-reum|script-title=ko:강동원, '가려진 시간' 출연 확정..7일 크랭크인|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=421&aid=0001676692|website=Naver|publisher=News1 Korea|access-date=October 12, 2016|language=ko}}{{cite web|title=Photos of Gang Dong-won, Shin Eun-su at 'Vanishing Time' press conference|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/kwave/2016/10/12/29/3099000000AEN20161012003300315F.html|website=Yonhap News|publisher=Yonhap News Agency|access-date=October 12, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Ahn|first1=Woo-rim|title='Vanishing Time' Is Ready to Present in November|url=http://bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=32116|website=BNT News International|publisher=BNT News|access-date=October 12, 2016}}{{cite web|last1=Ahn|first1=Woo-rim|title=[bnt photo] Gang Dong Won Shows a Charisma|url=http://bntnews.co.uk/app/news.php?nid=32118|website=BNT News International|publisher=BNT News|access-date=October 12, 2016}} This is the second feature film by Um Tae-hwa.{{cite news|url=https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/news/interview.jsp?blbdComCd=601019&seq=244&mode=INTERVIEW_VIEW|title=UM Tae-hwa, Director of VANISHING TIME: A BOY WHO RETURNED|last=Kim Hyung-seok|date=12 December 2016|publisher=Korean Film Council|access-date=21 October 2018}} The idea of the film was strongly influenced by the sinking of MV Sewol which occurred in 2014. Um explained that after the Sewol disaster, the government tried to hide the truth, and therefore he decided to shoot a film where the main theme of which is a search for truth.{{cite web|url=https://asiatimes.com/article/troubled-waters-south-korean-director-mines-hope-tragedy/|title=Troubled waters: South Korean director mines hope from tragedy|last=Lim|first=Paige|date=4 June 2017|publisher=Asia Times|access-date=24 October 2018}}
Synopsis
After losing her mother, Soo-rin moves to Hwano Road with her new stepfather. Withdrawn into her own imagination, Soo-rin spends her days alone until Sung-min approaches her first. They begin to create memories shared only between the two of them, with secret codes and a world of their own. One day, they head into the mountains with friends to watch a construction site explosion, but everyone mysteriously disappears except Soo-rin, who returns alone.
Days later, a man claiming to be Sung-min appears before her. He tells her that he's become an adult, trapped in frozen time. While only Soo-rin believes him, the police and the townspeople remain suspicious, and Sung-min becomes a fugitive{{cite web|title=Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned|url=http://showbox.co.kr/english/Lineup/synopsis.asp?MVCode=MY160141|website=Showbox|access-date=December 10, 2017}}
Cast
{{cast listing|
- Gang Dong-won as Sung-min{{cite web|title=Gang Dong-won to appear on big screen|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/culture/2016/09/201_188712.html|website=Korea Times|date=15 October 2015 |publisher=The Korea Times|access-date=October 12, 2016}}
- Lee Hyo-je as young Sung-min
- Shin Eun-soo as Soo-rin{{cite web|last1=Choi|first1=Jeong-ah|title=JYP 신인 신은수, 영화 '가려진 시간'서 강동원 상대역 낙점|url=http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=396&aid=0000348942|website=Naver|publisher=Sports World|access-date=October 12, 2016|language=ko}}
- Uhm Tae-goo as Tae-shik
- Kim Dan-yool as young Tae-shik
- Kim Hee-won as Do-kyun
- Kwon Hae-hyo as Baek-ki
- Jung Woo-jin as Jae-wook
- Park Jong-hwan as Jin-sung
- Park Jin-woo as Tae-shik's father
- Park Sung-yeon as Tae-shik's mother
- Kim Tae-han as Jae-wook's father
- Kim Jung-young as Jae-wook's mother
- Oh Hee-joon as Search police
- Kim Hak-sun as Section chief Park
- Seo Joo-hee as Orphanage director
- Ahn Ji-ho as Sang-chul
- Ahn Sang-woo as Sang-chul's father
- Ok Jae-sub as Tae-shik's grandfather
- Moon So-ri as Dr. Min
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
- {{hancinema film|Vanishing_Time_2p__A_Boy_Who_Returned}}
- {{IMDb title|tt6273736}}
- {{kmdb film|15348}}
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Category:South Korean fantasy films