Beyond the Years

Beyond the Years
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Hangul
천년학
Hanja
千年鶴
RRCheonnyeonhak
MRCh'ŏnnyŏnhak
Directed byIm Kwon-taek
Written byKim Mi-yeong
Based on
"The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong"
by Yi Cheong-jun
Produced byLee Hee-won
Kim Jong-won
StarringCho Jae-hyun
Oh Jung-hae
Oh Seung-eun
CinematographyJeong Il-seong
Edited byPark Soon-deok
Music byKunihiko Ryo
Production
company
Kino2
Distributed byPrime Entertainment
Release date
  • April 12, 2007 (2007-04-12)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$902,591

Beyond the Years (Korean: 천년학; RR: Cheonnyeonhak) is a 2007 South Korean drama film. Celebrating director Im Kwon-taek's 100th film, it is based on the short fiction "The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong" by Yi Cheong-jun, and was presented at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Despite being an informal sequel to Im's phenomenally successful Sopyonje (1993), Beyond the Years was not popular with Korean audiences.

Synopsis

Dong-ho and Song-hwa are separately adopted by Yu-bong (Im Jin-taek), a nomadic singer, and grow up as siblings. Dong-ho falls in love with Song-hwa, but he suffers from the fact that he has to call her sister and constantly fight with Yu-bong's obsession to make her a great singer. Eventually, Dong-ho leaves home. However, with his unchanging affection for Song-hwa, he keeps following traces of his love while refining his drumming skills in order to match well with her singing. This is the heart-touching love story of Song-hwa, who devotes her life and love to her talent for Pansori (a traditional Korean form of narrative song), and Dong-ho, who has devoted his life to loving her.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Beyond the Years 2008 Re-release". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
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  3. ↑ "Im Kwon-taek's 'Beyond the Years' fails to attract audiences". The Hankyoreh. May 3, 2007. Archived from the original on 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2007-11-17.