Spring in My Hometown
| Spring in My Hometown | |
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 Poster for Spring in My Hometown (1998) | |
| Hangul | 아름다운 시절 |
| RR | Areumdaun sijeol |
| MR | Arŭmdaun sijŏl |
| Directed by | Lee Kwang-mo |
| 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 |
Spring in My Hometown (Korean: 아름다운 시절) is a 1998 South Korean film.
Synopsis
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.
Cast
- 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
Reception
Spring in My Hometown received positive reviews from critics. Time Out wrote that Lee Kwang-mo "directs both kids and adults with real insight" and praised the film for capturing childhood memories with precision.
The film also received recognition at international film festivals. The film had screened at major festivals including Cannes, Tokyo, Thessaloniki and Karlovy Vary. It won Tokyo Gold – The Governor of Tokyo Award at the 11th Tokyo International Film Festival in 1998.
Awards
Wins
- Entrevues Film Festival (1998)
- 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)
- 36th Grand Bell Awards (1999)
- Best Film
- Best Director (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Best Cinematography (Kim Hyung-koo)
- Best Music (Won Il)
- Best Art Direction (MBC Art Center)
- Best Costume Design (MBC Art Center)
- Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
- Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)
Nominations
- Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
- Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
- Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)
- 36th Grand Bell Awards (1999)
- Best Supporting Actress (Song Ok-sook)
- Best Screenplay (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Best Planning (Baekdu-Daegan Co., Ltd.)
- Best New Director (Lee Kwang-mo)
- Best New Actor (Lee In)
Notes
- ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ↑ "Spring in My Hometown". Time Out. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Spring in My Hometown". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "1998 11th Tokyo International Film Festival". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ Awards based on "Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ↑ "대종상영화제". www.daejongfilmaward.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "대종상영화제". www.daejongfilmaward.kr (in Korean). Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
Bibliography
- 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)