''A Day Off'' () is a South Korean drama film directed by

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. Shot and completed in 1968 but not released due to censorship, it opened to the public in 2005, 37 years later, after the original print was rediscovered during the reorganization of the Korean Film Archive's warehouse. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of 1960s Korean film and its representative modernist film, ''A Day Off'' was selected near the top of the top 100 Korean films list in 2014.

Plot

One winter Sunday, a penniless young man named Huh Wook (

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) sets off to meet his beloved Ji-yeon (Ji Yun-seong). Unable to start a family, Ji-yeon, who is pregnant, needs an abortion.

Cast

as Huh Wook * Ji Yun-seong as Ji-yeon

References

External links

* * 2005 films 2000s Korean-language films Films directed by Lee Man-hee (director) South Korean drama films 2005 drama films 2000s South Korean films {{SouthKorea-film-stub