''A Reason to Live'' (; lit. "Today") is a 2011

South Korean film The cinema of South Korea refers to the film industry of South Korea from 1945 to present. South Korean films have been heavily influenced by such events and forces as the Japanese occupation of Korea, the Korean War, government censorship, t ...

written and directed by

Lee Jeong-hyang Lee Jeong-hyang (; born April 13, 1964) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. She is best known for ''The Way Home (2002 film), The Way Home'' (2002), a film she wrote and directed which won her Best Film and Best Original Screenplay ...

. It stars

Song Hye-kyo Song Hye-kyo (; born November 22, 1981) is a South Korean actress. She gained international popularity through her leading roles in the television dramas ''Autumn in My Heart'' (2000), '' All In'' (2003), ''Full House'' (2004), ''That Winter, th ...

as a director who forgives a teenage boy for killing her fiancé. It premiered at the 2011 Busan International Film Festival, and was released in theaters on October 27, 2011. It received 131,194 admissions.

Plot

Documentary filmmaker Da-hae (

) loses her fiancé by a hit and run accident on her birthday. But she forgives the criminal who was a 15-year-old boy based on her belief as a Catholic and signs a petition for him to revoke the juvenile's death penalty. One year later, Da-hae is commissioned by the Catholic Church to make a documentary on the inhumanity of capital punishment. However, her moral convictions and desire to be compassionate are seriously questioned when she finds out that the teenage driver killed a classmate, not long after his reprieve.

Cast

as Da-hae *

Nam Ji-hyun Nam Ji-hyun (; born September 17, 1995) is a South Korean actress who successfully transitioned from being one of the industry's premiere child artists to an acclaimed lead, well-loved for her roles in ''Queen Seondeok'', ''Suspicious Partner' ...

as Ji-min *

Song Chang-eui Song Chang-eui (born January 24, 1979) is a South Korean actor. Though better known as a musical theatre actor, notably in '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'' and ''Gwanghwamun Love Song'', Song has also starred in television dramas such as ''The Sc ...

as Ji-suk *

Ki Tae-young Ki Tae-young (born Kim Yong-woo on December 9, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Ki made his acting debut in 1997, and went on to play leading roles in the television dramas ''Creating Destiny ''Creating Destiny'' (; lit: ''Creating Relations'') ...

as Sang-woo * Kim Ji-young as young Da-hae *

Kim Kwak-kyung-hee Kim or KIM may refer to: Names * Kim (given name) * Kim (surname) ** Kim (Korean surname) *** Kim family (disambiguation), several dynasties **** Kim family (North Korea), the rulers of North Korea since Kim Il-sung in 1948 ** Kim, Vietnamese f ...

as Store owner *

Joo In-young Joo In-young is a South Korean actress. She is known for roles in dramas such as ''It's Okay to Not Be Okay'', ''The Devil Judge'', ''When I Was the Most Beautiful'', '' Mother of Mine'' and '' The One and Only''. She also appeared in movies '' ...

as Baby's mother

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