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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

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Synopsis

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

Cast

Ahn Sung-ki Ahn Sung-ki (born January 1, 1952) is a South Korean actor. One of the country's most respected actors, he has appeared in more than 130 films during his career of over 60 years. Career A native of Seoul, Ahn was the son of a veteran filmmaker ...

... Sungmin's father * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother *

Cho Jae-hyun Cho Jae-hyun (born June 30, 1965) is a South Korean film, stage, and TV actor. He is commonly dubbed "director Kim Ki-duk's persona" since Cho has starred as leading and supporting characters in a number of films directed by Kim. Early years a ...

* Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee * Lee In ... Sungmin * Myeong Gye-nam * Myeong Sun-mi * Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher *

Song Ok-sook Song Ok-sook (born August 14, 1960) is a South Korean actress. She has appeared in supporting roles in numerous television dramas, including ''Winter Sonata'', ''Beethoven Virus'', ''More Charming by the Day'', and '' Missing You''. Song is al ...

... Sungmin's mother * Yu Hye-jeong *

Yu Oh-seong Yu Oh-seong (born September 11, 1966) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in ''The Spy'' (1999), ''Attack the Gas Station'' (1999) and ''Friend'' (2001). Career Yu Oh-seong made his stage debut in 1992, and throughout the mi ...

... Sungmin's uncle

Awards

Wins

* Entrevues Film Festival (1998)Awards based on ** Grand Prix Foreign Film (''Spring in My Hometown'') *

Hawaii International Film Festival The Hawai'i International Film Festival (HIFF) is an annual film festival held in the United States state of Hawaii. HIFF has a focus on Asian-Pacific cinema, education, and the work of new and emerging filmmakers. HIFF’s primary festival is ...

(1998) ** Best Feature Film (''Spring in My Hometown'') *

Pusan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festi ...

(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 The Thessaloniki Film Festival is a Thessaloniki-based cultural institution focusing on cinema. The Institution organizes the Thessaloniki International Film Festival every November and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival every March, while its ...

(1998) ** Special Artistic Achievement ( Lee Kwang-mo) *

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...

(1998) ** Gold Award ( Lee Kwang-mo) *

Fribourg International Film Festival The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival ...

(1999) ** Don Quixote Award ( Lee Kwang-mo) * Grand Bell Awards (1999) ** Best Film * Kerala International Film Festival (1999) ** Special Jury Prize ( Lee Kwang-mo)

Nominations

Stockholm Film Festival The Stockholm International Film Festival ( sv, Stockholms filmfestival, italic=no) is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year since then during the second half of November. The w ...

(1998) ** Bronze Horse ( Lee Kwang-mo) *

(1998) ** Golden Alexander ( Lee Kwang-mo)

Notes

Bibliography

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Hope, Despair, and Memory of the Koreans' War: ''Spring in My Hometown''
" Minjung Kim and Trenia Walker, ''

Education About Asia ''Education About Asia'' is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Association for Asian Studies especially for middle-school and university classroom teachers. The journal covers the entire field of Asian studies, including cl ...

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