''Traces of Love'' is a 2006 South Korean romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

Kim Dae-seung Kim Dae-seung (born June 18, 1967) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career After graduating from Chung-Ang University with a degree in Film Studies, Kim Dae-seung first honed his filmmaking skills as a protege of legendary Kor ...

, and starring

Yoo Ji-tae Yoo Ji-tae (born April 13, 1976) is a South Korean actor, film director and screenwriter. After a stint as a fashion model, Yoo launched his acting career in 1998 then rose to fame through the films ''Attack the Gas Station'' (1999) and ''Ditto' ...

, Kim Ji-soo, and

Uhm Ji-won Uhm Ji-won (born December 25, 1977) is a South Korean actress. Career Uhm Ji-won made her acting debut in the late 1990s, and after an early role in the Korean tokusatsu series ''Vectorman'', went on to appear in a number of films and televi ...

. The film is based on the

Sampoong Department Store collapse On June 29, 1995, the Sampoong Department Store in Seoul, South Korea, collapsed due to a structural failure. The collapse killed 502 people and injured 937, making it the largest peacetime disaster in South Korean history. It was the deadlie ...

, which took place in 1995.

Plot

Law student Choi Hyun-woo and television director Seo Min-joo are a young couple in love, and engaged to be married. Tragedy strikes, however, and Min-joo is killed in the

. Several years later, Hyun-woo is given a journal that was written by his former fiancée, which details the journey they would have taken on their honeymoon. Hyun-woo sets out to visit the various places described in the journal, but on his travels he meets another woman, Yoon Se-jin, and discovers that their meeting is more than just coincidence.

Cast

as Choi Hyun-woo * Kim Ji-soo as Seo Min-joo *

as Yoon Se-jin * Choi Jong-won as Min-joo's father * Park Seung-tae as Min-joo's mother *

Park Chul-min Park Chul-min (born January 18, 1967) is a South Korean actor. Career Park Chul-min began acting in his high school drama club at Chosun University High School, and though he majored in Business Administration at Chung-Ang University, he spent ...

as Detective Park *

Jung In-gi Jung In-gi (born September 12, 1966) is a South Korean actor. Jung made his acting debut in 1990, and has remained active in mainstream and independent film as well as television, notably in ''Jury'' (2013), '' The Five'' (2013) and ''Gap-dong ...

as prosecutor * Kim Ki-cheon as real estate man * Im Jong-yoon as chief prosecutor

Awards and nominations

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Blue Dragon Film Awards The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by ''Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popula ...

* Nomination – Best Supporting Actress –

* Nomination – Best Art Direction – Ha Sang-ho 2007

Chunsa Film Art Awards The Chunsa Film Art Awards (also known as the Icheon Chunsa Film Festival) have been presented in South Korea since the founding of the prize by the Korea Film Directors' Society in 1990. The awards take their name from the pen name of the early ...

* Best Supporting Actress –

* Best Screenplay – Jang Min-seok

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Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

* Nomination – Best Lighting – Choi Seok-jae

Remake

Beijing Hairun Pictures is set to make a Chinese

remake A remake is a film, television series, video game, song or similar form of entertainment that is based upon and retells the story of an earlier production in the same medium—e.g., a "new version of an existing film". A remake tells the same ...

in 2016, co-produced with Korean company Dhuta Co. Ltd. Victoria Hon, deputy president of Hairun Pictures said, "''Traces of Love'' has an enormous potential to be loved by the Chinese audience. Chinese people love the kind of films that heal the spiritual wound and give the courage to fall in love one more time. ''Traces of Love'' does this job in a very special way, which is why we have decided to remake this work."

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Traces of Love 2006 films 2006 drama films South Korean romantic drama films South Korean road movies 2000s road movies Films set in 1995 Films set in 2005 Films set in Seoul Films directed by Kim Dae-seung 2000s Korean-language films 2000s South Korean films