''Winter's Night'' () is a 2018 South Korean drama film, written, directed and edited by Jang Woo-jin. It premiered at the 2018

Jeonju International Film Festival Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent a ...

Plot

Middle-aged couple, Eun-joo (Seo Young-hwa) and Heung-joo (Yang Heung-joo), takes a trip to

Chuncheon Chuncheon (; ; formerly romanized as Chunchŏn; literally ''spring river'') is the capital of Gangwon Province in South Korea. The city lies in the north of the county, located in a basin formed by the Soyang River and Han River. There are some ...

in 30 years. After visiting Cheongpyeong Temple on an island, they are forced to return to the island when Eun-joo realizes she has left her phone behind. They retrace their footsteps and meet a young couple (

Lee Sang-hee General (Ret.) Lee Sang-hee (born 1945), ROKA, was the 32nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces and the 41st Republic of Korea Minister of National Defense. General Lee graduated from the Republic of Ko ...

and Woo Ji-hyun) who reminder them of their younger self. As the night wears on, it soon reveals all is not well between Eun-joo and Heung-joo and their relationship is in crisis.

Cast

* Seo Young-hwa as Eun-joo * Yang Heung-joo as Heung-joo *

as soldier's girlfriend * Woo Ji-hyun as soldier *

Kim Hak-sun Kim Hak-sun (1924–1997) was a Korean human rights activist who campaigned against sex slavery and wartime sexual violence. Kim was one of the victims who had been forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army between the early 1930 ...

as Taxi driver

Reception

Critical response

On the review aggregation website

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, the film holds an approval rating of based on reviews.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * 2018 films 2010s Korean-language films South Korean drama films 2010s South Korean films {{SouthKorea-film-stub