''Maundy Thursday'' (; lit. ''Our Happy Time'') is a 2006 South Korean film directed by

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based on a bestselling novel by

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. Starring

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and

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, the film is about a convicted murderer awaiting execution, and the bond he forms with a suicidal young woman who starts visiting him in jail every Thursday. With 3,132,320 admissions, ''Maundy Thursday'' was the seventh most popular Korean film of 2006.

Plot

Yu-jeong (

) has now attempted to commit suicide three times. Her disdain for her mother and indifference to the rest of the world isolates her from any chance for happiness. Yu-jeong's aunt Sister Monica is a nun, and she often goes to the prison to visit death row inmates. Sister Monica meets a new death row inmate who asks if he could meet her niece. Yu-jeong reluctantly agrees. Yu-jeong and the death row inmate do not open up to each other immediately. Yu-jeong comes from a wealthy family and is a professor at a university. Yet, she has never known happiness since the age of 15 as a result of a

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at the hands of her cousin. The inmate that she meets, named Yun-soo (

), has had an even more traumatic childhood experience. He was abandoned by his parents at an early age and has had to live on the streets while caring for a younger brother. Eventually Yun-soo ends up involved in the criminal world and gets convicted for murder. With their disparate backgrounds, Yu-jeong and Yun-soo are still able to connect with each other, because both people have encountered grief like few others could possibly know. As they both regain the will to live through their weekly meetings, they must now deal with their feelings for each other and come to grips with the short amount of time they have together.

Cast

as Jung Yun-soo *

as Moon Yu-jeong * Youn Yuh-jung as Sister Monica, Yu-jeong's aunt *

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as Manager Lee * Jang Hyun-sung as Yu-chan, Yu-jeong's older brother * Jung Young-sook as Yu-jeong's mother * Kim Ji-young as Grandmother Park * Kim Boo-seon as Hong *

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as Death row inmate 2896 *

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as young Yun-soo (teen) * Lee Byung-jun as young Yun-soo (child) *

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as Jung Min-seok * Jung Jin as Tae-seong * Yang Ik-june as Hwan-kyu * Kim Jin-hyeok as prison guard A * Kim Se-dong as prison guard Seo * Lee Jae-gu as Teacher *

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as Teacher Kim * Kim So-hee as Yun-soo's mother *

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as uncle * Kim Jae-man as gigolo * Shin Young-jin as Yu-chan's wife *

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as Priest Kim * Na Ki-soo as priest * Kim Ja-young as housekeeper * Choi Yong-min as President Choi

Awards and nominations

2006

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 Screenplay – Jang Min-seok, Park Eun-yeong

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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 popu ...

"Maundy Thursday - Awards"
''Cinemasie''. Retrieved 2012-12-18. * Nomination – Best Actress –

* Nomination – Best Music – Lee Jae-jin

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Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were first introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the Hankook Ilbo newspap ...

* Nomination – Best Actor –

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maundy Thursday (film) 2006 films 2006 romantic drama films South Korean romantic drama films South Korean prison films 2000s prison films Incest in film Films about capital punishment Films based on South Korean novels Films directed by Song Hae-sung 2000s Korean-language films 2000s South Korean films