A Little Pond
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- Movie: A Little Pond (English title) / The Bridge at Nogunri (early working title)
- Revised romanization: Jageun Yeonmot
- Hangul: 작은 연못
- Director: Lee Sang-Woo
- Writer: Lee Sang-Woo, Bang Jun-Seok
- Producer: Eun Lee
- Cinematographer Jin-woong Choi
- Premiere: October 8, 2009 (Pusan Int. Film Festival)
- Release Date: April 15, 2010
- Runtime: 86 min.
- Genre: War/Drama
- Production Budget: US$ 2.5 M
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
The Korean war does not start well for the US. They are being routed by the North Koreans and In July 1950, the early stage of the Korean War, at the Jugok Village in the middle of the Korean Peninsula, Chang-yee and his friends grow excited over the amateur singing contest knowing nothing about what is going on around them. At the time, the US Army keeps losing and are pushed back to the village, evacuating all villagers to head south. The villagers took refuge like going on a picnic believing that the US Army is protecting them, they just follow their orders moving south bound. (But word is circulating among the US forces that Northern soldiers may be hiding among the civilian refugees.) As the villagers approach Nogunri, an American airplane suddenly swoops in and bombs the villagers and the US soldiers who were in a defensive position begin firing at them. The villagers fall to the ground NOT knowing why they are shot by the US soldiers. In the end, among the 300 refugees who escaped to the cave, only 25 miraculously survive the massacre, the fierce 4–day battle.
Notes
- Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative report (2000) and the book, ‘The Bridge at Nogunri’ (2002) by Jun-seok Bang.
Cast
- Song Kang-Ho
- Shin Myeong-Cheol - Jjang Lee
- Jeon Hye-Jin - Jjang Lee's mother
- Lee Dae-Yeon - Jang Lee's uncle
- Kim Seung-Wook - Ja-Ya's father
- Lee Seung-Bi - Ja-Ya's mother
- Choi Jong-Ryul - Ja-Ya's grandfather
- Kim Roe-Ha - Jae-Bi's father
- Lee Seong-min - Kku-Lee's father
- Moon Sung-Geun - Mr. Moon
- Jeong-ki Min - Mr. Min (adult)
- Min Bok-Gi - Mr. Min
- Choi Deok-Mun
- Park Kwang-Jung - Mr. Park
- Kang Shin-Il - Mr. Kang
- Yong-min Choi
- Yu Hae-Jin
- Min Seong-Wook
- Kim Se-Dong
- Hwang Young-Hee - refugee
- Tak Sung-Eun - Mr. Moon's wife
- Kim Min-Jae - cop
- Kim Ui-Jin - Ja-Ya
- Ryoo Je-Seung - refugee
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - Gala Presentation October 8 *World Premiere
- 2010 (9th) New York Asian Film Festival - June 25 - July 8 *International Premiere
- 2010 (14th) Fantasia Film Festival - July 8-28 *Canadian Premiere
- 2010 (5th) The London Korean Film Festival - November 5-23
dily Says:
Sep 25 2012 5:02 am
i cried watcing this movie.........
swami Says:
Jun 21 2012 6:51 am
nice movie.
mohsen muhammed Says:
Jan 12 2011 12:40 am
a little pond is a good film . I was cryed in cairo . it is just like our pain in
kurdistan
mohsen muhammed Says:
Jan 12 2011 12:35 am
.a little pond is a good film . I saw this in cairo . I was cryed. thank you