Family Ties
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Profile
- Movie: Family Ties
- Hangul: 가족의 탄생
- Revised romanization: Gajokeui tansaeng
- Director: Tae-Yong Kim
- Assistant Director: Kim Joong-Hyun
- Writer: Tae-Yong Kim, Ki-yeong Sung
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: May 18, 2006 (South Korea)
- Runtime: 113 Min.
- Production Budget: US$ 2.5 M
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Mira is a shy, single woman who runs a small restaurant and tends her plants with love and care. Her life is thrown into mayhem when her brother Hyungchul (Uhm Tae-woong), shows up out of the blue after five years' absence, some of them spent in jail. Hyung-chul not only settles down at Mira's place but is soon joined by his new wife, Mu-shin (Goh Doo-shim), a much older woman who smokes like a chimney - and Mira's a non-smoker. As if the house wasn't crowded enough, Mu-shin's young stepdaughter knocks at Mira's door one fine day, and moves in.
The film's second part centres on Sunkyung (Kong Hyo-jin), who discovers that her mother - with whom she has a terribly difficult relationship - is seriously ill. Unhappy about her life, Sun-kyung decides to leave the country, but her plan is disrupted by her mother's death and by the presence of Kyung-suk (Bong Tae-kyu), her half-brother.
Like threads neatly woven into the fine tapestry of a vivid family portrait, the intertwined lives of these characters come together years later in the third section of the film.
Cast
- Moon So-Ri - Mira
- Uhm Tae-Woong - Hyung-chul
- Ko Du-Shim - Mu-shin
- Kong Hyo-Jin - Sun-kyung
- Bong Tae-Gyu - Kyung-suk
- Kim Hye-Ok - Sun-kyung's mother
- Jung Yu-Mi
- Jeong Heung-Chae
- Jo Hie-Bong
- Ju Jin-Mo
- Kim Dong-Young
- Ryoo Seung-Bum - Sun-kyung's ex-boyfriend
- Kim Hyeon-A
- Kim Kkobbi
- Ko Kyu-Pil
- Lee Na-Ri
- Kim Hee-Su
- Park Mi-Hyun
- Jung Heung-Chae - co. president Kim
Trailer
Film Festivals
- 2007 (2nd) Korean Film Festival In Paris - December 12th-18th - Feature Films
Awards
- Best Film - 2006 (26th) Critics Choice Awards - November
