Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
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- Movie: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
- Revised Romanization: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
- Hangul: 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄
- Director: Ki-duk Kim
- Assistant Director: Cheol-su Jang
- Writer: Ki-duk Kim
- Producer: Dong-joo Kim, Seung-jae Lee
- Cinematographer: Dong-hyeon Baek
- Release Date: September 19, 2003
- Runtime : 106 min
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean
Plot
Spring - A child monk ties a stone to a back of fish. Same plight awaits a frog and a snake. The child monk roams the brook in search of the fish and the frog as his punishment allotted by the old monk.
Summer - The monk is now 17 years old. To the lonely hermitage, a girl comes to convalesce. Before long, warm feelings towards the girl sprouts in the boy's heart. Their ripple in the water turns into an act of love.
Fall - The boy returns to the hermitage in the mountains as a young man in his thirties after committing a murder. The old monk whips him finding the young man attempting suicide in front of the statue of Buddha. Old monk order him to etch the Pranja-parpamitasutra, meanwhile he finds peace in his heart.
Winter - The monk, now in his full maturity retraces his steps to the abandoned hermitage in the mountains. A woman wearing a veil visits the hermitage with a baby. She leaves her baby behind and runs away
and Spring - The old monk living with another child monk is having a peaceful time in the hermitage...the circle of life keeps on.
Cast
- Oh Yeong-Su - Old Monk (as Young-soo Oh)
- Ki-duk Kim - Adult Monk
- Kim Young-Min - Young Adult Monk
- Seo Jae-Kyung - Boy Monk
- Yeo-jin Ha - The Girl
- Jong-ho Kim - Child Monk
- Jung-young Kim - The Girl's Mother
- Ji Dae-Han - Detective Ji
- Choi Min - Detective Choi
- Park Ji-A - The Baby's Mother
- Min-Young Song - The Baby
Trailer
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YO Says:
Apr 23 2011 4:57 am
a must-see korean movie.