Gyeongju - Korean Movie

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Movie: Gyeongju
Revised romanization: Gyeongju
Hangul: 경주
Director: Zhang Lu
Writer: Zhang Lu
Producer: Choi Ji-Yeon, Yoo Byoung-Ok, Kim Dong-Hyun, Zhang Lu
Cinematographer: Jo Young-Jik
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Runtime: 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: Invent D
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Choi-Hyun (Park Hae-Il) returns to South Korea to attend a friend's funeral. He teaches at Peking University in China and is married to a Chinese woman. After the funeral, Choi-Hyun decides to visit the city of Gyeongju. He can't forget an obscene picture drawn on the wall of tea house there. He saw that picture seven years ago when he visited Gyeongju with his two friends.

At the tea house in Gyeongju, he meets the new proprietress Yoon-Hee (Shin Min-A). She bought the tea house three years ago and the obscene picture is now covered by wallpaper. Choi-Hyun asks about the picture, but Yoon-Hee is taken aback by his odd question. Choi-Hyun later calls his college friend and one time lover, Yeo-Jung (Yoon Jin-Seo), to visit him in Gyeongju. A whirlwind of emotions passes through Choi-Hyun.

Notes

Filming began August 25, 2013 on Bomun Lake Street in Gyeongju, South Korea. The first scene filmed involved the character played by Park Hae-Il happen to meet a child played by Kim Soo-Ahn.

Cast



Park Hae-Il	Shin Min-A
Choi-Hyun	Kong Yoon-Hee



Yoon Jin-Seo	Kim Tae-Hoon	Shin So-Yul	Baek Hyun-Jin	Ryoo Seung-Wan
Yeo-Jung	Detective Young-Min	Da-Yeon	Professor Park	florist

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Soo-Ahn - little girl
Kwak Ja-Hyoung - Lee Choon-Won (college friend at funeral)
Kim Hak-Sun - Kim Chang-Hee
Lee Na-Ra - Kim Chang-Hee's wife (widow at funeral)
Jung In-Sun - Jo Hyun-Jung (young female employee at tourist information center)
Lee Joon-Dong - man drinking alcohol
Choi Bae-Young - fortune teller girl / high school student
Oh Se-Hyeon - motorcycle gang member

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Film Festivals

2014 (67th) Locarno International Film Festival - August 6-16, 2014 - Concorso internazionale *International Premiere
2014 (39th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 4-14, 2014 - City to City *North American Premiere
2014 (19th) Busan International Film Festival - Oct. 2-11, 2014 - Korean Cinema Today: Panorama

Awards

2014 (34th) Korean Association of Film Critics Awards - November 13, 2014
- Best Director

Comments

sarimu san Apr 23 2021 8:20 pm i do like this movie..but need to watch many time..a bit confusing. ..anyway ilike this hero and heroin charactor..

Emmasshi Jan 09 2021 11:39 am What?! ? This movie left me with so many unanswered questions. ?❓What happened to the protagonists?

Hudson Shotwell Dec 30 2016 5:19 pm I'd like to purchase a DVD of Gyeongju to give to our library in Halifax, Nova Scotia. HELP

shnzky Feb 15 2016 1:25 pm I just dont get the movie.. (maybe because i am not korean) So slow for me. I watched it because of shin min ah. It leaves me so many question. Haha too bad. Please someone explain it.

KW Oct 16 2015 9:10 pm Umm, so is he the N Korean general incognito? That seems to be the answer to me. But, there is still so many unanswered elements to this movie. Unless I missed key points when I fell asleep (not from the movie).

james Feb 17 2015 10:49 pm what the f**k is this? very confusing movie. is his past mixed with the present? everything just jumps in and out... its about a day he visits back to a city ..nothing on imdb so i write here..

eryna Feb 14 2015 2:52 am To slow for me, not understand when he see fortune teller(?) & the ending part.

princessmyumi Jan 30 2015 7:08 pm Can anyone...please explain the ending.......

TaFunkyMonkey Sep 01 2013 6:32 pm I'm looking forward to seeing Shin Min Ah in this! I wonder what type of character she'll be playing this time?

Skip Roberts Aug 28 2013 11:15 pm I lived in or near Gyeongju for about a year. Enjoyed life there immensely. I'd enjoy any movie filmed there and go home singing the scenery. I'll watch for it when it's released inter-nationally.

Zoe Aug 26 2013 6:26 pm It looks great!

Dennis Aug 23 2013 10:29 am "Tracing his old memory, a man (Park Hae-Il) travels to the city of Gyeongju. There, he meets a woman (Shin Min-A) who owns a coffee shop."

I can tell its already gonna be EPIC!!!

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