The Old Garden
2006 · Movie · 112 min. · South Korea
The 80s in a South Korea under repressive dictatorship that reads spy infiltrated by the communists from the North into every rebellious student. Hyun-woo escapes Kwangju during the uprising, stealing his way to a mountain village where he is given shelter by Yoon-hee. Although the two fall in love and lead a peaceful, happy life, Hyun-woo is racked with guilt for leading a safe, comfortable existence when his fellow protesters continue to fight. Leaving Yoon-hee and heading for Seoul, he is caught by the police, judged at a farcical trial and sentenced to life imprisonment. Yoon-hee decides to wait for him to come out of prison. Sixteen years later, on being set free, Hyun-woo learns not only of Yoon-hee's death, but of a daughter born after his arrest he never knew existed.
Direction Im Sang-soo
Cast Ji Jin-hee · Youn Yuh-jung · Yum Jung-ah · Yu-ri Kim · Hee-seok Yun · Lee Eun-seong · Sang-Geon Jo · Park Hye-Sook · Hyo-jeong Ban · Kim Woo-hyung · Kim Sang-ho · Kim Eung-soo · Kim Byung-ok · Byung-Gil Kwun · Lee Jae-goo · Lim Sang-Yoon · Park Hyeon-jin · Jin-gak Jeong
Soundtrack Kim Hong-jip
Screenplay Im Sang-soo · Hwang Seok-yeong
Cinematography Kim Woo-hyung
Original title Orae doin jung won (The Old Garden)
6.3
52 votes (FilmAffinity)
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