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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Sign in to saveAlso known as Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄, Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter ... and Spring
2003 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk
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7.8An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.
Cast
- Oh Young-soo as Old Monk
- Kim Ki-duk as Adult Monk
- Kim Young-min as Young Adult Monk
- Seo Jae-kyeong as Boy Monk
- Kim Jong-ho as Child Monk
- Ha Yeo-jin as Girl
Themes
- dying and death
- life and death
- countryside
- temple
- isolation
- buddhism
- buddhist monk
- becoming an adult
- mountain lake
- meditation
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Key facts
- Hangul
- 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄
- Rr
- Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
- Mr
- Pom yŏrŭm kaŭl kyŏul kŭrigo pom
- Directed by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Written by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Produced by
- Karl Baumgartner , Lee Seung-jae
- Starring
- O Yeong-su , Kim Ki-duk, Kim Young-min , Seo Jae-kyung , Park Ji-a , Ha Yeo-jin , Kim Jong-ho
- Cinematography
- Baek Dong-hyun
- Edited by
- Kim Ki-duk
- Music by
- Park Ji-woong
- Production companies
- LJ Film, Pandora Film
- Distributed by
- Cineclick Asia (South Korea), Bavaria Film (Germany)
- Release date
- 19 September 2003 ( 2003-09-19 )
- Running time
- 103 minutes
- Countries
- South Korea, Germany
- Language
- Korean
- Box office
- $9.53 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Korean: 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄) is a 2003 drama film directed by Kim Ki-duk about a Buddhist monastery that floats on a lake in a pristine forest. An international co-production of South Korea and Germany, the story is about the life of a Buddhist monk as he passes through the seasons of his life, from childhood to old age.
The film stars O Yeong-su, Kim Young-min, Seo Jae-kyung and Yeo-jin Ha. The director himself appears as the man in the last stage of life. The film was released in the United States in 2004 by Sony Pictures Classics, in subtitle format. It received widespread critical acclaim.
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