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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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*Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring* is a 2003 South Korean and German drama film directed, written, and edited by Kim Ki-duk. The cast includes Kim Ki-duk, Oh Yeong-su, Park Ji-a, and Kim Yeong-min. Set in Cheongsong County, South Korea, the narrative takes place on an island featuring an artificial pond and a pagoda. The film explores themes of human nature, spirituality, human life, and monasticism.
The 103-minute film was distributed by Fandango at Home in video on demand format. It received a box office revenue of 8945072. Production companies involved include LJ Film, Korea Pictures, Cineclick Asia, Cinesoul, and Mirae Asset Capital. The film was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film.
Audience and critic responses include an IMDb rating of 8.0 based on 90989 votes and a TMDb vote average of 7.792 from 1200 votes. Other recorded review scores are 8/10, 94%, and 85/100. The film’s tagline is "What you like, others will also like."
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Film · TMDB
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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