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Spring in My Hometown
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Wikipedia article
'Spring in My Hometown' is a 1998 South Korean film.
Synopsis
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.
Cast
* Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father
* Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother
* Cho Jae-hyun
* Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
* Lee In ... Sungmin
* Myeong Gye-nam
* Myeong Sun-mi
* Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
* Song Ok-sook ... Sungmin's mother
* Yu Hye-jeong
* Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle
Awards
Wins
* Entrevues Film Festival (1998)Awards based on** Grand Prix Foreign Film ('Spring in My Hometown')
* Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
** Best Feature Film ('Spring in My Hometown')
* Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
** FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwang-mo) "For the director's mature approach to the consequences of recent Korean history on common people's lives."
* Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
** Special Artistic Achievement (Lee Kwang-mo)
* Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
** Gold Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
* Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
** Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
* Grand Bell Awards (1999)
** Best Film
* Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
** Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)
Nominations
* Stockholm Film Festival (1998)** Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
* Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
** Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)
Notes
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* "[http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/RetrieveArchive.asp?f=%2F7%2F1%2F458.pdf Hope, Despair, and Memory of the Koreans' War: 'Spring in My Hometown]'," Minjung Kim and Trenia Walker, 'Education About Asia' 7.1 Spring 2002 (Free access after registration)
Category:1998 films
Category:1990s Korean-language films
Category:Best Picture Grand Bell Award winners
Category:Korean War films
Category:South Korean war drama films
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