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On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate
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Wikipedia article
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| director = Hong Sang-soo
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| writer = Hong Sang-soo
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| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
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'On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate', also referred to simply as 'Turning Gate', is the fourth film by critically acclaimed South Korean director Hong Sang-soo.
Plot
In the dreary and rigid city of Seoul, Gyung-soo is an actor who's fairly well-known on stage. He has trusted a director he knows well and acted in his movie, but it flops. He insists on receiving his actor's fee, but all he gets is a mere grand's worth. He also misses out on his chance to act in director's next movie. The future looks cloudy for him.
Gyung-soo goes down to Chuncheon to meet an old friend who's a writer, Seong-wu. They go out to the town and Gyung-soo's friend introduces him to a pretty dancer named Myung-sook. After having a drink with Gyung-soo and his friend, she suddenly hits on Gyung-soo and on the spur of the moment they hit it off and go to a motel. But Gyung-soo doesn't know that Seong-wu has long had feelings for Myung-soo, even though he has never revealed his true feelings for her. Gyung-soo's relationship with his friend turns sour as Myung-sook becomes obsessively infatuated with Gyung-soo.
Gyung-soo tries to put his bad memories of Chuncheon behind him and gets on a train headed for Gyeongju. Sitting next to him on the train is a woman named Sun-young who entices him after recognizing his face. After she gets off the train, he chases after Sun-young and stops her, but she gives him mixed signals. Gyung-soo follows Sun-young to her house and on the next day he works up enough courage to knock on her door. This time Gyung-soo becomes falls in love.
Reception
'Turning Gate' has a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
See also
*List of Korean-language films
References
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