Christmas in August (1998)
1h 37m | PG-13
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Director: Hur Jin-ho
Studio: Sidus
Genre: Drama, Romance
Video: 720p
Cast
Han Suk-kyu
as Jung-won
Shim Eun-ha
as Da-rim
Shin Goo
as Jung-won's Father
Oh Ji-hye
as Jung-sook
Lee Han-wi
as Chul-goo
Jeon Mi-seon
as Ji-won
Reviews
A thirty-something photographer, Jung-Won (Han Suk-kyu), strikes up a potentially romantic relationship with a twenty-something parking enforcer. Unbeknownst to her, and he won't tell her, his time left to live is rather limited. The film is nice, and actually nicely paced and photographed. I didn't think there was enough meat on the bones though. We have good character from Han Suk-kyu. The other characters in the story a far too thin, leaving the whole effect rather lacking.