Spring in My Hometown

Spring in My Hometown (Korean: 아름다운 시절) is a 1998 South Korean film.

Spring in My Hometown
Poster for Spring in My Hometown (1998)
Hangul	아름다운 시절
Revised Romanization	Areumdaun sijeol
McCune–Reischauer	Arŭmdaun sijŏl
Directed by	Lee Kwang-mo[1]
Produced by	Jung Taesung Kang Sungkyu
Written by	Lee Kwangmo
Starring	Ahn Sung-ki Bae Yoo-jung
Music by	Won Il
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Distributed by	Korean Film Art Center BaekDu-DaeGan Company Ltd.
Release date	21 November 1998 (1998-11-21)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.[2][3][4][5][6]

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)[7]
  • 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

1. Infobox data from "Good Windy Day (Balambul-eo joh-eun nal)(1980)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 8 January 2008. and Areumdawoon sheejul (1998) on IMDb
2. "Spring in My Hometown". KVIFF. 2001. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
3. Stratton, David (18 May 1998). "Film Review: Spring in My Hometown". Variety. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
4. Paquet, Darcy. "Spring in My Hometown review". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
5. Bourne, Christopher (4 November 2011). "Review: Lee Kwang-mo's Spring in My Hometown". meniscuszine.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
6. "Spring in My Hometown". gwangjublog.com. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
7. Awards based on "Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

Bibliography

• Areumdawoon sheejul (1998) on IMDb
• Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "3. 'Is This How the War is Remembered?': Violent Sex and the Korean War in Silver Stallion, Spring in My Hometown, and The Taebaek Mountains". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 87–93. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
• Paquet, Darcy. "Spring in My Hometown". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
• "Spring in my Hometown(Aleummda-un sijeol)(1998)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
• "아름다운 시절 Spring in My Hometown, 1998". cine21.com. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
• "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)

Preceded by The Contact	Grand Bell Awards for Best Film 1999	Succeeded by Peppermint Candy
Preceded by A Single Spark	Chunsa Film Art Awards for Best Film 1999	Succeeded by Joint Security Area