Spring in My Hometown

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

Spring in My Hometown (Korean: 아름다운 시절) 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.^[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

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

Bibliography

Areumdawoon sheejul (1998) at 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. Retrieved 10 January 2008.
"Hope, Despair, and Memory of the Koreans' War: Spring in My Hometown^{[permanent dead link]}," 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

[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) at 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. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.

[7] Awards based on "Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)". IMDb. Retrieved 8 January 2008.

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v t e Grand Bell Award for Best Film
1960s	Prince Yeonsan (1962) The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1963) Bloodline (1964) Deaf Sam-yong (1965) The Sea Village (1966) Coming Back (1967) Prince Daewon (1968)
1970s	Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun (1972) The General in Red Robes (1973) The Land (1974) Flame (1975) Mother (1976) Diary of Korean-Japanese War (1977) Police Story (1978) The Hidden Hero (1979)
1980s	Son of Man (1980) Invited People (1981) Come Unto Down (1982) Mulleya Mulleya (1983) Adultery Tree (1984) Mother (1985) Pillar of Mist (1986) Diary of King Yeonsan (1987) Come Come Come Upward (1989)
1990s	All That Falls Has Wings (1990) Passion Portrait (1991) Fly High Run Far (1992) Seopyeonje (1993) The Story of Two Women (1994) The Eternal Empire (1995) Henequen (1996) The Contact (1997) Spring in My Hometown (1999)
2000s	Peppermint Candy (2000) Joint Security Area (2001) The Way Home (2002) Memories of Murder (2003) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004) Marathon (2005) The King and the Clown (2006) Family Ties (2007) The Chaser (2008) The Divine Weapon (2009)
2010s	Poetry (2010) The Front Line (2011) Masquerade (2012) The Face Reader (2013) The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Ode to My Father (2015) Inside Men (2016) A Taxi Driver (2017) Burning (2018) Parasite (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Decision to Leave (2022) Concrete Utopia (2023)

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Spring in My Hometown
Poster for Spring in My Hometown (1998)

Hangul	아름다운 시절
RR	Areumdaun sijeol
MR	Arŭmdaun sijŏl

Directed by	Lee Kwang-mo^[1]
Written by	Lee Kwangmo
Produced by	Jung Taesung Kang Sungkyu
Starring	Ahn Sung-ki Bae Yoo-jung
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Music by	Won Il
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