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Christmas in August
Film / 1998

Christmas in August

Directed by Hur Jin-ho
DramaRomance

★ 7.7/10Audience rating

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?

The story

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?

Cast

Han Suk-kyuJung-won Shim Eun-haDa-rim Shin GuJung-won's Father Oh Ji-hyeJung-sook Lee Han-wiChul-goo Jeon Mi-seonJi-won Gwon Hye-wonHyo-jung Son Se-kwangCheol Choi Sun-joongSuk-hee Kim Ae-raGrandmother Min Kyung-jinSon Lee Yong-nyeoBallet Auntie
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Choi Myeong-sookBig head woman Kim Ki-cheonDrunk Man Kim Do-yoonPolice Passerby Jeon Dae-byeongPolice Sin Sam-bongTroublemaker Kim Jae-rokJung-won's Friend 1 Kang Seung-yongJung-won's Friend 3

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