Spring in My Hometown

Infobox Korean Film
name = Spring in My Hometown


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director = Lee Kwangmo [Infobox data from cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=03446|title=Good Windy Day (Balambul-eo joh-eun nal)(1980)|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English "and" imdb title|0156386|Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)]
producer = Jung Taesung
Sungkyu Kang
writer = Lee Kwangmo
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starring = Ahn Sung-gi
Bae Yoo-Jung
music = Won Il
cinematography = Kim Hyung-ku
editing = Ham Sung-won
distributor = Korean Film Art Center BaekDu-DaeGan Company Ltd.
released = 21 November, 1998
runtime = 120 minutes
country = South Korea
language = Korean
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"Spring in My Hometown" (아름다운 시절 - "Areumdaoon shijeol") is an award-winning 1998 South Korean film.

ynopsis

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War. [Synopsis from cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04965|title=Spring in my Hometown(Aleummda-un sijeol)(1998)|accessdate=2008-01-10|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English]

Cast

* Ahn Sung-gi ... Sungmin's father
* Bae Yoo-Jung ... Changhee's mother
* Jo Jae-hyeon
* Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
* Lee In ... Sungmin
* Myeong Gye-nam
* Myeong Sun-mi
* Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
* Song Wok-suk ... Sungmin's mother
* Yu Hye-jeong
* Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle

Awards

Wins

* Entrevues Film Festival (1998) [Awards based on cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156386/awards|title=Awards for Areumdawoon sheejul (1998)|accessdate=2008-01-08|publisher=IMDB|language=English]
** Grand Prix Foreign Film (Lee Kwangmo)
* Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
** Best Feature Film (Lee Kwangmo)
* Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
** FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwangmo) "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 Kwangmo)
* Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
** Gold Award (Lee Kwangmo)
* Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
** Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwangmo)
* Grand Bell Awards (1999)
** Best Film
* Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
** Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwangmo)

Nominations

* Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
** Bronze Horse (Lee Kwangmo)
* Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
** Golden Alexander (Lee Kwangmo)

Notes

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*cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04965|title=Spring in my Hometown(Aleummda-un sijeol)(1998)|accessdate=2008-01-10|publisher= [http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/index.asp KMDb Korean Movie Database] |language=English
*cite web |url=http://www.cine21.com/Movies/Mov_Movie/movie_detail.php?s=base&id=90|title=아름다운 시절 Spring in My Hometown, 1998|accessdate=2008-01-10|publisher= [http://www.cine21.com/Index/index.html www.cine21.com] |language=English