Beyond the Years
| Beyond the Years | |
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 Poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 천년학 |
| Hanja | 千年鶴 |
| Revised Romanization | Cheon-nyeon-hak |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ŏn-nyŏn-hak |
| Directed by | Im Kwon-taek |
| Written by | Kim Mi-yeong |
| Based on | "The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong" by Lee Cheong-jun |
| Produced by | Lee Hee-won Kim Jong-won |
| Starring | Cho Jae-hyun Oh Jung-hae Oh Seung-eun |
| Cinematography | Jeong Il-seong |
| Edited by | Park Soon-deok |
| Music by | Kunihiko Ryo |
Production company | Kino2 |
| Distributed by | Prime Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$902,591[1] |
Beyond the Years (Korean: 천년학; RR: Cheonnyeonhak) is a 2007 South Korean drama film. Celebrating director Im Kwon-taek's 100th film, it is based on the short fiction "The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong" by Lee Cheong-jun, and was presented at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] Despite being an informal sequel to Im's phenomenally successful Sopyonje (1993), Beyond the Years was not popular with Korean audiences.[3]
Synopsis
[edit]Dong-ho and Song-hwa are separately adopted by Yu-bong (Im Jin-taek), a nomadic singer, and grow up as siblings. Dong-ho falls in love with Song-hwa, but he suffers from the fact that he has to call her sister and constantly fight with Yu-bong's obsession to make her a great singer. Eventually, Dong-ho leaves home. However, with his unchanging affection for Song-hwa, he keeps following traces of his love while refining his drumming skills in order to match well with her singing. This is the heart-touching love story of Song-hwa, who devotes her life and love to her talent for Pansori (a traditional Korean form of narrative song), and Dong-ho, who has devoted his life to loving her.
Cast
[edit]- Cho Jae-hyun
- Oh Jung-hae
- Ryu Seung-ryong
- Oh Seung-eun
- Im Jin-taek
- Jang Min-ho
- Go Soo-hee
References
[edit]- ^ "Beyond the Years 2008 Re-release". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- ^ [1] [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Im Kwon-taek's 'Beyond the Years' fails to attract audiences". The Hankyoreh. May 3, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-17.
External links
[edit]- Beyond the Years at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Beyond the Years at IMDb
- Beyond the Years at HanCinema
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