CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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My Way posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2011 2h 17m KOR

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

The year is 1928 in Gyeongseong, Korea. Young Kim Jun-shik, his father and sister Eun-soo work on the farm of the Hasegawa family in Korea under Japanese rule. Both Jun-shik and young Tatsuo Hasegawa are interested in running and by the time they are teenagers, they have become fierce competitors.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Fan Bingbing

Shirai

Kim In-kwon

Kim In-kwon

Jong-dae

Kim Hie-won

Kim Hie-won

Choon-bok

Cheon Ho-jin

Cheon Ho-jin

Jun-shik's father

Taro Yamamoto

Taro Yamamoto

Noda

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Tatsuo's Grandfather

Do Ji-han

Do Ji-han

Jun-shik (teen)

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Tatsuo Hasegawa