One Fine Spring Day is a South Korean feature film released by Sidus and Applause Films in 2001. Directed by Hur Jin-ho (of Christmas in August), the film is a portrait of a love affair - from its blossoming in spring, to its decline as the years pass.

One Fine Spring Day
One Fine Spring Day promotional movie poster
Korean name
Hangul
봄날은 간다
Revised RomanizationBomnaleun ganda
McCune–ReischauerPomnalŭn kanda
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Written byRyu Jang-ha
Lee Suk-yeon
Shin Joon-ho
Hur Jin-ho
Produced byCha Seung-jae (executive producer)
Kim Sun-ah (producer)
StarringYoo Ji-tae
Lee Young-ae
CinematographyKim Hyung-koo
Edited byKim Hyeon
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
Running time
114 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office$69,474[1]

Plot

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Sound engineer Sang-woo meets female radio DJ Eun-soo as they work together on a project capturing sounds from nature. They succeed in capturing various sounds and are attracted to one another. They start a relationship, but Sang-woo's intensifying passion reminds Eun-soo of her tragic past. She knows only too well how passion can vanish like a sound, and how love always ends.[citation needed]

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The character Eun-soo, portrayed by Lee Young-ae was the first to say the phrase "Do you want to eat ramyeon?", which later grew to exemplify a pick-up line meaning, "Do you want to sleep with me?". It was followed by a scene with broken hearted Sang-woo (Yoo Ji-tae), being offered soju with his ramyeon by his father.[2]

Cast

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Awards

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2001 Baeksang Arts Awards[3]
2001 Busan Film Critics Awards
2001 Tokyo International Film Festival
  • Best Art Direction - Park Il-hyun
2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards
  • Best Film
2001 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
  • Best Film
  • Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo

References

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  1. ^ "One Fine Spring Day (2001)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ Kim, Hyeong-seok (2015-03-01). "[Cine feature] Ramyeon in Korean Films". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ "One Fine Spring Day". Cinema SIA. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
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