Movie
Christmas in August
Overview
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?
Details
- Release date
- 1998-01-24
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sidus
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Han Suk-kyu as Jung-won
- Shim Eun-ha as Da-rim
- Shin Gu as Jung-won's Father
- Oh Ji-hye as Jung-sook
- Lee Han-wi as Chul-goo
- Jeon Mi-seon as Ji-won
- Gwon Hye-won as Hyo-jung
- Son Se-kwang as Cheol
- Choi Sun-joong as Suk-hee
- Kim Ae-ra as Grandmother
- Min Kyung-jin as Son
- Lee Yong-nyeo as Ballet Auntie
Crew
- Hur Jin-ho - Director
- Hur Jin-ho - Writer
- Oh Seung-uk - Writer
- Shin Dong-hwan - Writer
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