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The Day He Arrives
Directed byHong Sang-soo
Written byHong Sang-soo
Produced byKim Kyeong-hee
Hong Sang-soo
StarringYoo Jun-sang
Kim Sang-joong
Song Seon-mi
Kim Bo-kyung
Narrated byYoo Jun-sang
CinematographyKim Hyeong-goo
Edited byHahm Seong-won
Music byJeong Yong-jin
Production
company
Jeonwonsa Films
Distributed byJeonwonsa Films
JoseE Films
Release dates
  • 19 May 2011 (2011-05-19) (Cannes)
  • 8 September 2011 (2011-09-08)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office$320,421[1][2]

The Day He Arrives (Korean: 북촌 방향; Hanja: 北村 方向; RR: Bukchon Banghyang; MR: Pukch'on Panghyang) is a 2011 South Korean drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo.[3][4] The film is in black and white.[5] It premiered on 19 May 2011 in the Un Certain Regard section of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.[6] The film had 45,223 admissions nationwide.[7]

Plot

Seong-joon heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon (North Village; Korean: 북촌), Jongno District. When the friend doesn’t answer his calls, Seong-joon wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them—Seong-joon used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend’s house.

Whether it’s the next day or some other day, Seong-joon is still wandering around Bukchon. He runs into the actress again. They talk and soon part. He eventually meets his friend and they head to a bar called Novel with a female professor his friend knows. The owner of the bar has a striking resemblance to Seong-joon’s ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her.

Whether it’s the next day or some other day, Seong-joon goes to the Jeongdok Public Library with his friend and mentions that it was the first place he chased after a woman. Later, they have drinks with a former actor who had been doing business in Vietnam. The same female professor joins them and the four go to the bar called Soseol (lit. Novel). Seong-joon gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub…

Seong-joon may have spent a few days in Seoul with his friend, or it may still be his first day there. He may have learned something from the encounter with his ex-girlfriend, or may have to meet the woman that resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today’s worth of time, Seong-joon also has no other choice than to face his "today".

Cast

  • Yoo Jun-sang as Seong-joon, a professor of film studies
  • Kim Sang-joong as Young-ho, a film critic and friend of Seong-joon
  • Song Seon-mi as Bo-ram, a professor of film studies
  • Kim Bo-kyung as Kyung-jin (Seong-joon’s ex-girlfriend) / Ye-jeon (bar owner)
  • Kim Eui-seong as Joong-won, an ex-actor
  • Go Hyun-jung as a photographer

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W40&id=_fBUKCHONDIRECTION01
  2. ^ http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=dayhearrives.htm
  3. ^ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 1". 10Asia.
  4. ^ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 2". 10Asia.
  5. ^ "Press kit The Day He Arrives" (PDF). Finecut.
  6. ^ "Horaires 2011" (PDF). festival-cannes.com (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  7. ^ http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Day_He_Arrives.php

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