Christmas in August (Palwolui Christmas)

Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-Ha

The story of Jung-won, whose life is unremarkable except that he is dying.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Directed by: Hur Jin-ho, Jin-ho Hur

Released: January 1, 1998

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DVD Released: August 23, 2005

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  • January 12, 2009
    A cheap idea for a film full of bad ideas. Director Jin-ho Hur explores love and death, and the birth and death of love, in his films but just because the concepts are highfalutin doesn't mean you can just throw on a violin track and make a meaningful movie. Stoicism in the face ... ...( read more )
  • December 26, 2007
    Well this looks like a made up film that would just be a good movie to watch near christmas because it just looks like a great christmas movie with the dreams of christmas.
  • June 12, 2007
    The first Korean film that was made popular in HK, thus beginning the popularity of korean films over the japanese ones in HK in recent years. A touching love story which many ppl (but not me) find very touching.
  • January 30, 2007
    One of my favorite movies. I gave it 5/5(1 more than most people) because I had some demons this movie helped me deal with.

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