Yongsoon
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| Hangul | 용순 |
| RR | Yongsun |
| MR | Yongsun |
| Directed by | Shin Joon |
| Written by | Shin Joon |
| Produced by | Kim Ji-hye |
| Starring | Lee Soo-kyung |
| Cinematography | Kwon Young-il |
| Edited by | Park Min-seon |
Production company | ATO |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$88,255[1] |
Yongsoon (Korean: 용순) is a 2016 South Korean drama film directed by Shin Joon.[2][3][4]
Production
The director Shin Joon first made a short film called Yongsoon, Summer of 18 as his graduation project while majoring film in the Korea National University of Arts in 2014. The film was inspired from his early days as a instructor in a hagwon teaching middle school and highschool students. After producer Kim ji hye saw this short film, she asked him to make it into a full length feature film.The actor for the role of Cheyuk teacher was carefully selected to portray the kind nature the role possessed.The director revealed that his cinematography for the film was influenced by the 2015 film Our Little Sister directed by japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda.[5] The film was filmed in Okcheon in Chungcheong Province and thus the protagonists speak in the Chungcheong dialect . The director said that this setting was intentional because he was originally from Daejeon.[6] The stepmother of Yongsoon was intentionally set as a mongolian to address the issue of discrimination towards foreiginers in South Korea.[7]
Plot
Yongsoon is a teenage girl who lost her mom to cancer at an early age and her father remarries a foreign woman. One day she joins a school athletics club and discovers young love when she falls for her school's athletics team coach. Her friend Bbak-gyu loves her and write many love poems to her, but his love is unrequited. Yongsoon eventually finds out through Bbak-gyu that the athletics team coach has a lover, and to dissuade her from dating, Yongsoon lies that the team coach impregnated yongsoon.
Cast
- Lee Soo-kyung as Yong-soon
- Kim Ha-yeon as Young Yong-soon
- Choi Deok-moon as Father
- Kim Dong-young as Bbak-gyu
- Park Keun-rok as Che-yook
- Jang Haet-sal as Moon-hee
- Choi Yeo-jin as English teacher
- Choi Chan-sook as Che-yook's mother
Awards and nominations
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21st Busan International Film Festival | Daemyung Culture Wave Award | Yongsoon | Won |
| 26th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Soo-kyung | Nominated |
| 54th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actress | Nominated | |
| Best New Director | Shin Joon | Nominated | |
| 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Actress | Lee Soo-kyung | Nominated |
| 18th Women in Film Korea Awards | Best New Actress | Won | |
| 54th Baeksang Arts Awards[8] | Best New Actress | Nominated | |
| Best New Director | Shin Joon | Nominated | |
| 23rd Chunsa Film Art Awards[9] | Best New Actress | Lee Soo-kyung | Nominated |
References
- ^ "Yongsoon (2017)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
- ^ "$용순 - Daum 영화". movie.daum.net. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
- ^ 용순 (Yongsoon). Cine21. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
- ^ "용순 신준감독". cine 21.
- ^ "소녀의 마음속으로 줌인! - <용순> 신준 감독". cine21.
- ^ ""당돌하고 거침없는 용순이… 저질러라, 그래도 응원한다"". Dong-a Ilbo.
- ^ 제54회 백상예술대상, TV·영화 각 부문별 수상 후보자 공개. JTBC (in Korean). 6 April 2018.
- ^ "제23회 춘사영화제 5월18일 개최..홍상수·김민희 참석하나". Newsen (in Korean). May 3, 2018.