Last Present
7.8 /10 1 Votes7.8
84% Genre Drama, Romance Duration Country South Korea | 7.1/10 Director Ki-hwan Oh Screenplay Park Jeong-Woo Writer Jeong-woo Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 24 March 2001 (2001-03-24) Initial release March 24, 2001 (South Korea) Music director Jo Seong-woo, Yong-rock Choi Cast (Jung-Yeon Park), (Yong-gi), (Jung-Yeon Park), (Female MC), Kim Su-ro (Yu-sik)Similar movies His Last Gift (2008) |
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Last Present (Hangul: ; RR: Seonmul; lit. "Present" or "Gift") is a 2001 South Korean film. Directed by Oh Ki-hwan, it tells the tale of Yong-ki (Lee Jung-jae), a struggling comedian who continues to see parallels between his disintegrating relationship with his wife, Jung-yeon (Lee Young-ae), and the characters hes playing on the stage.
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The film traces the romance, marriage and estrangement of a down-and-out comedian, and his long-suffering wife. Both of them defied his parents to get married but it seems his parent's fears that things will never work out are coming true. Yong-ki hides behind a facade of optimism even as he turns down boring job offers in the hopes that his comedic talent will be noticed on a famous talent show he's auditioning for. Meanwhile, Jung-yun has to support them both as well as bear the pain of a miscarriage that Yong-ki is trying his best to forget. To make matters worse, Jung-yun discovers that she's dying from a terminal disease and though Yong-ki suspects that something is wrong, she never tells him about her illness. Through the silent suffering and the estrangement, both husband and wife believe their marriage is over. But what they fail to notice until it is too late is that they still love each other deeply but both have been overcome by the trials life has thrown at them.
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The film traces the romance, marriage and estrangement of a down-and-out comedian, Yong-ki (Lee Jung-jae) and his long-suffering wife, Jung-yeon (Lee Young-ae). Both of them defied his parents to get married but it seems his parents fears that things will never work out are coming true. Yong-ki hides behind a facade of optimism even as he turns down boring job offers in the hopes that his comedic talent will be noticed on a famous talent show hes auditioning for. Meanwhile, Jung-yeon has to support them both as well as bear the pain of a miscarriage that Yong-ki is trying his best to forget. To make matters worse, Jung-yeon discovers that shes dying from a terminal disease and though Yong-ki suspects that something is wrong, she never tells him about her illness. Through the silent suffering and the estrangement, both husband and wife believe their marriage is over. But what they fail to notice until it is too late is that they still love each other deeply but both have been overcome by the trials life has thrown at them.
Similar Movies
His Last Gift (2008). Lee Young-ae and Lee Moon-sik appear in Last Present and One Fine Spring Day. Kim Tae-hee appears in Last Present and Venus and Mars. Lee Young-ae appears in Last Present and Joint Security Area. Ki-hwan Oh directed Last Present and The Art of Seduction.
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