The Day a Pig Fell into the Well
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Music director Ok Kil-sung Writer Hyo-seo Koo | 6.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 15 May 1996 (1996-05-15) Cast (Bo-kyung), (Dong-suk), Cho Eun-sook (Min-Jae), Park Jin-Sung (Dong-woo), (Hyo-sub), (In Chang's Wife)Similar movies Directed by Hong Sang-soo, Movies about South Korea, Comedies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, Dwaejiga umul-e ppajin nal) is a 1996 Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo. It stars Bang Eun-hee, Jo Eun-sook, Park Jin-song, Lee Eung-kyung and Kim Eui-sung. It was also the feature film debut of Song Kang-ho. The title derives from a 1954 book by John Cheever.
Hong earned the Best Director award at the Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards for his work as well as awards at Rotterdam and Vancouver.
Synopsis
Tong-u, a plain married man in his thirties, visits Chŏnju (4 hour bus ride from Seoul) on a business trip. After endless incidents of waiting, his purpose continually frustrated, he has to spend the night in this strange place and has a disengaging encounter with a prostitute which however leaves him with 'consequences' due to a ruptured condom.
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