The Day He Arrives
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Hangul | 북촌 방향 |
Hanja | 北村 方向 |
Revised Romanization | Bukchon Banghyang |
McCune–Reischauer | Pukch'on Panghyang |
Directed by | Hong Sang-soo |
Produced by | Kim Kyoung-hee |
Written by | Hong Sang-soo |
Starring |
Yoo Jun-sang Kim Sang-joong Song Seon-mi Kim Bo-kyung |
Music by | Jeong Yong-jin |
Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
Edited by | Hahm Sung-won |
Production company |
Jeonwonsa Films |
Distributed by |
Jeonwonsa Films JoseE Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$320,421[1][2] |
The Day He Arrives (Hangul: 북촌 방향; Hanja: 北村 方向; RR: Bukchon Banghyang; lit. "In the direction of Bukchon" or "Bukchon-bound") 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 received 45,223 admissions on its domestic release.
Plot
Seong-jun heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in Bukchon (North Village; Hangul: 북촌), Jongno District. When the friend does not answer his calls, Seong-jun 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 Insa-dong and drinks makgeolli (rice wine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them—Seong-jun used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend's house.
Unclear if it is the next day or some other day, Seong-jun 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-jun's ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her.
Again unclear if it is the next day or some other day, Seong-jun 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-jun gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub.
Seong-jun 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 who resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today’s worth of time, Seong-jun also has no other choice than to face his "today".
Cast
- Yoo Jun-sang as Seong-jun, a professor of film studies
- Kim Sang-joong as Young-ho, a film critic and friend of Seong-jun
- Song Seon-mi as Bo-ram, a professor of film studies
- Kim Bo-kyung as Kyung-jin (Seong-jun's ex-girlfriend) / Ye-jeon (bar owner)
- Kim Eui-seong as Joong-won, an ex-actor
- Park Soo-min as an actress
- Go Hyun-jung as a cinema fan
- Gi Ju-bong as a producer
- Baek Jong-hak as a director
- Baik Hyun-jhin as a composer
- Ahn Jae-hong as student 1
- Bae Yoo-ram as student 2
- Jeong Ji-hyeong as student 3
See also
References
- ↑ "Bukchon Directions". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "The Day He Arrives (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ Beck, Una (7 September 2011). "INTERVIEW: Director Hong Sang-soo - Part 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "The Day He Arrives - Press Kit" (PDF) (in French). Finecut. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
- ↑ "Horaires 2011" (PDF) (in French). Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-05-10.
External links
- Official website (Korean)
- The Day He Arrives at The Cinema Guild
- The Day He Arrives at the Internet Movie Database
- The Day He Arrives at the Korean Movie Database
- The Day He Arrives at HanCinema