Spring in My Hometown

Spring in My Hometown (Korean: 아름다운 시절) is a 1998 South Korean film.

Spring in My Hometown
Poster for Spring in My Hometown (1998)
Korean name
Hangul	아름다운 시절
Revised Romanization	Areumdaun sijeol
McCune–Reischauer	Arŭmdaun sijŏl
Directed by	Lee Kwang-mo[1]
Written by	Lee Kwangmo
Produced by	Jung Taesung Kang Sungkyu
Starring	Ahn Sung-ki Bae Yoo-jung
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Music by	Won Il
Distributed by	Korean Film Art Center BaekDu-DaeGan Company Ltd.
Release date	21 November 1998 (1998-11-21)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Cast

• Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father
• Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother
• Cho Jae-hyun
• Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
• Lee In ... Sungmin
• Myeong Gye-nam
• Myeong Sun-mi
• Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
• Song Ok-sook ... Sungmin's mother
• Yu Hye-jeong
• Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle

Awards

Wins

• Entrevues Film Festival (1998)^[7]
  • Grand Prix Foreign Film (Spring in My Hometown)
• Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
  • Best Feature Film (Spring in My Hometown)
• Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
  • FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwang-mo) "For the director's mature approach to the consequences of recent Korean history on common people's lives."
• Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
  • Special Artistic Achievement (Lee Kwang-mo)
• Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
  • Gold Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
• Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
  • Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
• Grand Bell Awards (1999)
  • Best Film
• Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
  • Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)

Nominations

• Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
  • Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
• Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
  • Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)