Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (Bom Yeoreum Gaeul Gyeoul Geurigo Bom) (2003)

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Directed by

Ki-duk Kim

Starring

Oh Yeong-su
Old Monk

Ki-duk Kim
Adult Monk

Young-min Kim
Young Adult Monk

Jae-kyeong Seo
Boy Monk

Yeo-jin Ha
The Girl

Dae-han Ji
Detective Ji

Min Choi
Detective Choi

Ji-a Park
The Baby's Mother

Written by

Ki-duk Kim
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An average movie

9 years, 9 months ago at Aug 1 10:51

johanlefourbe

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I have heard many good things about Kim Ki-duk's work and since this movie was considered his best one, I was definitely eager to check it out. Eventually, I thought it was rather disappointing. As a matter of fact, it was probably one of the most frustrating movies I have ever seen. Indeed, I thought it was frustrating, not because it was bad but because it had such a huge potential but it didn't... read more

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On an isolated lake, an old monk lives on a small floating temple. The wise master has also a young boy with him who learns to become a monk. And we watch as seasons and years pass by.

Release date: 28 May 2004
UPC: 043396041271

Tags: Korea (15), Buddhism (14), South Korea (12), Drama (11), Religion (10), 2000s (10), Korean (9), 2003 (8), Monk (6), Anger (6), Seasons (6), Asian (5), Asia (5), Germany (4), Punishment (4), Buddhist (4), Love (3), Murder (3), Lust (3), Calligraphy (3)

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