On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate

Theatrical poster
Hangul 생활의 발견
Hanja 生活의 發見
Revised Romanization Saenghwalui balgyeon
McCune–Reischauer Saenghwal ŭi palgyŏn
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Written by Hong Sang-soo
Starring Kim Sang-kyung
Chu Sang-mi
Ye Ji-won
Release dates
  • March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)
Running time
 115 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office $883,312[1]

On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate is the fourth film by critically acclaimed South Korean director Hong Sang-soo.

Plot

In the dreary and rigid city of Seoul, there lives a guy in the dumps. His name is Gyung-soo and he's an actor who's fairly well-known on stage. He trusted a director he knew well and acted in his movie, but it flopped. He persistently insisted on receiving his actor's fee, but all he got was a mere grand's worth. He also misses out on his chance to act in the next role he promised to do. The future looks cloudy for him.

Gyung-soo goes down to Choonchun City to meet an old friend who's a writer. They go out to the town and Gyung-soo's friend introduces him to a pretty and well-curved dancer named Myung-sook. After having a drink with Gyung-soo and his friend, she suddenly hits on Gyung-soo and on the spur of the moment they hit it off and go to a motel. But no one knew that Gyung-soo's writer friend liked Myung-soo even though he never revealed his true feelings for her. Gyung-soo's relationship with his friend turns sour as Myung-sook becomes obsessively infatuated with Gyung-soo.

Gyung-soo tries to put his bad memories of Choonchun behind him and gets on a train headed for Gyungjoo City. Sitting next to him on the train is a woman named Sun-young who entices him after recognizing his face. After she gets off the train, he chases after Sun-young and stops her, but she gives him mixed signals. Gyung-soo follows Sun-young to her house and on the next day he brews up enough courage to knock on her door. This time Gyung-soo becomes infatuated with love.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Box office by Country: Find a Life Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04


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