''April Snow'' (; lit. "Outing" or "Going Out") is a 2005 South Korean romantic

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

co-written and directed by

Hur Jin-ho Heo Jin-ho (; born August 8, 1963) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Career Heo Jin-ho graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in philosophy and went on to study filmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. His first st ...

, starring

Bae Yong-joon Bae Yong-joon (; born August 29, 1972) is a South Korean businessman and former actor. He has starred in numerous television dramas, including, notably, '' Winter Sonata'' which became a major part of the Korean Wave. Bae retired from acting a ...

and

Son Ye-jin Son Ye-jin (born Son Eon-jin on January 11, 1982) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2003 for '' The Classic'' and '' Summer Scent'', which were followed by the commercially successful ''A Moment to Remember'' (2004) and ''April Snow ...

Plot

In-su and Seo-young meet in a hospital after their respective spouses were both seriously injured in an accident while traveling in the same car. This leads them to discover that their spouses had been having an affair. As In-su and Seo-young stay at the same motel near the hospital to care for their comatose partners, they grow closer while sharing their grief, anger and fear for their loved ones' recovery. Gradually, they find themselves falling in love with each other. But when In-su's wife Su-jin regains consciousness, she tells him that she regrets her past actions, forcing him to make a decision.

Cast

as In-su *

as Seo-young * Im Sang-hyo as Kang Su-jin * Kim Kwang-il as Kwang-il * Jeon Guk-hwan as Su-jin's father * Yoo Seung-mok as Doctor * Kim Se-dong as Insurance company employee * Chun Dae-byung as Policeman *

Ryu Seung-soo Ryu Seung-soo (born August 12, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Ryu made his acting debut in 1997 with a minor role in Park Chan-wook's film ''Trio'', and has been active as a supporting actor on film and television since. Among his notable films a ...

as Yoon Kyung-ho * Lee Young-hee as Kyung-ho's mother * Leessang as themselves *

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as themselves *

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as themselves

Production

Filming began on February 4, 2005 in the seaside town of

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, Gangwon Province. A four-hour live concert was held on April 24, 2005 at the open-air theater in

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; some scenes were included in the film. ''April Snow'' wrapped shooting on June 18, 2005 in

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Reception

The film grossed in South Korea on 809,191 admissions. ''April Snow'' was also released in 10 other Asian countries. Due mainly to actor

's Korean Wave popularity, it became a box office success in Japan, Philippines and China. It became the highest-grossing Korean film in Japan, grossing or (this record would later be broken by another

film, ''

A Moment to Remember ''A Moment to Remember'' (; lit. "Eraser in My Head") is a 2004 South Korean film based on the 2001 Japanese television drama ''Pure Soul''. It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Woo-sung and follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens ...

'' with ). A

director's cut A director's cut is an edited version of a film (or video game, television episode, music video, or commercial) that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit in contrast to the theatrical release. "Cut" explicitly refers to the ...

with 30 minutes extra footage was released in Japan in 2006, which also did well commercially. Son Ye-jin received a Best Actress nomination at the

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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * {{Hur Jin-ho 2005 films 2005 romantic drama films 2000s Korean-language films Films directed by Hur Jin-ho South Korean romantic drama films 2000s South Korean films