Christmas in August (1998)

★ 7.7 1h 37m 93 votes IMDb
Drama Romance
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It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

Christmas in August

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Cast

Han Suk-kyu
Han Suk-kyu as Jung-won Age 61 · Seoul, South Korea Han Suk-kyu (한석규) is a South Korean actor. He was born on 3rd November 1964 in Seoul. During the 1990s, he was considered one of the top actors in Korean cinema with hits including Green Fish (1997),...
Shim Eun-ha
Shim Eun-ha as Da-rim Age 53 · Seongnam, Gyeonggi, South Korea Shim Eun-ha (born September 23, 1972) is a retired South Korean actress. Shim rose to popularity in the 1990s, starring in some of the highest-rated Korean dramas of all time, such as The Last Match, ...
Shin Gu
Shin Gu as Jung-won's Father Age 89 · Seoul, South Korea Shin Gu (신구), born Shin Soon-gi (신순기), is a South Korean actor..
Oh Ji-hye
Oh Ji-hye as Jung-sook Age 57 · South Korea
Lee Han-wi
Lee Han-wi as Chul-goo Age 64 · Gwangju, South Korea Lee Han-wi (born June 17, 1961) is a South Korean actor. Since his acting debut in 1983, Lee has become a prolific supporting actor on Korean film and television. He is particularly known for his mast...
Jeon Mi-seon
Jeon Mi-seon as Ji-won Died 2019 · Seoul, South Korea Jeon Mi-seon (December 7, 1970 – June 29, 2019) was a South Korean actress. Though best known as a supporting actress in films and television series such as Memories of Murder (2003), Moon Embracing t...
Director Hur Jin-ho
Cast Han Suk-kyu, Shim Eun-ha, Shin Gu, Oh Ji-hye, Lee Han-wi, Jeon Mi-seon, Kim Ae-ra, Min Kyung-jin, Lee Yong-nyeo, Kim Ki-cheon

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badelf 6/10 Aug 18, 2022
A thirty-something photographer, Jung-Won (Han Suk-kyu), strikes up a potentially romantic relationship with a twenty-something parking enforcer. Unbeknownst to her, and he won't tell her, his time left to live is rather limited. The film is nice, and actually nicely paced and photographed. I didn't think there was enough meat on the bones though. We have good character from Han Suk-kyu. The other characters in the story a far too thin, leaving the whole effect rather lacking.

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