Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring | |
Title (English) | Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring |
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Title (Korean) | 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄 |
Directed by | Kim Ki-duk |
Produced by | Karl Baumgartner Lee Seung-jae |
Starring | O Yeong-su Kim Ki-duk Kim Young-min Seo Jae-kyung Park Ji-a Ha Yeo-jin Kim Jong-ho |
Release date | 19 September 2003 |
Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | South Korea Germany |
Language | Korean |
목차
Plot
This film is divided into five chapters which are the four seasons – spring, summer, fall, winter, and spring again. It shows a cycle of karma, and a cycle of life.
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
…and Spring
Cast
O Yeong-su as Old Monk |- |Kim Ki-duk||Adult Monk |- |Kim Young-min||Young Adult Monk |- |Seo Jae-kyeong||Boy Monk |- |Ha Yeo-jin||The Girl |- |Kim Jong-ho||Child Monk |- |Kim Jeong-yeong||The Girl’s Mother |- |Ji Dae-han||Detective Ji |- |Choi Min||Detective Choi |- |Park Ji-a||The Baby’s Mother |- |Song Min-young||The Baby |}
Release and Reception
Awards and Nominations
Academic Analysis
The director was raised as a Christian and mentioned that he didn’t seek technical advice from Buddhist experts or deliberately produce the film as a Buddhist film. However, film critics have suggested multiple theories and correlation between the film and Buddhism.