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Director:
Writer:
Jiro Asada (novel)
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Release Date:
28 April 2001 (South Korea) See more »
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Plot:
After losing both her parents, Failan (Cecilia Cheung) emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
6 wins See more »
NewsDesk:
Strangely Sweet: Ten Unusual Romance in Film
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This movie broke my heart and now i am trying to put the pieces back together. See more (46 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Min-sik Choi ... Kang-jae (as Min-shik Choi)
Cecilia Cheung ... Failan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dae-Hoon Jeong
Hyeong-jin Kong ... Kyung-Su
Byung-ho Son
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Directed by
Hae-sung Song  (as Hye-sung Song)
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jiro Asada  novel

Produced by
Sang-hoon Ahn .... producer
Jae-woo Hwang .... associate producer
Woo-hyun Hwang .... associate producer
Il-do Jang .... executive producer
Seung Bum Kim .... executive producer (as Seung-bum Kim)
Sung-joan Moon .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Jae-jin Lee 
 
Cinematography by
Yeong-cheol Kim 
 
Film Editing by
Gok-ji Park 
 
Production Design by
Jong-pil Lee 
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
"Failan" - France
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Runtime:
115 min
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Color:
Black and White (some sequences) | Color
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Trivia:
When Failan is outside the video shop, a poster of the movie Siworae (2000) can be seen.See more »
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References Siworae (2000)See more »

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22 out of 25 people found the following review useful.
This movie broke my heart and now i am trying to put the pieces back together., 7 July 2004
Author: Eike Wolf (wolfovic@gmx.de) from Dinslaken, Germany

I watched Failan yesterday and i still feel my nerves vibrating when i think about the most intense moments. I could loose myself now praising the protagonists actors Min-sik Choi and Cecilia Cheung, but to keep it simple i only say they did a incredible good job. Korean cinema delivers one masterpiece after another, as 'A tale of two sisters' watched a few days before, manages to define a new standard as well. Now i have to regenerate for a while before i am able to fully appreciate another emotional challenging stuff like this. Absolute recommendation. 10/10

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