Release date: September 2009
High school in Busan in the 1990s, apparently a pretty rough time and place. As the third son after a high-achieving older brother and sister, Jjang-goo is the black sheep of the family as he only gets into a technical high school. We follow him through his coming-of-age journey through these high school years. Will he flourish? Will he get bullied? Will he make a success out of his life?
An unusual aspect of the film was being able to overhear the internal dialog that goes on in Jjang-goo's head. He is an average guy who just wants to make a go of life and basically a nice person who is not understood by his cold-fish family members. The film had some very creative camera work as well and the music, a traditional music score that you more often see in a history film, was well done. The word is that this film really resonates with Korean guys who lived through this time and place. My take: CCC
I watched a unsubtitled version of this film and thought: “If this film hasn’t been subtitled yet, I would LOVE to take on this project!
Green in the wood: high school campus roads and students.
Introspective Jjang-goo (Jeong Woo / 정우) follows a different drummer.
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