[movie 2006] Traces Of Love 가을로

[rubie]

Yoo Ji Tae, Kim Ji Soo & Eom Ji Won

TRACES OF LOVE 가을로

Director: Kim Dae-Seung (김대승)

Cast: Yoo Ji-Tae (유지태), Kim Ji-Soo (김지수), Eom Ji-Won (엄지원)

Budget: 4 Billion Won

Produced By: (주)영화세상 (Film World)

Distributed By: 롯데엔터테인먼트 (Lotte Entertainment)

International Sales: Mirovision

Official Website http://www.fall2006.co.kr

Teaser trailer

http://cineseoul.com/online_marketing/autu...ser_trailer.wmv

Music Video (thanks to Shirley)

mms://mmc.daumcast.net/mmc/1/1000/A0904372900101m.wmv

Traces of Love at PIFF

mms://mmc.daumcast.net/tvnews/imbc/200610/13/mbc_morn_20061013_2_300k_06.asf

Traces of Love - World Trade Center

http://nv.empas.com/ys/2006/10/13/200610131336352959.wmv

"What are we to do?" song used in the MV (thanks to ay_link)

by Kim Hyeon Cheol (Kim Hyun Chul) and Gummy

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5zqdia

Making Of clip (thanks to melusine)

mms://wms07.bcst.krn.yahoo.com/c/cine21.com/movie/making/2005/12/toautumn_mf_300k.wmv

or

http://www.sendspace.com/file/860i5m

Traces of Love premiere (credit: sarangksw.com, thanks to autumn_sangwoofc)

vod 01 vod 02

MOVIE REVIEWS & ARTICLES

'Traces of Love' tackles triangular theme involving tragic disaster (The Korea Herald)

'Traces' Leaves Not Much to Follow (The Korea Times)

Eom Ji-won Rediscovered (The English Chosun)

Adam Hartzell's review from (koreanfilm.org)

[DVD review]'Traces' humanizes a modern trauma (JoongAng Daily)

TRACES OF LOVE. ("Gaeulro") Ten years after the death of his girlfriend, Hyeon-woo decides to take a trip using the travel diary of his deceased lover as a guide. However, following in her footsteps seems to be leading him to a predestined love. The part of Hyeon-woo is played by Yu Ji-tae (Oldboy, Antarctic Journal) and he is assisted in this film by the considerable talents of actresses Kim Ji-su (Romance, This Charming Girl) and Uhm Ji-won (Running Wild, Scarlet Letter). This Ahn's World production is directed by Kim Dae-seung, responsible for both Blood Rain (2005) and Bungee Jumping On Their Own (2001). Scheduled to be released on October 19.

Source: koreanfilm.org, credit to Tom Giammarco and Darcy Paquet

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Yoo Ji-tae 유지태

Complete filmography

Hwang Jinyi (2007)

Traces of Love (2006)

Running Wild (2006)

Antarctic Journal (2005)

Woman is the Future of Man (2004)

Old Boy (2003)

Into the Mirror (2003)

Natural City (2003)

One Fine Spring Day (2001)

Libera Me (2000)

A Nightmare (2000)

Ditto (2000)

Attack the Gas Station (1999)

Bye June (1998)

Yoo Ji-tae (b. April 13, 1976) in a very short time rose to become a major actor in Korean film. In the year 2000, with a series of hit films, widely-seen TV appearances, and a career in modeling, Yoo was more constantly in the limelight than any other actor.

His first brush with fame came in the role of "Paint" in his second feature, the 1999 hit Attack the Gas Station. His sensitive and artistic image in this film and the warm character he displayed as a guest on TV talk shows helped to propel him to stardom. With the surprise success of his third film Ditto in spring 2000, Yoo's star status was secured. He also appeared in the successful firefighting film Libera Me. In this early part of his career, he was known particularly for the wild colors that he would dye his hair (white in Attack the Gas Station, blue in Ditto, blonde in Libera Me).

In 2001, however, he died his hair black and took on a more subdued, serious role in Hur Jin-ho's One Fine Spring Day. Although it wasn't a big hit with audiences, his performance in this film opened many critics' eyes and drew widespread praise, while officially launching the second stage of his career.

For the next two years, Yoo didn't appear in any new films, due to the fact that Natural City took an unusually long time to progress from shooting to a commercial release. He then appeared in three works in 2003: Natural City (which bombed, despite its big budget and special effects), the horror/suspense film Into the Mirror, and Park Chan-wook's acclaimed Old Boy. Yoo's memorable role in the latter film as a wealthy eccentric fixated on revenge would make his face well known to international audiences.

As Yoo's career established itself he began to appear in many high-profile projects, such as in well-known arthouse director Hong Sang-soo's Woman is the Future of Man (which, like Old Boy, screened at Cannes in 2004); Yim Phil-sung's big-budget Antarctic Journal, shot in New Zealand; and the action/noir Running Wild with Kwon Sang-woo.

김지수 Kim Ji-soo

KIM JI SOO (Kim Ji Su)

Real name: Yang Sung Yoon

Born: October 24, 1973

Height: 167 cm (5' 6")

Weight: 45 kg (99 lbs)

TV dramas

Age of Heroes (So-sun)

First Love - SBS (Suh-kyung)

Flowing River (Sang-hee)

Days in the Sun (Hee-ju)

Full of Sun (Ji-sook)

Bad Boys (Sang-eun)

Angel in My Heart (Yu-kyong)

Love (So-jin)

When She Beckons (In-ha)

Love & Ambition

M

Movies

Traces of Love (2006)

The Romance (2006)

This Charming Girl (2005)

Awards

Best New Actress - 26th Blue Dragon Awards 2005

Singapore International Film Festival Best Actress Award (2005)

Articles

KBS Global 4/29/05

KBS Global 3/31/05

Korea Times 3/11/05

Uhm Ji-won 엄지원

EOM JI WON (Um/Uhm Ji Won)

Born: December 25, 1977

School: Kyungbook University (Geography major)

TV dramas

Golden Wagon (Soon-jung)

Movies

Traces of Love

Running Wild

Tale of Cinema

The Scarlet Letter

source of info

koreanfilm.org, Twitchfilm. koreanwiz.org, Cine21, KBS, hancinema.net

Hi everyone, welcome to the thread for the upcoming movie, Traces of Love. Though I don't quite have the same impact and effect from watching Old Boy like the majority , I just have a good feeling about actor Yoo Ji Tae and together with the beautiful Kim Ji Soo, this new movie sounds and looks so enchanting. I just love the poster, the sweet feeling simply caught my attention instantly. Hopefully it'll be a memorable melodrama of 2006 along with another movie, Once in a Summer that I really look forward to as well.

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[rubie]

2006/09/12 20:25 KST

Kim's 'Trace of Love' to Start PIFF

By Cathy Rose A. Garcia

Staff Reporter

Director Kim Dae-seung's melodrama, "Trace of Love," will open the 11th Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF), which begins in the southeastern port city on Oct. 12. Chinese director Niang Hao's box-office hit comedy "Crazy Stone" has been selected as the film for the closing ceremony on Oct. 20.

The 11th PIFF, considered as one of Asia’s most important film festivals, will feature 245 films from 63 countries during the nine-day event. This year, 155 of the films will be premiering for the first time in Pusan. A majority or 55 percent of the films are from Europe, 29 percent from Asia and the rest from North America and Africa.

The opening film "Trace of Love" is a melodrama set in a lush landscape background and stars Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Ji-soo and Uhm Ji-won. Kim, who worked as assistant director for the legendary director Im Kwon-taek, has gained critical acclaim for his films, murder-mystery "Blood Rain," and romantic drama "Bungee Jumping of their Own."

"Crazy Stone," a low budget comedy written and directed by mainland Chinese director Ning Hao, is reportedly this year’s highest grossing domestic film in China. The film, about the comedic adventures of a gang of thieves who are plotting to steal a jewel, has attracted audiences for its dark humor.

Hong Kong star Andy Lau's company Focus Films produced "Crazy Stone." Lau is also this year's recipient of the Asian Filmmaker of the Year award, in recognition of his dedication and promotion of Asian films as an actor and producer.

The Korean Cinema Award goes to Martial Knaebel, director of Fribourg International Film Festival and Ken Terawaki, former director-general of Japan Department of Cultural Affairs for promoting Korean films abroad.

There are special programs at PIFF to be held, such as "Remapping of Asian Auteur Cinema" featuring classic films and "Korean Cinema Retrospective" showcasing Korean films produced during the Japanese occupation.

The Korean Cinema Retrospective will feature late director Shin Sang-ok's 1961 film, "Bound by Chastity Rule," for the first time. The Korea Film Archive worked to restore the film for 3 years, after it was discovered at the Chinese Taipei Film Archive.

Audiences will also be treated to the "Special Tribute to French Cinema," featuring 10 classic and modern French masterpieces; and "Midnight Passion," featuring latest cult films from around the world.

PIFF is also launching the Asian Film Market, a total market covering financing, production, post-production and sales, for the first time this year.

cathy@koreatimes.co.kr

09-12-2006 17:20

Source: The Korea Times

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/20...17200111710.htm

Sept 20, 2006

Pusan Festival Film Tickets Sold Out in 2 Min

Tickets to the movie "Trace of Love," the opening film of the Pusan International Film Festival slated to open October 12, were sold out in just two minutes and 45 seconds on the festival's Web site (http://www.piff.org) on September 19.

Tickets to this year's opening film were sold out 10 minutes faster than for last year's opening film (13 minutes 40 seconds).

Tickets to the closing film, "Crazy Stone," by Chinese director Ning Hao, were sold out in an hour and six minutes, while tickets to a closing party were sold out in two hours and four minutes, attesting to great public interest in the festival.

Tickets to other films to be screened at the festival will go on sale September 26 on the festival's Web site, in Pusan Bank branches nationwide, and the COEX, Suwon and Daegu branches of the Megabox theater.

Visitors will be offered a wide range of discounts this year: 3,000-won tickets for films to be screened October 16-19, and 10,000-won tickets for a package of three "Midnight Passion" films to be screened at night.

Tickets can be exchanged at temporary ticket offices and character shops that will be set up during the festival. Visitors will also be able to buy tickets for film packages including five, ten and 20 films at 20 to 50 percent discounts.

Source: KBS Global

http://english.kbs.co.kr/society/news/1416352_11773.html

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Pusan Fest to Set Sail Next Month

By Kim Tae-jong

Staff Reporter

The ship will set sail once again in the nation's biggest port city. Since its maiden voyage in 1996, the ship of the Pusan International Film Festival (PIFF) has taken moviegoers to the continent of movies. The nine-day journey this year from Oct. 12 to Oct. 20 promises you more fun.

What awaits you at the destination is a range of interesting programs and events. Here is more information for the journey.

Yoo Ji-tae, left, and Kim Ji-soo star in the opening film,

"Traces of Love" by Kim Dai-seung

64 World Premieres

The festival presents a total of 245 films from 63 countries in 10 sections, and 64 films will make their world premieres. They will be screened at 31 screens in five theaters in Haeundae and Nampo-dong.

The festival begins with the melodrama "Trace of Love" by director Kim Dai-seung, who gained critical acclaim for his previous works including last year's hit thriller "Blood Rain" and the 2000 gay-themed melodrama "Bungee Jumping of Their Own."

"Crazy Stone," a low-budget comedy written and directed by Chinese director Ning Hao, has been selected as the festival's closing film.

In the two sections, A Window on Asian Cinema and New Currents, more than 100 films by rising and master filmmakers in Asia will be shown.

"This year's interesting trend is that you can check out many emerging films from Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines," Kim Ji-seok, programmer of Asian films, said during a news conference on Sept. 12 at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building in downtown Seoul.

"Recently, these countries have actively produced quality films, led by either by their governments or the private sector. During the festival, you can see the results of their efforts," Kim said.

To show a more diversified array of Korean films, the section, previously called Korean Film Panorama, was changed to Korean Cinema Today, and it has been divided into three sub-categories _ Panorama, Vision and Special Premiere.

Panorama shows a collection of recently opened Korean films, and low-budget, independent films will be shown in Vision, while in Special Premiere, upcoming commercial local films will be shown.

In the Korean film Retrospective section, old surviving movies that the Korean Film Archive has found will be screened, including "Sweet Dream (Mimong)," the oldest surviving Korean film, and the late director Shin Sang-ok's movies, which has been restored recently.

In Special Tribute to French Cinema, 10 classic and modern French masterpieces will be shown.

Various Fun Events

"Crazy Stone" by Chinese Director Ning Hao will close PIFF

Along with the screenings of acclaimed movies, PIFF is famous for a range of special events, such as music concerts and talk sessions with celebrities, and this year is not an exception.

During the festival period, a new pavilion will be set up on the Haeundae Beach. Last year, a pavilion was built as the main exhibition hall to show the history of PIFF's last 10 years, but the pavilion’s size will be doubled this year and used as the venue where visitors can meet celebrities and other guests.

Along with the pavilion, a number of promotional booths run by film companies as well as guest lounges and cafes will be lined up on the beach.

Every night from 7:30 p.m. at the outdoor theater in Haeundae Yacht Center, there will be a music concert before the movie screenings.

If you seek a more dynamic party, Cinematic Love held at Film Commission Cinema Studio B is where you should go. From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15, a big party with groove music from local bands and disc jockeys is scheduled.

Cinema Together, formerly known as Directors' Choice Troopers and Actors' Choice Troopers, provides a chance for audiences to meet and talk with nine emerging and established directors.

The 11th Pusan International Film Festival

When: Oct. 12-20

Where: 31 indoor and outdoor venues in Pusan

How much: 20,000 won

Info: Call (051) 747-3010 or (02) 3675-5097 or visit www.piff.org.

Source: The Korea Times

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/20...17545911690.htm

[rubie]

Movie stills from CINE21

<click on thumbnails to enlarge the pics>

[rubie]

[Guest jujubee]

What is Yoo Ji Tae doing with a cup of tea in the middle of the snow?!!

Thanks for the awesome pics!!

Yeah for Yoo Ji Tae news

[rubie]

NEW POSTERS (credit to Cine21)

Source: http://www.fall2006.co.kr

[Guest jjowah]

yoo jitae is looking fine as ever!!~ drool

[lin]

This movie seems like its very catching....... I want to see this movie? Is it out yet? When will it come out?

[rubie]

This movie seems like its very catching....... I want to see this movie? Is it out yet? When will it come out?

Hi ~lin~!

It's an upcoming movie which is going to be released around October 19th, 26th. It'll also be the opening movie at the Pusan International Film Festival on Oct, 12. Just less than a month to go. Hope you'll be able to catch it, too.

[Guest mj07]

Thanks for posting about this one, Rubie! These are two actors whose work I really like and respect! Can't wait to see them on screen together. The melodramatic plot sounds pretty interesting as well!

[Guest inez]

NEW POSTERS (credit to Cine21)

Source: http://www.fall2006.co.kr

This pic of JiTae got me quite teary already..i get all sad by a sensitive crying man and he's one smashing actor..and i am so looking forward to this movie too..

[shirley]

the movie open on 26 Oct ..and the new poster ..is the time when he is the most happy with the woman he love ..ten years ago ..the poster is shot in the park and captured with natural light .

김현철/거미-우리이제 어떻게 하나요 (MV ...song by Kim Hyun Chul(not really sure if i get his name right--;; /Spider ) ..

mms://mmc.daumcast.net/mmc/1/1000/A0904372900101m.wmv

[rubie]

Thanks Shirley for the new poster and MV. So, it opens on the 26th, ya... I've edited my earlier post. Appreciate the clarification. :blush:

Btw, KJS is playing the past love of YJT... right? And not the other way around? I mean... there's no current/new love but a reminiscene (or rather, traces) of it?

ps: hi MJ, inez! Good to see you here!

[Guest inez]

Aww..thanks for the MV link Shirley...(now i AM crying.... )

Apart from looking so dashing in the movie..Yoo Ji Tae is an awesome actor no doubt!..

Hello rubie...!!...*waves!*..Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa sis!

Ola MJ..!

[rubie]

Pusan festival adds Asian film market

October 03, 2006 ㅡ For 10 years, the Pusan International Film Festival has paired beautiful beaches and world cinema, opening locals' eyes to exotic ideas and perhaps also helping improve film buffs' pasty complexions. This year will be the biggest yet ― the 11th PIFF will present 245 films from 60 countries, including 64 world premieres, 20 international premieres and 71 Asian premieres.

The opening film this year is a domestic melodrama, "Traces of Love," by the established director Kim Dae-sung of "Bungee Jumping of Their Own." "Traces" is only the fourth Korean film to open the festival, and stars Yu Ji-tae and Kim Ji-su in an autumn love story. When advance tickets went on sale for the opening Sept. 19, they sold out in less than three minutes. The closing film is a Chinese comedy, "Crazy Stone," about the heist of a valuable jade piece. Both opening and closing ceremonies will take place in the 5,000-seat outdoor theater of the Haeundae Yachting Center.

PIFF's competitive division is dubbed New Currents, and the head of the jury will be the Academy Award-winning Hungarian director Istvan Szabo. There are 10 films in the competition, ranging from a low-key Chinese teenage drama "Betelnut," by Heng Yang, to an experimental animation-live action-puppetry hybrid "Wool 100%" by Japanese director Mai Tominaga. Szabo will also give a master class at the festival with Taiwanese Ming-liang Tsai.

The retrospective section offers a special treat this year: Seven restored Korean films from the Japanese colonial era, including "Sweet Dreams" from 1936, thought to be the oldest Korean movie of which a print still remains. The section also honors the famed Korean director Shin Sang-ok, who passed away in April, by screening a restored version of his 1962 film "The Arch of Chastity."

The largest expansion at PIFF this year is the addition of a film market. The Asian Film Market will host Asian sales booths, mostly from Korean and Japanese companies, and sellers including Sony, Universal, the Weinstein Company, StudioCanal and more. In all, 70 sales booths from 95 companies will take part.

There was opposition to the opening from already-established film markets in Tokyo, whose market opens the day after PIFF closes, and Bangkok, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Another conflict was with the first Rome Film Festival, which takes place through most of PIFF's run. Though the programmers said they eventually agreed with Rome on who would show what, two "co-world premieres," of the films "After This Our Exile" by Patrik Tam and "Nightmare Detective" by Shinya Tsukamoto, will take place at both festivals.

Festival director Kim Dong-ho was particularly proud of the news that Variety, the entertainment trade newspaper, will cover the festival daily for the first time. Variety only covers three other film festivals in this way: Cannes, Berlin and Toronto.

The patriarch of Korean film, Im Kwon-taek, will lead this year's Asian Film Academy, a series of special classes that PIFF offers every year with five directors and cinematographers and 24 academy fellows, with the goal of producing a film by the end of the 26-week class period.

Other divisions at the festival this year include a second animation section, which will screen new films from Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Korea, including "Paprika," by the Japanese director Satoshi Kon, known for "Millennium Actress" and "Perfect Blue," and "Aachi & Ssipak," a coarse, kinetic Korean feature.

PIFF continues its support for documentary filmmaking by offering 120 million won ($127,000) in funding through the Asian Network of Documentary. Eight documentaries on indigenous Asian cultures will screen in the festival's Wide Angle section, plus other documentaries on a variety of subjects. The "Vision Session" will support low-budget Korean film directors.

The Korean Cinema Today section will survey current domestic film, featuring a screening of Im Sang-soo's "The President's Last Bang" with controversial documentary footage, originally excised by the Korean courts, restored.

by Ben Applegate <ben@joongang.co.kr>

Source: INSIDE JoongAng Daily

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200610/02/2...0091009101.html

[shirley]

Thanks Shirley for the new poster and MV. So, it opens on the 26th, ya... I've edited my earlier post. Appreciate the clarification. :blush:

Btw, KJS is playing the past love of YJT... right? And not the other way around? I mean... there's no current/new love but a reminiscene (or rather, traces) of it?

ps: hi MJ, inez! Good to see you here!

ah yes..she is his past love ..and while on his jounery .of memories ..he met with this woman play by Uhm Ji Won ....

here the synopsis from piff.org .~~ ....i like the director's previous two movies and waiting to watch this one ...seem to have such a autumn sense of sadness ..

Passing a juridical examination, Hyun-woo proposes to his long-time lover Min-joo. Hyun-woo is, however, late for an appointment with Min-joo. She shops at a department store while waiting for him, and tragically dies in an accidental building collapse. Ten years have passed since then and Hyun-woo, who is now a calm and staunch prosecutor, still suffers from feelings of loss and guilt. His latest case is a target of condemnation by public opinion, and when the Public Prosecutor’s Office issues an order of suspension, he goes on a trip. Fall fields, rivers and mountains spread before him and he comes across a woman on the road.

Trace of Love is enthralling with its scenery of fall mountains and streams, which even amaze locals with its breathtaking beauty. A dreary sorrow is, however, imprinted somewhere within this beauty. Trace of Love is at the same time a grim film. A building collapsed in South Korea ten years ago - a monstrous tragedy. South Korean society has tried to forget the miserable and unconmprehensible accident. The film, laying bare the memories of the hurt, calmly and firmly asks if it is possible to live without internal healing. It is, above all things, a film with a pang. Your heart will be deeply touched by a man’s grief in the loss of his love and a woman’s loneliness amidst unforgettable, painful memories

source http://www.piff.org/eng/html/program/prog_...p;c_idx=11#none[/url

Aww..thanks for the MV link Shirley...(now i AM crying.... )

Apart from looking so dashing in the movie..Yoo Ji Tae is an awesome actor no doubt!..

Hello rubie...!!...*waves!*..Selamat Menjalani Ibadah Puasa sis!

Ola MJ..!

yes...the mv seem like going to be quite a sad movie ..of memories and love ..

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btw ..the tragedy they speak of in the movie is the 1995 Collapse of Sampoong Department Store which kill over 500 people ....a very sad tragedy ..there was a period i think korea construction industry has such an infamous record .

source

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/opinion/20...18510554130.htm.

[The Dawn of Modern Korea] (233) Collapse of Sampoong Department Store

By Andrei Lankov

June 29, 1995, was marked by the worst peacetime disaster in the history of Seoul _ the collapse of the Sampoong Department Store. It occurred at 6 p.m. when the building was full of shoppers _ largely upper-middle class housewives.

The history of the Sampoong Department Store began in 1987, when the Sampoong Group launched the construction of a new emporium in the posh Kangnam area. The building was finished in late 1989, but by that time its design and structure had undergone a number of serious changes. The owners did not bother to ask for approvals _ especially as they knew the changes were against the building code. They simply bribed the relevant officials.

By the mid-1990s, Sampoong had become one of the most fashionable and expensive department stores in the city. The Korean business and political elite (or rather, its female part) frequently shopped there.

Indeed, it was the popularity of Sampoong’s eateries that indirectly caused the disaster. According to an established tradition, no Korean department store is complete without an ``eating gallery.’’ The Sampoong eating gallery enjoyed remarkable success, so the owners decided to improve it. They arranged an artificial pond with a life-size watermill and installed a lot of heavy air-refrigeration equipment. The result was a huge weight overload that made the entire construction unstable. Renovations to the underground parking lot _ conducted without any approval _ further increased this instability, so by 1995 the fashionable Sampoong Emporium was a disaster waiting to happen.

And the disaster did happen. From April 1995, employees began to notice cracks in the ceilings of the top (fifth) floor. However, nothing was done until the morning of June 29, when the cracks increased dramatically. At this juncture the managers closed the top floor and switched the air-conditioning off. They also invited a group of civil engineering experts to check the structure.

The experts duly arrived and after a cursory check came to the conclusion that the building was facing a real danger of collapse. However, the managers (including the son of the Sampoong Group president who was the CEO of the department store) were reluctant to close the store: that afternoon the number of shoppers was unusually high, and they did not want to lose the revenue.

Around 5 p.m., the ceilings of the fourth floor visually began to sink. The fourth floor was also closed, but trade did not stop until 5:50 p.m., when the entire building began to make cracking sounds. The alarms went off, and the evacuation began, but it was far too late. Around 6:05 p.m., the five-story building completely collapsed, killing and burying alive many hundreds.

Rescue work began immediately. Within the first day two hundred survivors were pulled from the debris. However, as time went on, the number of finds dwindled. After a week the chances of finding survivors were seen as negligible.

And then a series of miracles happened. On the 12th day of rescue operations, workers discovered a young woman who was alive and conscious: Yu Chi-hwan, an 18-year-old sales clerk, had been lucky enough to be trapped in a small pocket in the wreckage, thus surviving the subsequent ordeal. Yu’s rescue was followed by another: 19-year-old Pak Sung-hyon, another Sampoong employee, was found alive after 16 days of confinement. She was conscious and even felt well enough to bother about propriety: she demanded a blanket to cover herself before being removed from the debris. Her calm and self-control made her a darling of the Korean media.

The Sampoong tragedy took 502 lives, and an additional 937 people sustained injuries. The disaster led to countless human tragedies. A prominent lawyer lost all his three daughters, and the widow of a former Cabinet minister, who had been killed by North Korean commandos in Burma, lost her only daughter. The daughter-in-law of the Sampoong president was also buried under the wreckage, although she was subsequently rescued from a small pocket where she spent hours with one of her employees. The list of victims read like Korea’s Who’s Who _ indeed, Sampoong used to be the place of choice for the rich and famous.

In December 1995, the chairman of the Sampoong Group and his son, the CEO of the department store, received prison sentences. The disaster also led to a review of Korean safety regulations. Nonetheless, the Korean construction industry is still plagued by many problems. But that is another story…

10-14-2004 18:52

[Guest inez]

Wow..*wipes tears*..i know the movie is based on a true tragedy (and true love too.. )

Thanks Shirley..for the articles ..so sad...

[melusine]

I'm really looking forward to this movie. Aside from the fact that I love the actors (YJT+KJS = ) and enjoyed the director's previous movies, being chosen as the opening film for the PIFF must mean it's pretty good. No wonder tickets got sold out so fast.

Thanks for all the posters and articles, guys. That MV -->

Making Of clip: mms://wms07.bcst.krn.yahoo.com/c/cine21.com/movie/making/2005/12/toautumn_mf_300k.wmv [SendSpace]

[rubie]

Wow..*wipes tears*..i know the movie is based on a true tragedy (and true love too.. )

Thanks Shirley..for the articles ..so sad...

inez-sis, got tissue? :tears:

The MV is so sad and the history/background of the Sampoong tragedy makes it more intense. Undeniably, KJS & YJT have wonderful chemistry... so clear from watching the MV.

YJT looks so lost ... that no one can comfort.... first time really appreciating this actor...

Thanks melusine for the making-of clip... movie goodies to collect!

[melusine]

^rubie, you should watch "One Fine Spring Day". He was absolutely heartbreaking there and it's a beautiful film.

Which is why I'm glad to see him in a melodrama again.

Kim DaeSeung has an affinity for lost love vis-à-vis memory, no? He explored the theme soooo well in "Bungee Jumping of Their Own." Even "Blood Rain" had echoes of it.

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