Hello, Stranger

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Movie: Hello, Stranger
Revised romanization: Cheoeum Mannan Saramdeul
Hangul: 처음 만난 사람들
Director: Kim Dong-Hyun
Writer: Kim Dong-Hyun
Producer: Park Jin-Soo, Kim Dong-Hyun
Cinematographer: Oh Jung-Ok
Release Date: April 30, 2009
Runtime: 112 min.
Genre: Indie / Drama / North Korea / Award Winning
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Jin-Wook (Park In-Soo) is a North Korean defector who has just completed education at the center for North Korean adjustment to South Korean life. After moving into his first Seoul apartment, Jin-Wook goes out to a wholesale market to buy blankets and is shocked at the excess of South Korean capitalism. Getting lost on the way home, he asks for help from Hye-Jung (Choi Hee-Jin), who doesn’t know where Jin-Wook’s apartment is either. The two end up wandering all night long. On another day, Jin-Wook meets Ting-Woon (Quang Su), an illegal immigrant from Vietnam on his way to Pusan to see his ex-girlfriend, a meeting that turns out to be an ill-fated reunion. That night Jin-Wook and Ting-Woon have a heart-to-heart talk in a motel even though Ting-Woon is not capable of speaking Korean...

Cast

Park In-Soo - Jin-Wook
Choi Hee-Jin - Hye-Jung
Quang Su - Ting-Woon
Kim Jin-Hyeok - brother-in-law
Kim Min-Kyung - Madame Yang
Jin Yong-Wook - Won-Suk
Park Yoo-Mil - renter
Sung Hong-Il - husband
Joo Jin-Mo - Driver Park
Woo Jung-Kook - Ho-Young
Kim Song-Il - Gil-Jae
Bang Young - Detective Choi
Samuel Kang - North Korean defector
Jung In-Gyeom - man fighting in taxi
Cha Soon-Bae - factory owner

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Film Festivals

2007 (12th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 4th-12th - Korean Cinema Today - Vision (World Premiere)

Awards

"NETPAC Award" - 2007 (12th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 4th-12th