Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Original title: Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
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In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a boy while teaching wisdom and compassion through experience and endless exercises.
- Awards
- 15 wins & 9 nominations
Oh Yeong-su
- Old Monk
- (as Young-soo Oh)
Seo Jae-kyeong
- Boy Monk
- (as Jae-kyeong Seo)
Ji Dae-han
- Detective Ji
- (as Dae-han Ji)
Choi Min
- Detective Choi
- (as Min Choi)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe inscription on the floor is "The Heart Sutra", one of the most important Sutra of Mahayana Buddhism, written in literary Chinese.
- GoofsWhen the young monk finishes inscribing the Heart Sutra on the floor and falls down exhausted, the inscriptions below him change between shots (even though he is lying motionless). In one shot, the inscriptions he is lying on have been painted; and as he wakes up, the paint is gone.
- Alternate versionsThe local Korean version of this film is approximately 90 seconds longer than the International release; a sequence was removed near the end of the film (at about the 100-minute point). This is reflected in the DVD releases, as the Tartan R2 (UK) release and the Columbia/Tristar R1 (USA) release use the International cut of the film, while the Bitwin R3 (Korean) DVD uses the original cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Arirang (2011)
- SoundtracksJeongseon Arirang
Traditional
Performed by Kim Young Im
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This film left me speechless, and I still have a hard time putting how I feel about this movie into words. After seeing it the first time in the theater, my friend and I couldn't bring ourselves to say a word to each other...not even in the car on the ride back. The second time I saw it, after purchasing it, another friend and I walked around the campus for half an hour in silence. The third time, a friend and I sat in silence in her room for an hour after the movie was over. This film is that profound, touching, and moving.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring is the most beautiful movie I have ever seen. Visually it is fantastic, though several films surpass it in this aspect. However, the film manages to speak directly to the soul (or...failing to believe in the soul...something deep inside anyone watching it), and this is where it's beauty lies. Parts are so affecting that a painful nostalgia for a place you never knew overwhelms you.
I am sorry I cannot be more helpful...the quality that makes this movie so wonderful is well beyond words for me.
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...Spring is the most beautiful movie I have ever seen. Visually it is fantastic, though several films surpass it in this aspect. However, the film manages to speak directly to the soul (or...failing to believe in the soul...something deep inside anyone watching it), and this is where it's beauty lies. Parts are so affecting that a painful nostalgia for a place you never knew overwhelms you.
I am sorry I cannot be more helpful...the quality that makes this movie so wonderful is well beyond words for me.
- alexander-lewis
- Feb 17, 2005
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- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring
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- Gross US & Canada
- $2,380,788
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $42,561
- Apr 4, 2004
- Gross worldwide
- $8,842,229
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) officially released in Canada in French?
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