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Christmas in August

Original title: 8월의 크리스마스

Is love eternal?

1998 · 1h 37m

Directed by Hur Jin-ho

7.7

TMDB audience score
100 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

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Cast

  • Han Suk-kyu
    Jung-won

  • Shim Eun-ha
    Da-rim

  • Shin Gu
    Jung-won's Father

  • Oh Ji-hye
    Jung-sook

  • Lee Han-wi
    Chul-goo

  • Jeon Mi-seon
    Ji-won

  • Gwon Hye-won
    Hyo-jung

  • Son Se-kwang
    Cheol

  • Choi Sun-joong
    Suk-hee

  • Kim Ae-ra
    Grandmother

  • Min Kyung-jin
    Son

  • Lee Yong-nyeo
    Ballet Auntie

  • Choi Myeong-sook
    Big head woman

  • Kim Ki-cheon
    Drunk Man

  • Kim Do-yoon
    Police Passerby

  • Jeon Dae-byeong
    Police

  • Sin Sam-bong
    Troublemaker

  • Kim Jae-rok
    Jung-won's Friend 1