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The Road Called Life

2014, Color, 90', Animation
Dir: AHN Jae-hun, HAN Hye-jin
Keyword: Drama, Comedy, Youth, Omnibus, Family
Release: 2014-08-21

 

Film Awards
The 17th Future Film Festival (2015,Italy)
The 11th InDPanda International Flm Festival (2015,Hong Kong)
The 5th Beijing International Film Festival (2015,China)
San Diego International Kids' Film Festival (2015,USA)
Taichung International Animation Festival (2015,Taiwan)
The 2nd Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (2015,Australia)
The 18th SICAF-Seoul Int’l Cartoon & Animation Festival (2014,Korea)
The 9th London Korean Film Festival (2014,UK)
Synopsis

Episode 1. When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom
HEO Saeng-Won is an ageing market vendor. He has been a peddler all his life. After a long day at the marketplace in Bongpyeong village, he follows his fellow peddler JO Seon-Dal into an inn where he meets a young itinerant vendor, Dong-I. As the three accompany each other under the moonlight along the buckwheat flowers, HEO Saeng-Won realizes he has a special bond with Dong-I.

 

Episode 2. Spring Spring
‘I’ toil on the field day and night as a servant for a man who has promised to give his daughter’s hand to me in return for my labor. The man, however, keeps putting off the wedding, saying that his daughter is not growing fast enough. One day, out of fury, I call the man to the ultimate match.

 

Episode 3. A Lucky Day
KIM, who earns his living by driving a rickshaw, gets out on the street again, even after hearing from his wife that she is seriously ill. KIM then gets to drive an unusually large number of customers that day, and begins to suspect something hideous may lie ahead of his sudden good fortune. At the end of the long and hard day, KIM returns home, with an inexplicable sense of fear weighing down on his heart.

Director's Note

I started getting into literature before animation. And the Korean short literatures were my first love at that time. I wanted to draw every single word created by the author’s effort through the animator’s human-made effort. To understand the person starts from to track and feel what the person left. I hope people can find Korean characteristic through the literature.

Director's Bio / Filmography
- AHN Jae-hun

1998 [One Day of Hitchcock] 7 min.

2000 [Innocent Joy] 27 min.
2010 [Green Days] 100 min.
2014 [The Road Called Life - Animation of Korean Literature Part 1] 90 min.

- HAN Hye-jin

1998 [One Day of Hitchcock] 7 min.
1999 [Replay] 5min.
2000 [Innocent Joy] 27 min.
2010 [Green Days] 100 min.
2014 [The Road Called Life - Animation of Korean Literature Part 1] 90 min.

Staff

Director                      AHN Jae-hun, HAN Hye-jin

Screenwriter               AHN Jae-hun

Original Story              LEE Hyo-seok, KIM You-jeong, HYEON Jin-geon

Production                  Studio Meditation with a Pencil

In Association with      Gimmyoung Publishers, EBS(Educational Broadcasting System)

World Sales                 INDIESTORY Inc.

 

Executive Producer      HAN Hye-jin

Producer                      LEE Sang-wook

Cinematography          KIM Su-jung

Composer                    KANG Sang-gu

Sound                         KIM Ji-hee

Mixing                         KANG Hee-joong

Recording                    JO Sung-hee

Animation                   PARK Sun-young, KWAK Jin-ah, IM Eun-jae, KIM Seul-gi,

                           YOO Ji-eun, JIN Hyung-min, HWANG Mi-ryung

Art Director                 KIM Gyoon-suk

Production Designer     KIM Na-young

Cast

Episode 1. When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom

KI Young-do as HEO Saeng-Won

UM Sang-hyun as Dong-I

 

Episode 2. Spring Spring

NAM Sang-il as Narrator (Pansori)

PARK Young-jae as I

 

Episode 3 Lucky Day

JANG Guang as KIM

RYU Hyun-kyung as wife

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