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Juhee from 5 to 7

2022, Color,B&W, 76'04", Live Action
Dir: JANG Kun-jae
Keyword: Drama, Women
Release: 2023-11-08

 

Film Awards
The 11th Muju Film Festival (2023,Korea)
The 10th ChunCheon Film Festival (2023,Korea)
The 3rd Korean Film Festival Barcelona (2023,Spain)
The 27th Busan International Film Festival (2022,Korea)
The 48th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2022,Korea)
Synopsis

 

Ju-hee, a drama professor who wants to quit teaching after this semester, finds out that she has a tumor suspected of malignancy in her chest after a medical examination. She is sure it's cancer. She once dreamed of becoming a good actor and a good teacher. But now she’s tired of everything. She goes to her office to set her affairs, and some of her students come to her office and want to talk to her.

Ho-jin, the director of a theater company, is busy preparing for a play ahead of its premiere. There is a scene where he is not sure if it’s the right way of directing, and it bothers him. Young members of the theater company whisper and gossip that Ho-jin's play about the middle-aged couple's crisis may be his own story.

 

Director's Note

 

It is difficult for anyone to know the depth of an individual's life, unless they look deep into it. So are the seemingly ordinary figures in their mid-40s here. Ju-hee is afraid that she may die soon, and Ho-jin is worried that his play may fail.

 

Director's Bio / Filmography
- JANG Kun-jae

 

Born in Daegu

Graduated from from Korean Academy of Film Arts
Graduated School of Choong-Ang Univ. Dept. of Visual Art

1998  [I'm Home from School!] 16mm, color, 12min.
          2nd Seoul Int'l Short Film Festival (2000, Korea)
          Encouragement Award, 24th Gold Crown Film Festival (1998, Korea)
          Puchon Int’l Fantastic Film Festival (1998, Korea)
          Competition, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (1999, Korea)
          1st Korea Japan Young Film Festival (1999, Korea)
          University Film Festival (1998, Korea)
2002  [Triangle Stories] DV 6mm
          1st Mise-en-scene's Genre Film Festival (2002, Korea)
         [Hard-boiled Chocolate Style] music video, DV 6mm, color, 6min. 
          28th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2002)
2003  [Do not Let Me in Fight] DV 6mm, color, 22min.
          29th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2003)
2007  [Queen of the Universe] music video, DV 6mm, 11min. 
          33rd Seoul Independent Film Festival (2007) 
         [Time in Heaven] 35mm, color, 18ཱི" 
          Korean Cultural Office Australia Screening (2013, Australia)
          12th IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Maker’s Forum (2007, Korea)
          National Competition, 9th Seoul Intl Film Festival (2008, Korea)
          Competition, Busan Asian Short Film Festival (2008, Korea)
2009  [Eighteen] HD, color, 95min.
          12th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (2010, Argentina)
          Nouvo Cinema Award Winner, 45th Pesaro International Film Festival (2010, Italy)
          2th CPH:PIX Film Festival (2010, Denmark)
          28th Filmfest Muenchen (2010, German)
          27th Jerusalem International Film Festival (2010, Israel)
          20th Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival (2010, Japan)
          12th Seoul International Youth Film Festival (2010, Korea)
          14th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (2010, Canada)
          35th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2010, Hong Kong)
          39th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2010, The Netherlands)
          Best Feature Film, 1st Anaheim International Film Festival (2010, USA)
          4th The London Korean Film Festival (2009, UK)
          Dragons & Tigers Award Winner, 28th Vancouver International Film Festival (2009, Canada)
          Independent Star Award Winner, 35th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2009, Korea)
2012 [Sleepless Night] HD, color, 65min.
          15th Black Movie Geneva International Independent Film Festival (2014, Switzerland)
          Opening Film, 7th Gyeongnam Independent Film Festival (2013, Korea)
          37th Sao Paulo International Film Festival (2013, Brazil)
          23th Films From The South Festival (2013, Norway)
          Tashkent International Film Forum “Golden Guepard” (2013, Uzbekistan)
          11th Vladivostok International Film Festival "Pacific Meridian" (2013, Russia)
          MoMA(The Museum of Modern Art, NY) "ContemporAsian" (2013, USA)
          Australia "Cinema on the Park-Korean Film Night" (2013, Australia)
          7th OFF PLUS CAMERA International Festival of Independent Cinema (2013, Poland)
          5th CPH:PIX Film Festival (2013, Denmark)
          Museum of The Moving Image (2013, USA)
          11th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival(2013, Ireland)
          27th Festival International de Films de Fribourg (2013, Switzerland)
          37th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2013, Hong Kong)
          42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam (2013, The Netherlands)
          15th International Randevu Istanbul Film Festival (2012, Turkey)
          38th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2012, Korea)
          27th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2012, Argentina)
          7th The London Korean Film Festival (2012, UK)
          13th San Diego Asian Film Festival (2012, USA)
          Special Mention of Jury, 34th Festival des 3 Continents (2012, France)
          25th Tokyo International Film Festival (2012, Japan)
          31st Vancouver International Film Festival (2012, Canada)
          2nd Nara International Film Festival (2012, Japan)
          The Student Critics award, 66th Edinburgh International Film Festival (2012, UK)
          12th INDIE 2012 WORLD FILM FESTIVAL (2012, Brazil)
          6th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival (2012, Korea)
          Independent Film & Video Makers' Forum (2012, Korea)
          Grand prize & Audience award, 13th Jeonju International Film Festival (2012, Korea) 
2014 [A Midsummer's Fantasia] DCP, color, 96min.
The 12th Jeju Film Festival (2016,Korea)

        2015 Wascow Korean Film Festival (2015, Poland)

          15th South Taiwan Film Festival-Opening Film (2015, Taiwan)
Best Feature Film Award, 16th Asiatica Film Mediale (2015, Italy)
Emerging Directors, 10th London Korean Film Festival (2015, UK)
30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival (2015, Argentina)
Paysage, 10th Korean Film Festival in Paris (2015, France)
1st Bogota International Film Festival (2015, Colombia)
Dragons & Tigers, 34th Vancouver Internatioanl Film Festival (2015, Canada)
11th Zurich Film Festival (2015, Switzerland)
5th Sakhalin International Film Festival (2015, Russia)
Competition, 21st Los Angeles Film Festival (2015, USA)
2015 Korean Film Festival D.C. (2015, USA)
New Vision Award, 3rd Muju Film Festival (2015, Korea)
20th IndieForum (2015, Korea)
4th Toronto Korean Film Festival (2015, Canada)
39th Hong Kong International Film Festival (2015, Hong Kong)
Competition, 2015 Silk Road Film Festival (2015, Ireland)
38th Göteborg International Film Festival (2015, Sweden)
45th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2015, The Netherlands)
Special Mention, 40th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2014, Korea)
Best Director Award by Director's Guild of Korea, 19th Busan International Film Festival (2014, Korea)
Opening Film, 3rd Nara International Film Festival (2014, Japan)

 

Staff

 

Director/Writer: JANG Kun-jae
Production Company: Mocushura
Producer: YOUN Hee-young
Assistant Director: SHIN Dong-min
Cinematograph: JANG Kun-jae
Sound Record: KIM Woo-ri
Editing: JANG Kun-jae, LEE Yeon-jeong
Mixing: GONG Tae-won
Music: KIM Dong-uk
D.I: Algorithm Media Lab
CG: CHOI Seung-jun

 

Cast

Juhee: Jooryoung Kim

Hojin: Hojin Moon