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Five is Too Many

2005, Color, 80', Live Action
Dir: AHN Seul-ki
Keyword: Drama, Comedy, Family
Film Awards
The 1st Festival Franco Coreen du Film (2006,France)
The 20th Fribourg Int'l Film Festival (2006,Switzerland)
The 19th Castellinaria International Festival of Films for Youth (2006,Swiss)
The 12th Lyon Asian Film Festival (2006,France)
- (2005,)
The 3rd Seoul Christianity-Film Festival (2005,Korea)
The 10th Busan International Film Festival (2005,Korea)
Synopsis
Runaway child Dong-kyu wishes to make money by reporting on companies that use illegal disposable goods. One day Dong-kyu runs away after taking a picture of a takeout counter where Si-nae works. Si-nae throws a stone at Dong-kyu, and he falls to the ground. When regaining consciousness, he claims he can't remember anything, and immediately takes shelter at Si-nae's place.

In order to send Dong-kyu away, Si-nae tries to help Dong-kyu regain his memory. However, as time goes by, Si-nae’s small one-room shelter becomes crowded by strangers, such as Young-hee, a Chosun girl from Yenbian, and Man-soo, who owns a fast food restaurant. As this group of people, most unlikely to mingle and become family members, clash with one another, they learn how to become a family.

This witty film touches on the heavy subject of problems in families in a light and cheerful way.
Director's Note
Family is inborn bondage. It gives certain duty upon people who doesn't choose it, and as a family member, the responsibility for family is required and educated socially. Family is laid beyond what is right or wrong. Family is just what makes us human. But for some people, the inborn bondage is too heavy to carry along their life path.
This movie is about them. Those who don't have family or couldn't bear the weigh of the inevitable duty that they should do as family members.
It's not a serious story. I'd like to show more potentials than pains and scars within their relationships. That’s because that's what I believe about family.
Director's Bio / Filmography
- AHN Seul-ki

Born in 1970 
Majored in mathematics education at Korea University
Currently a teacher at Seoul Polytechnic School


1999  [Inflexible Vending Machines] DV 6mm, color, 8min.
2000  [Periphery] 16mm, color, 6min.
2001  [The Comprehensive Dictionary for Living: G.D.] DV 6mm, color, 16min.
2002  [Not Love] 16mm, color, 20min. 
          IndieForum, Independent Film & Video Makers’ Forum (2003, Korea)
          2nd Jeju Tmong Film Festival (2003, Korea)
           [Marriage Story Ω] DV 6mm, color, 10min.
          Pre-publication Support for Production by the 12th Sony-Korea Cyber Short Film Festival
           [Kiss Me, Please!] DV 6mm, color, 40min.
          2nd Jeju Tmong Film Festival (2003, Korea)
2005  [Five Is Too Many] DV 6mm, color, 80min.
          OZ Asia Festival (2008, Australia)
           Festival Franco-Coreen du Film (FFCF) (2006, France)
          19th Castellinaria International Festival of Films for Youth (2006, Switzerland)
          Public Award for Best New Asian Cinema & Press Award for Best Film, 12th Lyon Asian Film Festival (2006, France)
           20th Fribourg Int’l Film Festival (2006, Switzerland)
           Korea Entertainment Film Festival (2005, Japan)
           3rd Seoul Christianity Film Festival (2005, Korea)
           Audience Award, CJ Asian Independent Film Festival (2005, Korea)
           Korean Panorama, 10th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2005, Korea)
           Special Mention of Audience Critics, 6th Jeonju Int’l Film Festival (2005, Korea)
2007    [My Song Is...]35mm, color/bw, 80min
           33rd Seoul Independent Film Festival (2007, Korea)
           New Currents (Competition) 12th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2007, Korea)
2008 [How to Live on Earth] HD, color, 93min.
           Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival (2009, Hong Kong)
           8th Jeju Film Festival (2009, Korea)
           11th Barcelona Asian Film Festival (2009, Spain)
           6th Syracuse International Film and Video Festival (2009, USA)
           SIFF Committee Prize, 34th Seoul Independent Film Festival (2008, Korea)
           Korean Cinema Today–Vision, 13th Pusan Int’l Film Festival (2008, Korea) 

2015  [Under the Sun] 78min.
 

Staff
Director/screenwriter : AHN Seul-ki
Producer : YOO Seong-gyun
Production : CR FILM
Cinematography : GIM Han-soll
Art director : YUN Sung-hee
Editing : GIM Han-soll/AHN Seul-ki/HWANG Gi-yeon
Production designer : YUN Sung-hee
Recording : SONG Yu-mi/ JEONG Jong-hyeon
Sound supervisor : SONG Soo-derk
Composer : CHOI Yong-rock
Script : LIM Jong-won
Lighting : KIM Hwa-june
Make-up : CHO Eun-jung/ LEE Jeong-na
Sound Design : SUK Keun-hye
Stills : RYU Jae-bok
Making Film : YOO Sung-gyun
Cast
RYU Hyung-kuen as Dong-kyu
CHO Si-nae as Si-nae
KIM Do-gyun as Man-soo
CHOI Ga-hyun as Young-hee
LEE Kyong-se as Chul-min
NO Jeong-ah as Yu-mi
KWAK Dae-ho as Jun-suk