A Memory of the Wind
Mitsuki, a Japanese female dancer, and Jian, a Korean male dancer, meet in Jeju on the southern island of Korea. Mitsuki's grandfather served as a kamikaze pilot in Jejudo during the Japanese occupation and died a suicide attack on American bombers. Jian's grandfather endured hardships when the Japanese military took the land and forced labor, but he was slaughtered by the liberated motherland. They look back on the sick history scene, imagining that their grandfathers might have met. They gather hearts to comfort those who have died in the dance, and begin to dance at the end of the day.
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Heungsik ParkDirectorTwenty Again(2016-Romance-HD-118mins-Color)
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Heungsik ParkWriter
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Gokji ParkProducer
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SungjiKey Cast"Yun"
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JunghyunKey Cast"Kim"
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Project Type:Virtual Reality
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Genres:Drama, Histroy, musical
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Runtime:19 minutes 43 seconds
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Completion Date:May 31, 2019
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Country of Origin:Korea, Republic of
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Country of Filming:Korea, Republic of
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Language:Korean
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Shooting Format:4096*4096(Stereo) / Ambix 1st
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Aspect Ratio:1:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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23th Bucheon International Film Festivalbucheon
June 27, 2019
World Premiere -
24th Busan International Film FestivalBusan
Korea, Republic of
October 4, 2019 -
52th Sitges Film Festivalbarcelona
Spain
October 3, 2019
International Premiere
Distribution Information
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Barunson co,, ltd.Country: Korea, Republic ofRights: All Rights
Education
-Seoul National University(Korea): German Literature(BA)
-Free University of Berlin(Germany): German Literature and Theater
-Chung-Ang University(Korea) Film Production(MFA)
-Lecturer of Chung-Ang University(Korea) and Ewha Womans University(Korea)
-Adjunct Professor in Cultural Contents Department, Ajou University(Korea)
Filmography
-A Day(1999-Drama-35mm-18mins-Color): Best Short Film, Torino Film Festival(1999-Italy)
-The Twins(2005-Comedy-35mm-122mins-Color)
-The Railroad(2007-Drama-HD-107mins-Color): International Critics Award and Best Actor Award, Torino Film Festival(Italy-2007) Grand Prize, Firenze Korea Film Fest(Italy-2008)
-Twenty Again(2016-Romance-HD-118mins-Color)
Right now, the Korean and Japanese governments are in a trade war because of different perspectives toward the Japanese occupation in World War 2. This kind of conflicts continuously have occurred after the independence of Korea from Japan in 1954, and regardless of the justice and righteousness, there have been always victims.
This work focuses on those innocent people who met the tragedies. Mitsuki's grandfather was a good person, but was forced to die in a suicide mission as a soldier and Jian's grandfather was killed by the Korean army on charge of communism despite the fact that he was a landowner.
On the island where both of the men were sacrificed, their decedents show that art can be a great answer for the long disputes. Their performance not only comfort those who were killed in the history of madness but harmonize people over their national sentiments.