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    Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

    Poster of the movie Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
    Bom yeoreum gaeul gyeoul geurigo bom
    South Korea/Germany
    2003     Drama    
    1h 43min
    Original lang: Korean
    R
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    13+
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    R
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    R
    Guide for parents: Rated R in the USA, not recommended for young children, sexuality.

    The film is divided into five segments with each season representing a stage in a man's life. Under the vigilant eyes of Old Monk (wonderful veteran theatre actor OH Young-soo), Child Monk learns a hard lesson about the nature of sorrow when some of his childish games turn cruel. In the intensity and lushness of summer, the monk, now a young man, experiences the power of lust, a desire that will ultimately lead him, as an adult, to dark deeds. With winter, strikingly set on the ice and snow-covered lake, the man atones for his past actions, and spring starts the cycle anew... With an extraordinary attention to visual details, such as using a different animal (dog, rooster, cat, snake) as a motif for each section, writer/director/editor KIM Ki-duk has crafted a totally original yet universal story about the human spirit, moving from Innocence, through Love and Evil, to Enlightenment and finally Rebirth.

    Directed byKi-Duk Kim
    Written byKi-Duk Kim
    CompanySony PicturesSony PicturesSony Pictures

    Starring

    Yeong-su Oh
    Ki-duk Kim
    Young-min Kim
    Jae-kyeong Seo
    Yeo-jin Ha
    Jong-ho Kim
    Jung-young Kim
    Dae-han Ji
    Min Choi
    Ji-a Park
    Min-Young Song

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