Time (2006)
"Shi gan" (original title)

To save her relationship, a woman puts herself through extensive plastic surgery.

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim

Stars:

Jung-woo Ha, Ji-Yeon Park, Jun-yeong Jang

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jung-woo Ha	...	Ji-woo
Ji-Yeon Park	...	Seh-hee - before plastic surgery
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun-yeong Jang
Gyu-Woon Jung
Ji-heon Kim
Sung-min Kim	...	Plastic Surgeon
Suh Won Oh	...	Lover
Kiki Sugino	...	(as Yeong-hwa Seo)

Storyline

Seh-hee and Ji-woo have dated for two years; jealousy consumes her. She worries he will tire of her face. Then, she disappears. Telling no one, she goes to a plastic surgeon for a new face. Ji-woo has no idea where she is, although when he does respond to other women, someone unseen intervenes. Then, he meets See-hee, and although he tells her he misses Seh-hee, this new relationship blossoms into love. They talk at the same coffee house, visit the same sculpture park, and pose for the same photographs he did with Seh-hee. We know they are the same woman. Has this new face and renewed love made her happy? And what will Ji-woo do when he learns the truth? Is losing face losing self?

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Plot Keywords:

face | jealousy | sculpture | plastic surgery | surgeon | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Japan South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

10 August 2006 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Time

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$4,630 (USA) (13 July 2007)

Gross:

$14,742 (USA) (27 July 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Happinet Pictures, Kim Ki-Duk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

About an hour in, a character wears a mask made from a photograph. It is passed to a couple others as well. Everyone pretends that they can see through the eye holes, but they have not been cut out.

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Quotes

Ji-woo: [Having been rudely awakened] Did... did you just slap me? Why did you do that?
See-hee: Because I love you.

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Connections

References Wild Animals (1997)

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Soundtracks

"Days Of Wine And Roses"
Written by Henry Mancini

User Reviews

brilliant and surprising!

As usual, Kim Ki Duk surprises everyone with a brilliant and original movie. Especially the last minute!!!! We can say... a movie about TIME whose REAL TIME is the last minute!! The actors have been well chosen, especially the actresses (as usual in Kim). The ambiance really fits the story... wonderful the "park of statues"... Where is it? I'd like to visit!!! And then... the café "Room and Rumours"... very amusing and a "house of divertissement"! A little bit of violence, which shows that Kim is not only devoted to represent violence in its essence! This is his movie with less violence than the previous (think about Bad Guy, for instance... of Iron 3...) Great!!