Peppermint Candy (1999)

Consists of five phases of a man's life about why he committed suicide in the end.

Director:

Chang-dong Lee

Writer:

Chang-dong Lee

Stars:

Kyung-gu Sol, Kim Yeo-Jin, Moon So-ri

14 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kyung-gu Sol	...	Yongho
Moon So-ri	...	Sunim (as Moon So-Ri)
Kim Yeo-Jin	...	Hongja
Se-beom Park	...	Shinkwang man
Jung Suh	...	Miss Lee
Seo-hie Ko	...	Kyung-ah
Ji-Yeon Park	...	Female student
Dae-yeon Lee	...	Detective Kang
Kyeong-ik Kim	...	Myungsik
Woo-hyeok Jeong	...	Corporal Park
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jang-soo Bae	...	Camera shop owner
In-kwon Kim	...	Sergeant Lee
Yeon-su Yu

Storyline

Yong Ho, a problematic guy, is walking alone at the riverside. He suddenly bumped with his friend's reunion. He join them and after that go to the railway to commit suicide.Then, the train reverse back to show why he become like that from the beginning. Covers five phase of his life.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | police brutality | man crying | main character dies | in medias res | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Quotes

Yongho: I don't want to die alone. I need one bastard to come with me. Just one bastard among all that ruined my life. But then... Who should I kill? It gives me hard time, you know. To pick just one is hard thing to do. The fucking stock broker who made me go clean broke? The vampire like loan shark that charged the ridiculous interest? Or... how about the business partner who run away with my money? Or should I take my ex-wife and my kid to die with me? There're so many fuckers in my life that it's ...

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Soundtracks

Catch the Rainbow
Written & Performed by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
(Blackmore and Dio are member of Rainbow)

User Reviews

speechless

this film is not meant to be this brilliant, it's not meant to grab you by the balls, throws you around the room and paralyzed your heart with so many emotions. it's brilliance lies in its simplicity; great screenplay, great story, great characters. you can feel the story- told by the director- mr. lee chang dong is told from the heart. no hold barred emotions, cynical humour, the rawness of despair and hate to the subtle beauty of innocence and loss. this film inspired IRREVERSIBLE in so many ways (which i thought was brilliant too but when i saw peppermint candy, this film was better in terms of the scope of story and emotions). i saw 'peppermint candy' at jakarta international film festival recently and was shocked to find the film was made around 5 years ago. this films shows independent film is not just about a bunch of couple arguing in the kitchen for 40 minutes as in the case of most 'art' films. it has depth, character, soul and testament about the human conditions at its lowest and highest.

Details

Official Sites:

East Film

Country:

South Korea Japan

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

1 January 2000 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Peppermint Candy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$89,184

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dream Venture Capital, East Film Company, NHK

Technical Specs

Runtime:

129 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1