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Secret Sunshine ()

Miryang (original title)
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A woman moves to the town where her dead husband was born. As she tries to fit in, another tragic event overturns her life.
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Shin-ae Lee
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Jong-chan Kim
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Taxi driver
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Outdoor Prayer Meeting Volunteer
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Park Myung-suk (as Hyae Jin Chang)
Mi-hyang Kim ...
Deaconess Kim
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Female Missionary
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Bank Employee (as Seo-hie Ko)
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Jun
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Chef
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Doe-seop Park (as Yeong-jin Jo)
Lee Yoon-hee ...
Elder Kang (as Yoon-Hee Lee)
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Lee Min-ki

Directed by

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Lee Chang-dong

Written by

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Lee Chang-dong ... ()
 
Chung-Joon Lee ... (novel) (as Chong-jun Yi)

Produced by

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Lee Chang-dong ... executive producer
Lee Hanna ... producer
In Soo Kim ... executive producer

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Christian Basso

Cinematography by

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Yong-kyou Cho

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Hyun Kim

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Yong-gi Lee ... colorist

Production Design by

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Jum-hee Shin

Costume Design by

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Sun-young Cha

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Steve R. Seo ... sound

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Kim Byung-seo ... camera operator: "b" camera (as Byung-seo Kim)
Kim Taehun ... lighting technician

Music Department

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Pablo Chinen ... music engineer
Santiago Zambonini ... music coordinator

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Joon-hwan Choi ... investment
Joshua Jason ... publicist
Huma Khan ... legal post production
Sharyn Yau ... publicity and marketing
Reza Sixo Safai ... publicist (uncredited)

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  • HFR (dailies)
  • HFR (digital intermediate)

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Plot Summary

When her husband passes away in an automobile accident,Shin-ae relocates down south to her late husband's hometown of Miryang. Despite her efforts to settle down, in this unfamiliar and "much too normal place, she finds that she can't quite fit in. Helping her out is Kim Jong-chan, a good-intentioned but bothersome bachelor, who owns a car repair shop. Life plods on. However, fate takes a vicious turn when Shin-ae loses her son in the most horrific way a mother could imagine. She turns to Christianity to relieve the pain in her heart, but when even this is not permitted, she wages a war against God. Written by CJ Entertainment

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Also Known As
  • Milyang (South Korea)
  • Secret Sunshine (United States)
  • Secret Sunshine (World-wide, English title)
  • Secret Sunshine (Canada, English title)
  • Secret Sunshine (United Kingdom)
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  • 142 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Do-yeon Jeon won the best actress award at the Cannes film festival for this role, making her the first Korean actor to win an acting award at Cannes. See more »
Movie Connections References Tiny Toon Adventures (1990). See more »
Soundtracks Criollo See more »
Quotes Shin-ae Lee: How dare God forgive him before I have a chance to forgive him myself? Why would he do that to me? WHY?
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