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Hatsuyuki no koi

  • 2007
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
949
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Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
Virgin Snow © 2007 Kadokawa Pictures
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Romance

Min is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. M... Read allMin is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he ha... Read allMin is a Korean boy moves to Japan with his father who is a potter. One day at a local shrine, he meets Nanae, a beautiful Japanese girl with stunning eyes who is aspiring to be a painter. Min falls in love at first sight and finds out that Nanae attends the school to which he has just transferred. Their friendship develops fast despite their cultural and language dif... Read all

  • Director
    • Sang-hee Han
  • Writers
    • Sang-hee Han
    • Kazuhiko Ban
  • Stars
    • Lee Joon-Gi
    • Aoi Miyazaki
    • Seon-Yeong Baek
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    949
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sang-hee Han
    • Writers
      • Sang-hee Han
      • Kazuhiko Ban
    • Stars
      • Lee Joon-Gi
      • Aoi Miyazaki
      • Seon-Yeong Baek
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Aoi Miyazaki and Lee Joon-Gi in Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
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    Aoi Miyazaki in Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
    Aoi Miyazaki and Lee Joon-Gi in Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)
    Aoi Miyazaki and Lee Joon-Gi in Hatsuyuki no koi (2007)

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    Lee Joon-Gi
    Lee Joon-Gi
    • Min Kim
    • (as Jun-ki Lee)
    Aoi Miyazaki
    Aoi Miyazaki
    • Nanae Sasaki
    Seon-Yeong Baek
    Yeon-hui Gu
    Hyeon-suk Hwang
    Kim Jae-man
    Kim Jae-man
    Sun-mook Jo
      Tae-Hyeon Jo
      Hwan Lee
      U. Yong Lee
      Ye Eun Lee
      Ayaka Morita
      Ayaka Morita
      • Kaori
      Otoha
      • Mr. Fukuyama
      Hui-jun Ryu
      In Seo
      Shun Shioya
      • Yasuji Kojima
      Hyeon-shil Tae
      Miyu Yagyu
      • Yuri Sasaki
      • Director
        • Sang-hee Han
      • Writers
        • Sang-hee Han
        • Kazuhiko Ban
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      User reviews5

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      10/10
      An Exquisite Beauty!
      Why isn't this film better known? It's so beautiful it melts your heart! Virgin Snow (2007) is a simple story of a Korean boy and a Japanese girl who fall in love. The boy goes to Japan with his father, a potter, for one year and though he doesn't know the Japanese language he is enrolled in school and has to acclimate to new surroundings and people. On a bike ride he stops by a shrine and meets a lovely traditional Japanese girl in a kimono and there is an instant attraction. Though they don't know each other's languages, they manage to communicate with sign language and a few words of English both know.

      They fall in love but the girl has a secret: her home-life is a tragic one, which she keeps from the boy, only showing him her happy side. Eventually they are parted but will fate intervene and bring them back together again? I thought this film one of the most beautifully photographed films I have ever seen. Have you ever seen Japanese director Ozu's classic films? He had in them what is called by movie critics "pillow shots": moments in his films that add a punctuation to certain scenes, focusing on the beauties of nature. This film has some outstandingly beautiful moments just like those, but even prettier.

      The English subtitles were excellent, but the film is so beautiful you would not even require any subtitles to enjoy it: you are seeing the Language of Love, which is universal. The two main actors: Jun-ki Lee of Korea, and Aoi Miyazaki of Japan, are dreamy to look at. They have a gentleness about them that is impossible to see today in the youth of the West, a spiritual beauty that shines forth like a full moon on a Spring night.

      You can buy Virgin Snow on yesasia.com or eBay. RUN, don't walk, and get it, especially if you enjoy Asian films or Japanese / Korean culture.
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      • Release date
        • November 1, 2007 (South Korea)
      • Countries of origin
        • Japan
        • South Korea
      • Official site
        • Kadokawa (Japan)
      • Languages
        • Japanese
        • Korean
      • Also known as
        • Virgin Snow
      • Filming locations
        • Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
      • Production companies
        • Kadokawa Pictures
        • Dyne Films
        • CJ Entertainment
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 42 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Digital
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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