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Moonlit Winter

Original title: Yunhui-ege
  • 2019
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.3K
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Kim Hee-ae in Moonlit Winter (2019)
Coming-of-AgeHoliday RomanceTeen RomanceDramaRomance

Yoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first lov... Read allYoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.Yoon-Hee lives with her teenage daughter Sae-Bom. On a winter day, Yoon-Hee receives a letter from Otaru, Japan. Sae-Bom accidentally reads the letter and learns about her mother's first love, which she never spoke about before.

  • Director
    • Dae Hyung Lim
  • Writer
    • Dae Hyung Lim
  • Stars
    • Kim Hee-ae
    • Yûko Nakamura
    • Kim Sohye
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dae Hyung Lim
    • Writer
      • Dae Hyung Lim
    • Stars
      • Kim Hee-ae
      • Yûko Nakamura
      • Kim Sohye
    • 13User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 24 nominations total

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    Kim Hee-ae
    Kim Hee-ae
    • Yun Hee
    Yûko Nakamura
    • Jun Katase
    Kim Sohye
    • Sae Bom
    • (as So-hye Kim)
    Sung Yoo-bin
    Sung Yoo-bin
    • Kyung-soo
    Hana Kino
    • Masako
    Kenji Iwaya
    • Bartender
    Yoo Jae-myung
    Yoo Jae-myung
    • In Ho (Yun Hee's ex-husband)
    Hak-Seon Kim
    • Yun Hee's brother
    • (as Kim Hak Seon)
    Han Song-hee
    • Nutritionist
    Yoon Tae-Hee
    • In Ho's colleague
    Kumi Takiuchi
    Kumi Takiuchi
    • Ryoko
    Sho Yakumaru
    • Ryusuke
    • Director
      • Dae Hyung Lim
    • Writer
      • Dae Hyung Lim
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    User reviews13

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    10mir21

    Beautiful

    Moonlit winter is a stunning movie. The actresses are natural and the scenery is pretty. I wish I could've seen it at the theater.
    6PennyReviews

    Good Enough

    " Moonlit Winter " or full moon, was a nice movie.

    The drama was just enough and the character interesting. Especially the daughter, she was feisty and just the perfect partner for her mother, who was dynamic, but pretty closed to herself. The movie did a nice job with keeping things interesting, however, even though the idea of the story was original and very emotional, it felt like it wasn't well presented. At times, it got a bit confusing and it would have been better, in my opinion, if they had given us some information about their past relationship, or some scenes from the past, as to built a better intensity for the couple. The performances though were very good, and the young couple extra cute.

    So, overall, six out of ten, because the story deserved a better presentation.
    8FairyManh_2007

    How a soothing story !!!

    Kim Hee Ae who is my admired idol pulls me to this movie. After watching this movie, it brings me some emotions that I need to share it. First, obviously I love the way of Kim Hee Ae acting. She always knows how to play the role truly and honestly. From my perspective, she might be an actress who plays many Korean dramas but keeps the character's soul distinctly and uniquely. People can't have a sense of similarity if she plays a certain role. Second, I'm quite impressed with the way of telling a story from the director. This movie is about lesbian romantic and it's really hard or unnatural expression if you don't know how to tell it subtly. No need sexual, erotic or hot scene, but the movie still keep me finish till an end because of its smooth, soothing and emotional story. Such a good movie to watch if you need to slowly calm down in a hurry world.
    10cc0077

    Such a beautiful film

    This movie really reminded me of the film Carol, and I literally loved it so much. It's overall pretty chill and slow paced, but it just portrayed winter very well in the film (it's one of those movies i'll be looking for on a winter morning). I also loved this film because it didn't over sexualize queer women relationships, but covered the topic pretty well. 100% recommended!!
    8UneConasseQuiAimeLesFilms

    Beatifully Paced Storytelling

    Director Im Dae-Hyung skillfully crafted this visual vignette of a woman haunted by time and regret and revisiting her pieces of the past to her journey of acceptance.

    Although labeled as "romance", it is not the raison d'être of this film, but the plot does root from unresolved love that will aid them to their present self. I truly believe that this film is a sincere ode to freeing one's self of things that could have been but did not.

    Characters were beautifully written and told. They were carefully separated with their own story then, collaborated in quite a climactic fashion and I would not have wanted it any other way.

    Its screenplay stood out the most for me as it was neither vague nor shallow, and presented the story and its characters' sentiments with justice.

    This film is a hidden gem, underrated perhaps. Slow but definitely not one to bore.

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 2019 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 致潤熙
    • Production company
      • Film Run
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $777,032
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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