The Day After (2017)

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The married Bongwan leaves home in the dark morning and sets off to work. The memories of the woman who left weigh down on him. That day Bongwan's wife finds a love note, bursts into the office, and mistakes Areum for the woman who left.

Director:

Hong Sang-soo

Writer:

Hong Sang-soo

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Awards:

5 wins & 19 nominations.
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South Korean master Hong Sangsoo's 21st feature as director, The Day After, is a mordantly comic tale of infidelity and mistaken identity. Book publisher Bongwan's (Kwon Haehyo) marriage is on the rocks after his wife (Cho Yunhee) discovers the affair he's been having with his assistant (Kim Saebyuk). Now that relationship is ending too and Bongwan's new assistant, the sharp and sensitive Areum (Kim Minhee), on her first day in the office, is left to navigate the fallout of all the turnover in Bongwans life.

With its ingeniously destabilizing leaps through time and stark black and white cinematography, The Day After begins as a darkly hilarious story of a man embroiled in extramarital entanglements but soon shifts--in a way only Hong can manage--into a heartfelt portrayal of a young woman on a quest for spiritual fulfillment.

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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Kwon Hae-hyo	...	Kim Bong-wan
	Ki Joabang
	Kim Min-hee	...	Song Areum
	Kim Sae-byeok	...	Lee Changsook (as Sae-byeok Kim)
	Kang Taeu	...	Chinese restaurant delivery man
	Cho Yun-hee	...	Song Haejoo (as Yunhee Cho)

Directed by

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Hong Sang-soo

Written by

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Hong Sang-soo

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Produced by

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Hong Sang-soo	...	producer
Kang Taeu	...	executive producer

Music by

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Hong Sang-soo

Cinematography by

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Hyung Koo Kim

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(as Kim Hyungkoo)

Editing by

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Sung-Won Hahm

Editorial Department

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Hyunghee Kim

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colorist

Sound Department

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Seo Jihoon	...	sound mixer
Mir Kim	...	re-recording mixer / sound mixer

Additional Crew

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Jeahan Lee

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technical director

Production Companies

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Jeonwonsa Film

Distributors

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Capricci Films (2017) (France) (theatrical)
Ama Films (2017) (Greece)
Beijing Hugoeast Media (2023) (China) (video)
Contact Film (2017) (Belgium)
Contact Film (2017) (Luxembourg)
Contact Film (2017) (Netherlands)
Crest International (2017) (Japan)
La Aventura (2020) (Spain) (VOD)
Leopardo Filmes (2017) (Portugal)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Brunei)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Indonesia)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Laos)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Malaysia)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Philippines)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Singapore)
MEASAT Broadcast Network (2019) (Vietnam)
Providence Films (2017) (Brazil)
The Cinema Guild (2018) (United States)
Zeta Films (2017) (Argentina)

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Hiventy (french subtitles: original version with subtitles)

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Plot Summary	Bongwan, who runs a small publishing house in Seoul, wakes up early, very early this morning. Why is that so? To his wife who asks him for an explanation, Bongwan answers only elusively. He then sets off for work and while walking through the dark streets, he thinks of the woman who left him a month before. Later on, at the office, he meets Areum, his new secretary, a pretty young woman who takes on her first day of work. Meanwhile, at home, Bongwan's wife discovers a love poem written by him. She sees red and rushes like a fury into the publishing office. Mistaking poor Areum for her husband's mistress, she physically attacks her. Written by Guy Bellinger Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	woman-slaps-a-woman publishing-house new-employee restaurant jealous-wife See All (13) »
Genres	Drama Romance
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Certification	Argentina:13 Brazil:12 Canada:PG (Alberta) France:Tous publics Japan:G Mexico:C Portugal:M/14 South Korea:18

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Also Known As	The Day After (Canada, English title) The Day After (United States) The Day After (World-wide, English title) The Day After (United Kingdom) Le Jour d'après (France) See more »
Runtime	92 min
Official Sites	Official site
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.90 : 1 See more »
Filming Locations	Seoul, South Korea See more »

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Budget

$100,000 (estimated)

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