Christmas in August

Christmas in August

97 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 24, 1998

It’s a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn’t know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

Christmas in August

97 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 24, 1998

Christmas in August
It’s a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn’t know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Sidus
Original title 8월의 크리스마스
Directors Shin Dong-hwan, Park Heung-sik, Ryu Jang-ha, Hur Jin-ho
Writers Shin Dong-hwan, Oh Seung-uk, Hur Jin-ho

Cast

한석규

as Jung-won

Shim Eun-ha

as Da-rim

Shin Goo

as Jung-won's Father

Oh Ji-hye

as Jung-sook

Lee Han-wi

as Chul-goo

Jeon Mi-seon

as Ji-won

Kim Ae-Ra

as Grandmother

Min Kyung-jin

as Son

Lee Yong-nyeo

as Ballet Auntie

Kim Ki-chun

as Drunk

Kim Do-yoon

as Police Passerby

Kim Jae-rok

as Jung-won's Friend 1