Springtime

Directed by Ryu Jang-ha (류장하)

Written by • Jung-Heo Duk-jae (정허덕재) • Lee Eun-kyeong (이은경) • Ryu Jang-ha (류장하) • Yoon Jae-keun (윤재근)

128min | Release date in South Korea: 2004/09/23

To trumpeter Hyeon-Woo, life seems to remain forever locked in winter. In desperation, Hyeon-Woo signs up for a position teaching a children's wind ensemble at a small junior high school in a distant Dogye village. Worn-out instruments, tarnished trophies and frayed certificates testify to the poor conditions of this ragtag group. This leads Hyeon-Woo, together with his students, to take on a seemingly impossible challenge

SPRINGTIME is the revitalizing, moving tale of a trumpeter whose wounded soul gains a newfound hope after he starts teaching a wind ensemble in a children's school in a mountainous coalmining village. Beginning in the rains of autumn and continuing to the first breezes of spring, this movie illustrates how a heart is gradually healed as a part of the ongoing changes of life - as part of life, love and the turning seasons.

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