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| Hangul | 그해여름 |
| RR | Geuhae yeoreum |
| MR | Kŭhae yŏrŭm |
| Directed by | Jo Geun-Sik |
| Produced by | Park Mu-Seung |
| Written by | Kim Eun-Hee Jo Geun-Sik |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Soo Ae |
| Cinematography | Lee Yeong-Deok |
| Studio | KM Culture |
| Distributed by | Showbox/Mediaplex |
| Release date(s) | November 30, 2006 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 121 Minutes |
| Language | Korean |
Once in a Summer (Korean:그해여름) is a 2006 South Korean melodrama/romance film directed by Jo Geun-Sik. The film stars Lee Byung-Hun and Soo Ae.
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To make up for her poor performance as an assistant producer, a girl promises to have her reserved but very renowned professor appear on their television series. The show involves locating the long-lost-loved ones of the participants past. Although hesitant at first, the professor finally agrees. His story takes the assistant back 50 years-1969- where the world is in chaos. President Park Chung-Hee is a dictator and the students are furious. Suk-Young and a group of his fellow classmates travel to the country to escape the tense city and help a small village come up to date with the new technology that has been invented. It is there he meets Jung-In, a very pretty girl who is the keeper of the only library. Cheerful and happy, they first run across each other when Suk-Young hears Jung-In singing while hanging up laundry. Over the period of time that Suk-Young is at the village they get to know each other more. Although Jung-In is hesitant, she gradually opens up to Suk-Young. Their bumpy courtship, however, is threatened by dark secrets that Jung-in hides about her family and their history in the village, secrets that will haunt the pair as the volatile political climate catches up with them.
Distribution rights to Japan were sold for US$4 million[1].