The Day a Pig Fell into the Well

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well

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Hangul
Revised Romanization Daijiga umule pajinnal
McCune–Reischauer Twaeji ka umul e ppajin nal
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Written by Kyo Hyo-seo
Starring Kim Eui-sung
Lee Eung-kyung
Jo Eun-sook
Park Jin-song
Bang Eun-hee
Music by Ok Kil-sung
Cinematography Cho Dong-kwan
Edited by Park Gok-ji
Release dates
  • 15 May 1996
Running time
115 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날, Daijiga umule pajinnal) is a 1996 Korean drama film and the directorial debut of Hong Sang-soo. It stars Bang Eun-hee, Jo Eun-sook, Park Jin-song, Lee Eung-kyung and Kim Eui-sung. It was also the feature film debut of Song Kang-ho. The title derives from a 1954 book by John Cheever.

Hong earned the Best Director award at the Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards for his work as well as awards at Rotterdam and Vancouver.

Synopsis

Tong-u, a plain married man in his thirties, visits Chŏnju (4 hour bus ride from Seoul) on a business trip. After endless incidents of waiting, his purpose continually frustrated, he has to spend the night in this strange place and has a disengaging encounter with a prostitute which however leaves him with 'consequences' due to a ruptured condom.

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