The Power of Kangwon Province

The Power of Kangwon Province

Theatrical poster
Hangul ๊ฐ•์›๋„์˜ ํž˜
Hanja ๆฑŸๅŽŸ้“์˜ ํž˜
Revised Romanization Gangwon-do ui him
McCuneโ€“Reischauer Kangwondoลญi him
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
Written by Hong Sang-soo
Starring Baek Jong-hak
Oh Yun-hong
Release date
  • 4 April 1998 (1998-04-04)
Running time
108 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

The Power of Kangwon Province (๊ฐ•์›๋„์˜ ํž˜, Gangwon-do ui him) is the second film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo. It follows the lives of a man and a woman who have decided to end their affair.

Plot

Three young girls, Jisook, Misun and Eunkyoung take a trip to the mountainous Kangwon Province of South Korea. They meet a young policeman who shows them around and after a meal where they all get drunk together, Jisook ends up spending the night with the policeman. He is married, but Jisook returns another day to see him and they end up falling-over drunk again. Jisook has just broken up with another married man, and she is lonely and unhappy with her current situation.

The second half the film then follows the situation of Sangwon, the married man that Jisook has just broken up with. In a typically symmetrical fashion, after a repeat scene where it becomes apparent that both of them are on the same train, Sangwon also visits the Kangwon Province with a friend and the paths of the two characters cross without them ever meeting there, both of them encountering a couple involved in a murder investigation.

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