Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... And Spring

– This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 43 Minutes
Release Year:
2003
Original Name:
봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) - Also known as 봄 여름 가을 겨울 그리고 봄

This South Korean film takes place on an isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2003) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 May 2004

Language:

Korean

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim

Main Actors:

Yeong-su Oh, Ki-duk Kim, Young-min Kim, Jae-kyeong Seo

Plot:

In the midst of the Korean wilderness, a Buddhist master patiently raises a young boy to grow up in wisdom and compassion, through experience and endless exercises. Once the pupil discovers his sexual lust, he seems lost to contemplative life and follows his first love, but soon fails to adapt to the modern world, gets in jail for a crime of passion and returns to the master in search of spiritual redemption and reconciliation with karma, at a high price of physical catharsis...

Awards:

14 wins & 8 nominations.

Gross profit:

$2,105,230

Production:

Sony Pictures Classics

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
Metacritic:
85%