Main Cast: Mun So-ri, Go Du-shim, Eom Tae-woong, Gong Hyo-jin, Kim Hye-ok
Release Year: 2006
Country: KR
Run Time: 112 minutes
Plot
South Korean writer-director Tae-Yong Kim's Family Ties (Gajokeui Tansaeng) constitutes a bittersweet drama of broken and dysfunctional suburban relationships. Kim divides his narrative into three sections. In the first, horticulturist and restaurateur Mira's (Moon So-ri) gentle and ordered life gets turned inside out with a bevy of houseguests who pop in and plop down indefinitely, from her strident, chain-smoking sister-in-law Mu-shin (Goh Doo-shim), to her ex-con brother Hyungchul (Uhm Tae-woong). In the second, Sunkyung's (Kong Hyo-jin) failure to come to terms with her partially estranged mother's terminal illness brings her to the point of expatriation - a plan thwarted by her half brother. And in the third, these first two stories suddenly intersect with great volatility. Kim Hae-ok and Bong Tae-kyu co-star; Sung Ki-young co-authored the script with the director. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
Cast
Mun So-ri
Go Du-shim
Eom Tae-woong
Gong Hyo-jin
Kim Hye-ok
Bong Tae-gyu; Jeong Yu-mi; Ryu Seung-beom; Lee Ra-hye; Kim Heui-suk
Credit
Kim Jun-seong - Art Director, Gang Yun-shim - Costume Designer, Kim Tae-yong - Director, Seong Su-ah - Editor, Kim Gwang-seob - Executive Producer, Jo Seong-woo - Composer (Music Score), Jo Yong-gyu - Cinematographer, Jeong Tae-weon - Producer, Bae Yong-guk - Producer, Kim Yeong-mun - Sound/Sound Designer, Seong Gi-yeong - Screenwriter, Kim Tae-yong - Screenwriter, Min Bong-shik - Co-Executive Producer, Lee Jin-sang - Co-Executive Producer, Son Il-hyeong - Co-Executive Producer, Jong Myun-yeong - Co-Executive Producer
