Themes: Mental Illness, Haunted By the Past, Obsessive Quests
Main Cast: Seong Hyeon-ah, Ha Jeong-woo, Park Ji-yeon, Kim Seong-min, Kim Ji-hyeon
Release Year: 2006
Country: JP/KR
Run Time: 97 minutes
Plot
A woman obsessed with her appearance takes drastic measures to hold onto the man she loves, with startling results in this offbeat drama from South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk. Se-heui (Park Ji-yeon) is a beautiful woman who has become convinced she isn't beautiful enough. Se-heui is certain her boyfriend Ji-woo (Ha Jeong-woo) is attracted to other women, and has so resigned herself to second-class status with him that she urges him to imagine other women when they make love. Se-heui decides that plastic surgery is the only solution for her problems, and without telling Ji-woo she checks herself into a clinic, where a doctor promises her a new and different face in six months. Ji-woo is crestfallen by Se-heui's disappearance, and while he begins dating again, he can't get her out of his mind. A few months later, a new waitress named Sae-heui (Seong Hyeon-aah) begins working at a diner Ji-woo frequents, and he becomes deeply infatuated with her. When she drops him a note, Ji-woo realizes Sae-heui is actually Se-heui with a new face, but with her new appearance their relationship takes on a troubling new dynamic. Time (aka Shigan) received its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Seong Hyeon-ah - Sae-heui
Ha Jeong-woo - Ji-woo
Park Ji-yeon - Se-heui
Kim Seong-min
Kim Ji-hyeon
Kim Bo-na; Hong Jeong-Yeon; Seo Yeong-hwa; Jang Jun-yeong
Credit
Choi Geun-woo - Art Director, Kang Yeong-gu - Co-producer, Kang Young-gu - Co-producer, Lee Da-yeon - Costume Designer, Jang Hun - First Assistant Director, Kim Ki-duk - Director, Kim Ki-duk - Editor, Michio Suzuki - Executive Producer, Michio Suzuki - Executive Producer, Noh Hyeong-woo - Composer (Music Score), Seong Jong-mu - Cinematographer, Sung Jong-Moo - Cinematographer, Kim Ki-duk - Producer, Jeong Hyeon-su - Sound/Sound Designer, Kim Ki-duk - Screenwriter
