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Is love eternal? - Christmas in August
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Title: Christmas in August

Release Date: 24 Jan 1998

Runtime: 1h 37m

Genre: Drama, Romance

Director: Sidus

Production Companies: Sidus

Overview: It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (85 votes)

Cast

  • Jung-won: Han Suk-kyu
  • Da-rim: Shim Eun-ha
  • Jung-won's Father: Shin Goo
  • Jung-sook: Oh Ji-hye
  • Chul-goo: Lee Han-wi
  • Ji-won: Jeon Mi-seon
  • Grandmother: Kim Ae-ra
  • Son: Min Kyung-jin
  • Ballet Auntie: Lee Yong-nyeo
  • Drunk Man: Kim Ki-cheon
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