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A Season of Good Rain

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Season of Good Rain
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
호우시절
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHowoosijeol
McCune–ReischauerHousijŏl
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Written byHur Jin-ho
Lee Han-eol
Produced byKim Chul-soo
Gina Kim
Im Hee-chul
StarringJung Woo-sung
Gao Yuanyuan
CinematographyKim Byeong-seo
Edited byChoi Jae-geun
Music byLee Jae-jin
Production
companies
Pancinema
Zonbo Media
Distributed byNext Entertainment World (South Korea)
China Film Group Corporation (China)
Release dates
  • October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08) (South Korea)
  • March 5, 2010 (2010-03-05) (China)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesChina
South Korea
LanguagesEnglish
Korean
Chinese
Box officeUS$1.8 million[1]

Season of Good Rain (Korean호우시절; RRHo u shijeol), also known as A Good Rain Knows, is a 2009 film by Hur Jin-ho.[2][3] It stars South Korean actor Jung Woo-sung and Chinese actress Gao Yuanyuan.[4][5][6][7] The film was released to South Korean theaters on October 8 and had a total of 287,887 admissions.[8]

Originally intended as the second segment of Chengdu, I Love You,[9] the director and producers expanded its running time and released it as a stand-alone feature.[10][11][12][13]

Plot

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Timely like the spring rain, so has he come back into my life ... . Dong-ha is a thirty-something Korean architect on a business trip to Chengdu, China where his company is carrying out construction projects to rebuild the city after the earthquake of 2008. By chance, he meets May, an old friend from his school days in the U.S. May is originally from Chengdu, where she had returned to after graduation; she works as a tour guide. Dong-ha and May had feelings for each other then, but they parted before they had a chance to define or declare them. Now that they are thrown together again, they find that these old feelings reignite and new ones form.[14][15][16][17][18]

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Good Rain". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-01-31.
  2. ^ Yi, Chang-ho (1 October 2009). "HUR Jin-ho directs Korea-China love story". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  3. ^ "K-FILM REVIEWS: 호우시절 (A Good Rain Knows)". Twitch Film. 12 December 2009. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  4. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (9 September 2009). "Hur Jin-ho Will Bring Heart-Fluttering Romance". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  5. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (11 September 2009). "Hur Jin-ho's new film has no tragic twist". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  6. ^ Lee, Ji-hye (16 September 2009). "Rain is about the timing of love, says actor Jung". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  7. ^ "Gao, Jung exploit English in 'Good Rain'". Shenzhen Daily. 5 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  8. ^ "Theatrical Releases in 2009: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  9. ^ "Love for a Quake-hit City". China Daily via Beijing Review. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  10. ^ Noh, Jean (15 July 2009). "Hur Jin-ho wraps feature-length Season Of Good Rain". Screen International. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  11. ^ Noh, Jean (21 July 2009). "Amuse Soft steps up for Hur's Season Of Good Rain". Screen International. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  12. ^ Oxenbridge, David (18 September 2009). "Chinese/Korean Film Season of Good Rain to be Released". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  13. ^ Elley, Derek (1 November 2009). "A Good Rain Knows". Variety. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  14. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (24 September 2009). "Rain Falls on Summer-Battered Hearts". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  15. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (9 October 2009). "Jung, Gao show fine chemistry in new film". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  16. ^ Shin, Hae-in (23 September 2009). "Few words, no tragic twist, but Korean auteur Hur manages again to touch hearts". Yonhap. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  17. ^ Cho, Jae-eun (12 February 2010). "Director's talents buried in Korea-China film project". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  18. ^ Mudge, James (19 March 2010). "Season of Good Rain (2009) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  19. ^ Wee, Geun-woo (23 October 2009). "INTERVIEW: Actor Jung Woo-sung - 1". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  20. ^ Wee, Geun-woo (23 October 2009). "INTERVIEW: Actor Jung Woo-sung - 2". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  21. ^ "All That Star: Jung Woo-sung". Arirang News. Archived from the original on 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
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