Miracle on 1st Street
| Miracle on 1st Street | |
|---|---|
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 1번가의 기적 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | 1beongaui gijeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | 1bŏn'gaŭi kijŏk |
| Directed by | Yoon Je-kyoon |
| Written by | Yoo Seong-hyeob |
| Produced by | Yoon Je-kyoon Heo Tae-gu |
| Starring | Im Chang-jung Ha Ji-won |
| Cinematography | Kim Young-chul |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Music by | Lee Byung-woo |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$3.7 million |
| Box office | US$16,062,566[1] |
Miracle on 1st Street is a 2007 South Korean comedy-drama film. Written and directed by Yoon Je-kyoon, it reunited him with actors Im Chang-jung and Ha Ji-won, the stars of his earlier film Sex Is Zero. With 2,750,457 admissions, Miracle on 1st Street was the 5th most popular Korean film of 2007.[2]
Plot
[edit]Pil-je is a gangster who has been sent by his bosses to evict the residents of a poor neighborhood on the edge of Seoul, so that their homes can make way for some new luxury apartments. But after he befriends some of the locals, including female boxer Myung-ran and a group of young children, he starts to have a change of heart.
Release
[edit]It was a huge hit with 2.75 million viewers nationwide, and in the movie, the redevelopment area is shown as the first site of Cheongsong Village, which was actually filmed in the water valley of Busan. Since then, the village has become famous in its own way, with murals being painted. There are some people who are confused with the gift of Room 7.
Cast
[edit]- Im Chang-jung as Pil-je
- Ha Ji-won as Myung-ran
- Joo Hyun as Director Lee
- Jung Doo-hong as Myung-ran's father
- Lee Hoon as Tae-suk
- Kang Ye-won as Seon-joo
- Park Chang-ik as Il-dong
- Park Yoo-seon as Yi-soon
- Ko Tae-ho as Deok-goo
- Kim Hee-won as Director Kim
References
[edit]- ^ "Il Beonga-eui Gi-jeok (Miracle on 1st Street) (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2007". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Korean)
- Miracle on 1st Street at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Miracle on 1st Street at IMDb
- Miracle on 1st Street at HanCinema
- Miracle on 1st Street at AllMovie
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