| Plum Blossom | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kwak Ji-kyoon |
| Written by | Kwak Ji-kyoon |
| Produced by | Lee Won-gi Oh Eun-sil |
| Starring | Kim Rae-won Kim Jung-hyun Jin Hee-kyung Bae Doona |
| Cinematography | Ham Sun-ho |
| Edited by | Kim Hyeon |
| Music by | Kim Seong-jun Song Si-hyeon |
Production companies | Eye Pictures Won Film |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Plum Blossom (Korean: 청춘; RR: Cheongchun; lit. "Youth") is a 2000 South Korean coming-of-age film written and directed by Kwak Ji-kyoon.[1]
Kim Ja-hyo, a teenage boy, moves to a new high school in his senior year. His classmate Jeong Ha-ra seduces him, and he loses his virginity with her. Afterwards, he becomes frightened when Ha-ra obsessively declares her love for him, so he begins to avoid her. Devastated by his indifference, Ha-ra commits suicide in front of the whole school. Since then, though Ja-hyo sleeps around in college, he is unable to form lasting attachments with women. Until he meets perky nurse Seo Nam-ok.
Meanwhile, Ja-hyo's best friend Lee Su-in develops a crush on the new teacher, Yun Jeong-hye. She unwillingly rejects him because a student-teacher relationship is socially taboo. Heartbroken, Su-in gets involved with an older woman in college, but continues to pine after Jeong-hye, sending her countless letters. To get closure, he hopes to see her face-to-face one last time.
