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Le pouvoir de la province de Kangwon

Original title: Kangwon-do ui him
  • 1998
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  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
1.1K
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Le pouvoir de la province de Kangwon (1998)
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Helmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, San... Read allHelmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, Sangkwon, plans a getaway for the same destination, where tragedy brings them together once a... Read allHelmed by one of Korea's leading directors, Hong Sang-soo, Jisook joins two of her girlfriends for a holiday in Korea's Kangwon Province. But in an eerie twist of fate, her former lover, Sangkwon, plans a getaway for the same destination, where tragedy brings them together once again.

  • Director
    • Hong Sang-soo
  • Writer
    • Hong Sang-soo
  • Stars
    • Baek Jong-hak
    • Oh Yun-hong
    • Kim Yu-seok
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hong Sang-soo
    • Writer
      • Hong Sang-soo
    • Stars
      • Baek Jong-hak
      • Oh Yun-hong
      • Kim Yu-seok
    • 12User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Baek Jong-hak
    • Sangkwon
    Oh Yun-hong
    Oh Yun-hong
    • Jisook
    Kim Yu-seok
    Kim Yu-seok
    • The Policeman
    Chun Jae-hyun
    • Jaewan
    Park Hyeon-yeong
    • Eunkyoung
    Sunyoung Im
    • Misun
    • Director
      • Hong Sang-soo
    • Writer
      • Hong Sang-soo
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    User reviews12

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    4crossbow0106

    Did Not Like This

    I saw this director's "Woman On The Beach" and could not understand the good to great reviews. This film is much like that one, two people who are caught in a relationship with very little dynamic and even less interest to anyone else. Like his other films, you have to want to listen to vacuous dialog, wade through very little and become enchanted with underwritten, pretty uninteresting characters. If you feel you can like this film, don't let my review stop you. I do like minimalism in films, but I feel Tsai Ming-Liang's films are far superior. He has a fairly terrific actor in Lee Kang-Sheng in his films. There is nothing here. I wish IU liked it, but I don't. Oh, well.
    mlovmo-2

    A first for Korean cinema

    I really don't know, but this is probably the first and only Korean film that that doesn't have any reaction shots. No pans, no dolly shots...nothin'! No professional actors were cast. Very basic filmmaking. The subject matter is trivial, everyday life. Overall, it's a beautiful film to see.
    8FilmCriticLalitRao

    It is about about human moods which are never the same ! ! ! !

    Let us begin by saying that this film's English title "The Power of Kangwon Province" is an absolute misnomer.It is because in Hong Sang Soo's film,there are no actual shots of wars,troubles and conflicts.So the idea of establishing power of a province is neither suitable nor valid in the context of this film.If we were to judge this film by its Korean language title,"Kangwon-do ui him" is going to appear as a cryptic statement about emotional turmoils of its young protagonists whose minds are not at rest.Hong Sang Soo has also directed a highly prolific visual document about erratic choices made by people in their lives.The people in question are a couple of young girls who are constantly in the process of displaying their moods,whims and fancies. If making a film out of nothingness can be claimed as a film maker's meritorious virtue then Hong Sang Soo has to be saluted as a courageous film maker whose films speak volumes about ubiquitous nothingness of human relationships,sentiments and lives.Whether one likes it or not,this is the only fair conclusion that be deduced from this particular film.
    6veritassw

    Well done film that is more akin to neorealism than minimalism, and not really like HHH or Tsai Ming Liang

    This is a good movie for those who like art films, of which I am one. The plot is obscured behind some seemingly vacuous dialog for most of the movie, and there isn't really a traditional arc for either the plot or the characters - so you can call this contemplative. The director succeeds in encouraging the audience to recall its own emotional reactions rather than be forced to react along with its characters - you don't really get 'drawn in' to this movie, you're drawn along with it, like watching the scenery change as you float down river. It's successful and well done, but, for all its positives, low on entertainment value.

    Additionally, this movie is not like Hou Hsiao Hsien or Tsai Ming Liang. This movie does have a more or less stationary camera, lack of score and generally non-glamorous locations and characters, but that does not qualify as similar to or reminiscent of those filmmakers, as other reviewers have suggested. If you want to compare this to another 'Asian New Wave' movie you've seen, this is more in keeping with an Ed Yang film, although lacking the grandeur and narrative complexity. So even that comparison is a stretch. To me, this looks and feels much more like an early Jarmusch movie, just with more sympathetic (if less interesting) characters. That comparison may give you a better sense of what you're sitting down to watch.
    4thompson62208

    What Happened in this Movie

    This movie sounded like it might be entertaining and interesting from its description. But to me it was a bit of a let down. Very slow and hard to follow and see what was happening. It was as if the filmmaker took individual pieces of film and threw them in the air and had them spliced together whichever way they landed (definitely not in sequential order). Also, nothing of any consequence was being filmed. I have viewed quite a few different Korean films and have noticed that a good portion are well made and require some thinking on the viewer's part, which is different from the typical Hollywood film. But this one befuddled me to no end. I viewed the film a second and third time and it still didn't do anything for me. I still don't really understand what the filmmaker was trying to convey. If it was to just show a typical mundane portion of a person's life, I guess he succeeded. But I was looking for more. Needless to say, I can't recommend this movie to anyone.

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    • Release date
      • February 26, 2003 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • The Power of Kangwon Province
    • Production company
      • Miracin Korea Film Company
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $7,892
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 50m(110 min)
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