Castaway on the Moon
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- Movie: Kim's Island / Castaway on the Moon
- Revised romanization: Kimssi Pyoroogi
- Hangul: 김씨표류기
- Director: Lee Hae-Jun
- Writer: Lee Hae-Jun
- Producer: Mu-ryeong Kim
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: May 14, 2009
- Runtime: 119 min
- Distributor: Cinema Service
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
A man named KIM jumps into the dark, quiet waters of the Han River. He wakes up and finds himself lying on covered with sand. It is then that he realized that he failed to kill himself and simply drifted to an unknown island in the river. In one of the riverside apartment buildings, there’s a girl who hasn’t ventured out of her room for years. One day, she catches sight of a man living alone on an island through her binoculars and becomes intrigued. Day after day, his lonely but seemingly contented life triggers her curiosity and compels her to step out of her room after so many years.
Notes
- "Castaway on the Moon" opened #3 at the South Korean box office selling 246,899 tickets on 348 screens (13.6% of all ticket sales) during its opening May 15th - May 17th weekend.
- "Castaway on the Moon" sold a total of 728,000 ticket sales, grossing 4.7 billion ₩, through its domestic theatrical run (staying in the top ten for 4 weeks).
Cast
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| Jeong Jae-Yeong | Jeong Ryeo-Won |
| Seung-keun Kim | Jeong-yeon Kim |
Additional Cast Members:
- Park Yeong-Seo - Ki-bang Cheol
- Yang Mi-Kyeong - Jeong-yeon's mom
- Kyo-han Ku - Utilities Man #1
- Sang-il Lee - Utilities Man #2
- Min Kyeong-Jin - Apartment Security Guard
- Nam-yeok Jang - Bus driver
- Sang-hun Lee - Seung-keun's father
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Film Festivals
- 2009 (34th) Toronto International Film Festival - September 10th-19th - Contemporary World Cinema
- 2009 (28th) Vancouver International Film Festival - October 1st-16th - Dragons and Tigers
- 2009 (14th) Pusan International Film Festival - October 8th-16th - Korean Cinema Today - Panorama
- 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th - Spotlight on Korea
- 2009 (24th) Mar del Plata Film Festival - November 7th-15th
- 2010 (12th) Deauville Asian Film Festival - March 10th-14th - The Features Competition
Awards
- NETPAC Award - 2009 (29th) Hawaii International Film Festival - October 15th-25th -
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ludi Says:
Jul 25 2010 2:55 am
I simply like this movie!
Karolin Says:
May 21 2010 3:23 pm
An international coment (in English)Do you remember?.... Just one idea comes to my mind when I saw this movie a couple of times....
""Castaway on the moon... is a POEM"" !!!
william sengdara Says:
Apr 17 2010 6:13 am
I loved the end: when she ran to him. Excellent.
brian Says:
Mar 06 2010 4:12 pm
I loved this movie!
Strange but fun. Not quite the art film I thought it might be, but a more mainstream movie that doesn't push anything too disturbing or deep. Cute idea and quite well executed too.
Take a break from typical Korean dramas and love stories and watch this for a change.
bye bye
lunapark6.com Says:
Sep 04 2009 5:40 pm
Like most things in life, it’s rare that you’ll come across a film that doesn’t seem derivative of another work. The new South Korean film “Castaway on the Moon” isn’t one of those rare film either as you’ll likely pick up on its influences like the 2000 film “Cast Away,” Joon-ho Bong’s “Shaking Tokyo” from the 2008 omnibus film “Tokyo!,” and Pen-ek Ratanaruang’s 2003 film “Last Life in the Universe.” If “Castaway on the Moon” was structured just to recreate these prior films than you should expect a stinker, but like a great hip-hop track that spins out a few well placed samples into a song of its own, “Castaway on the Moon” easily spins out these influences to make a film that can stand on its own. The film is directed by Hae-jun Lee who turns in a stellar sophomore effort after his brilliant debut “Like a Virgin.” There’s also well known actor Jae-yeong Jeong turning in his most appealing performance since “Someone Special” and the up & coming young actress Ryeo-won Jeong making a splash as a reclusive hikki mori.
The movie starts off with Seung-keun Kim (Jae-yeong Jeong) standing on the ledge of an overpass bridge above the Han River. He’s in way over his head in debt and he’s ready to end his life right then and there. Mr. Kim then jumps off the bridge, but due to his own misfortune or good fortune, he ends up washed ashore on a small nearby island. At first, Mr. Kim looks for every conceivable way to get off the island – which is in plain view of several nearby high rise buildings and apartment complexes. After a few days, Mr. Kim becomes acclimated to his solitary existence & he even finds comfort in his primitive surroundings.
Meanwhile, a young reclusive lady named Jeong-yeon Kim (Ryeo-won Jeong) sits in her room addicted to the online world of “Cyworld” home pages. She hasn’t left her apartment in three years and she doesn’t plan to leave her room anytime soon. In the evenings, when Jeong-yeon is finished updating her Cyworld home page, she dabbles in her other hobby which is photgraphing the moon. During one of those evenings, when Jeong-yeon is taking shots of the moon, she notices a “HELP” sign scrawled into the sand of a nearby island. She then notices a strange man walking around the island and Jeong-yeon starts to think of this man as her own personal alien.
As you might guess by now, “Castway on the Moon” turns out to be a good ole fashion love story told from an unusual vantage point. Because of the distance between the main characters the pair rarely communicates in real time. This allows the film’s director, Hae-jun Lee, to integrate several charming vignettes on Mr. Kim’s plight as a castaway and Ms. Kim’s plight as another type of castaway. The heart of the story really unfolds in the third act once the pair makes overtures to meet face to face. Unlike most commercial Korean films, Hae-jun Lee leaves excessive melodrama alone and gives the actors room to bring about emotions more naturally. Kudos goes out to Jae-yeong Jeong for turning in his best performance since “Someone Special” and Ryeo-won Jeong for exhibiting more of her unique charms that she already displayed in “Two Faces of My Girlfriend.”
“Castaway on the Moon” turns out to be a charming & highly unique film – especially considering its origins as a mainstream Korean film. The film elicits a surprising amount romance (one that’s geared especially for lovers of oddball & misfit characters) and also judicious amounts of smiles & laughter. Not sure why, but “Castaway on the Moon” did flop at the Korean box office selling only 700,000 tickets. But don’t let that little fact deter you. Take it as more of a confirmation that majorities don’t always know best.
MovieCritic Says:
Aug 31 2009 3:48 pm
If you cross the movies "Castaway" (staring Tom Hanks) and Rear Window (Directed by Alfred Hitchcock) you get this movie. To accept the realism of the story one might have to take it with a pinch of salt.
I love this movie. Jae-yeong Jeong has an infectious smile and all the movies I have seen him in have been enjoyable. This is the second time I've seen Ryeo-won Jeong and I have to say she has grown more beautiful since "Two Faces of My Girlfriend".
The plot description is pretty much sum it up. There isn't much dialogue and most of the script is done in monologues (soliloquies).
Highly recommended