Late Autumn | |
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Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Manchu |
McCune–Reischauer | Manch'u |
Directed by | Kim Tae-yong |
Produced by | Jo Seong-woo Lee Ju-ik |
Written by | Kim Tae-yong |
Based on |
Manchu by Kim Ji-heon |
Starring |
Tang Wei Hyun Bin |
Music by | Jo Seong-woo Choi Yong-rak |
Cinematography | Kim Woo-hyung |
Edited by | Steve M. Choe, Jin Lee |
Distributed by | Boram Entertainment North by Northwest Entertainment |
Release date
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Running time
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115 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese |
Box office | US$5,929,771 |
Late Autumn (Hangul: 만추; Hanja: 晚秋; RR: Manchu) is a 2010 English-language film directed by Kim Tae-yong. It stars Tang Wei as Anna, a prisoner who is given a 72 hours parole to visit family in Seattle, and who meets and befriends a South Korean man on-the-run (Hyun Bin).
A co-production between South Korea, Hong Kong, China and the United States, it is the fourth remake of the now-lost 1966 Lee Man-hee melodrama classic of the same title.
Washington state, US, the present day. Anna (Tang Wei), an immigrant from China, has been in prison for seven years for the manslaughter of her husband (John Woo), who was jealous over her re-meeting her former boyfriend Wang Jing (Jun-seong Kim). Hearing that her mother has died and her brother John has arranged her bail, Anna is given 72 hours parole to visit her family in Seattle. On the coach she meets a young Korean man, Hoon (Hyun Bin), who borrows US$30 towards a ticket, and he gives her his watch as security, promising to pay her back later. Unknown to Anna, Hoon is a gigolo on the run from powerful businessman Steve (James C. Burns), who wants to kill him for having an affair with his Korean wife, Ok-ja (Jeong So-ra). Hoon meets Anna again in Seattle, and the pair spend time together. The next day he turns up at her mother's funeral, and gets into a fight with Wang at a restaurant afterwards. Anna tells him she has to return to prison on time, but Hoon doesn't give up so easily.
The film premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. It also screened at the 15th Busan International Film Festival, the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, and the Fribourg International Film Festival. The film was released in Korean theaters on February 17, 2011 and took ₩6.3 billion (US$5.55 million) in the box office.