Christmas in August
Jan 24 1998
•2h 37m
•Drama, Romance
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Cast
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Han Suk-kyu
Jung-won
Shim Eun-ha
Da-rim
Shin Goo
Jung-won's Father
Oh Ji-hye
Jung-sook
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