Christmas in August

Jan 24, 1998

1h 37m

★ 7.8

Is love eternal?

Overview

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?

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Sidus

Christmas in August Trailers

Cast

Jung-won

Han Suk-kyu

Da-rim

Shim Eun-ha

Jung-won's Father

Shin Gu

Jung-sook

Oh Ji-hye

Chul-goo

Lee Han-wi

Ji-won

Jeon Mi-seon

Grandmother

Kim Ae-ra

Son

Min Kyung-jin

Ballet Auntie

Lee Yong-nyeo

Drunk Man

Kim Ki-cheon

Police Passerby

Kim Do-yoon

Jung-won's Friend 1

Kim Jae-rok

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