A Day Off (Korean휴일; RRHyu-il) is a South Korean drama film directed by Lee Man-hee. Shot and completed in 1968 but not released due to censorship, it opened to the public in 2005, 37 years later, after the original print was rediscovered during the reorganization of the Korean Film Archive's warehouse. Regarded as one of the masterpieces of 1960s Korean film and its representative modernist film, A Day Off was selected near the top of the top 100 Korean films list in 2014.[1]

A Day Off
Hangul
Directed byLee Man-hee
Written byBaek Gyeol
Produced byHong Ui-seon
StarringShin Seong-il, Ji Yun-seong
CinematographyLee suk kee
Edited byHyeon Dong-chun
Music byJeon Jong-kun
Release date
  • 2005 (2005)
Running time
73 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

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One winter Sunday, a penniless young man named Huh Wook (Shin Seong-il) sets off to meet his beloved Ji-yeon (Ji Yun-seong). Unable to start a family, Ji-yeon, who is pregnant, needs an abortion.[2][3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ "A Day Off (1968)". Korean Film Archive. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  2. ^ "A Day Off (1968)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ Scanlon, Hayley (10 August 2017). "A Day Off (휴일, Lee Man-hee, 1968)". windowsonworlds.com. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. ^ "A Day Off". BIFF. September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
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