One Fine Spring Day

One Fine Spring Day
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
봄날은 간다
RRBomnareun ganda
MRPomnarŭn kanda
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Written byRyu Jang-ha
Lee Suk-yeon
Shin Joon-ho
Hur Jin-ho
Produced byNobuyoshi Otani (executive producer)
Cha Seung-jae (executive producer)
Kim Sun-ah (producer)
Hideshi Miyajima (producer)
StarringYoo Ji-tae
Lee Young-ae
CinematographyKim Hyung-koo
Edited byKim Hyeon
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed by
Release date
  • September 29, 2001 (2001-09-29)
Running time
114 minutes
Countries
  • South Korea
  • Japan
  • Hong Kong
LanguageKorean
Box office$69,474[1]

One Fine Spring Day (Korean봄날은 간다) is a 2001 romantic drama film directed by Hur Jin-ho (of Christmas in August). Starring Yoo Ji-tae and Lee Young-ae, the film is a portrait of a love affair—from its blossoming in spring to its decline as the years pass. The film was theatrically released in South Korea on September 29, 2001.

Plot

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Sound engineer Sang-woo meets female radio DJ Eun-soo as they work together on a project capturing sounds from nature. They succeed in capturing various sounds and are attracted to one another. They start a relationship, but Sang-woo's intensifying passion reminds Eun-soo of her tragic past. She knows only too well how passion can vanish like a sound, and how love always ends.[citation needed]

Cast

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The character Eun-soo, portrayed by Lee Young-ae was the first to say the phrase "Do you want to eat ramyeon?", which later grew to exemplify a pick-up line meaning, "Do you want to sleep with me?". It was followed by a scene with broken hearted Sang-woo (Yoo Ji-tae), being offered soju with his ramyeon by his father.[2]

Accolades

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Award ceremony Year Category Nominee Result Ref.
Baeksang Arts Awards 2002 Best Director Hur Jin-ho Won [3]
Best Screenplay Nominated
Best Actress Lee Young-ae Nominated
Blue Dragon Film Awards 2001 Best Film One Fine Spring Day Won
Best Actor Yoo Ji-tae Nominated
Best Actress Lee Young-ae Nominated
Busan Film Critics Awards 2001 Best Film One Fine Spring Day Won
Best Director Hur Jin-ho Won
Best Actress Lee Young-ae Won
Grand Bell Awards 2002 Best Film One Fine Spring Day Nominated [4]
Best Actress Lee Young-ae Nominated
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2001 Best Film One Fine Spring Day Won
Best Cinematography Kim Hyung-koo Won
Tokyo International Film Festival 2001 Best Art Direction Park Il-hyun Won

References

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  1. ^ "One Fine Spring Day (2001)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ Kim, Hyeong-seok (2015-03-01). "[Cine feature] Ramyeon in Korean Films". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ "One Fine Spring Day". Cinema SIA. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ "[영화] 대종상 영화제 26일 코엑스서 개막". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
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