The Day He Arrives
Movie · Drama · Comedy

Seongjun heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon area. When the friend doesn’t answer his calls, Seongjun wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (ricewine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them--Seongjun used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend’s house. In the following days Seongjun is still wandering around Bukchon. He runs into the actress again. They talk and soon part. He eventually meets his friend and they head to a bar called Novel with a female professor his friend knows. The owner of the bar has a striking resemblance to Seongjun’s ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her. Later, Seongjun goes to the Jeongdok Public Library with his friend and mentions that it was the first place he chased after a woman. Later, they have drinks with a former actor who had been doing business in Vietnam. The same female professor joins them and the four go to Novel. Seongjun gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub... Seongjun may have spent a few days in Seoul with his friend, or perhaps he just arrived. He may have learned something from the encounter with his ex-girlfriend, or may have to meet the woman that resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today’s worth of time, Seongjun also has no other choice than to face his “today”.

2012 · 1h 18m
  • 91%
Starring Yoo Jun-sang, Kim Sang-joong, Song Seon-mi
Director Hong Sang-soo

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Cast & Crew

  • Yoo Jun-sang
    Seongjun
  • Kim Sang-joong
    Young-ho
  • Song Seon-mi
    ポラム
  • Kim Bo-kyung
    キョンジン/ソン・イェジン
  • Hyun-Jung Go
    映画ファン
  • Ahn Jae-hong
    Actor
  • Kim Eui-sung
    Actor
  • Bae Yoo-ram
    Actor
  • B‌H
    Baek Hyeon-jin
    Actor
  • Hong Sang-soo
    Director
  • Hong Sang-soo
    Executive Producer

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The Day He Arrives

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Seongjun heads to Seoul to meet a close friend who lives in the Bukchon area. When the friend doesn’t answer his calls, Seongjun wanders around Bukchon and runs into an actress he used to know. The two talk for a while, but soon part. He makes his way down to Insadong and drinks makgeolli (ricewine) by himself. Some film students at another table ask him to join them--Seongjun used to be a film director. He soon gets drunk and heads for his ex-girlfriend’s house. In the following days Seongjun is still wandering around Bukchon. He runs into the actress again. They talk and soon part. He eventually meets his friend and they head to a bar called Novel with a female professor his friend knows. The owner of the bar has a striking resemblance to Seongjun’s ex-girlfriend. He plays the piano for her. Later, Seongjun goes to the Jeongdok Public Library with his friend and mentions that it was the first place he chased after a woman. Later, they have drinks with a former actor who had been doing business in Vietnam. The same female professor joins them and the four go to Novel. Seongjun gets drunk and ends up kissing the owner of the pub... Seongjun may have spent a few days in Seoul with his friend, or perhaps he just arrived. He may have learned something from the encounter with his ex-girlfriend, or may have to meet the woman that resembles her again, for the first time. As life presents itself in no more than today’s worth of time, Seongjun also has no other choice than to face his “today”.

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Studio
myシアターD.D.
Released
2012
Run Time
1 hr 18 min
Rated
G
Region of Origin
South Korea
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