Maundy Thursday (film)
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Maundy Thursday is a 2006
South Korean film
directed by Song Hae-seong
, and based on a best-selling novel by Gong Ji-young
. Starring Kang Dong-won
and Lee Na-young
, the film is about a convicted
murderer
awaiting execution
, and the bond he forms with a suicidal
young woman who starts visiting him in jail
every Thursday.
With over three million admissions, Maundy Thursday was the seventh most popular Korean film of 2006.
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
South Korean film
Cinema of Korea
Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference...
directed by Song Hae-seong
Song Hae-seong
Song Hae-seong is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He made his feature film debut in 1999 with Calla, but didn't become more widely known until the success of his second film, Failan...
, and based on a best-selling novel by Gong Ji-young
Gong Ji-young
-Early years:Gong Ji-young is a South Korean and one of the most popular of the 'new wave' of female writers who shattered the South Korean literary establishment's glass ceiling in the 1980s and 1990s. As a teen, Gong self-published her own stories and poems, before the student movement in the...
. Starring Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong-won
Kang Dong Won is a South Korean film and television actor.-Career:Born in Busan, Kang's family moved to Changwon when he was 7 years old. While studying Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University, he was spotted on the streets by a modeling agent in 2000...
and Lee Na-young
Lee Na-young
Lee Na-young is one of Korean film, TV and CF industry's most popular actresses. She first made a name for herself as the star in the dramatic mini-series Ruler of Your Own World....
, the film is about a convicted
Conviction
In law, a conviction is the verdict that results when a court of law finds a defendant guilty of a crime.The opposite of a conviction is an acquittal . In Scotland and in the Netherlands, there can also be a verdict of "not proven", which counts as an acquittal...
murderer
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing, with malice aforethought, of another human being, and generally this state of mind distinguishes murder from other forms of unlawful homicide...
awaiting execution
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
, and the bond he forms with a suicidal
Suicide crisis
A suicide crisis, suicidal crisis, or potential suicide, is a situation in which a person is attempting to kill him or herself or is seriously contemplating or planning to do so...
young woman who starts visiting him in jail
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
every Thursday.
With over three million admissions, Maundy Thursday was the seventh most popular Korean film of 2006.
Cast
- Kang Dong-wonKang Dong-wonKang Dong Won is a South Korean film and television actor.-Career:Born in Busan, Kang's family moved to Changwon when he was 7 years old. While studying Mechanical Engineering at Hanyang University, he was spotted on the streets by a modeling agent in 2000...
... Jung Yun-soo - Lee Na-youngLee Na-youngLee Na-young is one of Korean film, TV and CF industry's most popular actresses. She first made a name for herself as the star in the dramatic mini-series Ruler of Your Own World....
... Moon Yu-jeong - Yoon Yeo-jeongYoon Yeo-jeong-Biography:When Yoon was a freshman at Hanyang University majoring in Korean literature, she was chosen as a TV actress in a public recruit by TBC TV. Yoon was cast in the lead role in Mister Bear one year after her debut, and gained popularity...
... Sister Monica/Yu-jeong's aunt - Kang Shin-il
- Jeong Yeong-sook ... Yu-jeong's mother
- Kim Ji-yeong
- Jang Hyeon-seong
- Jeong In-ji
- Kim Jin-hyeok
- Choi Yong-min
- Oh Jeong-se
- Lee Jae-goo
- Nah Gi-soo
- Sin Yeong-jin
- Oh Kwang-rok
- Kim Boo-seon