Spring in My Hometown

Spring in My Hometown is a 1998 South Korean film.

Synopsis
A story about two village boys, Sungmin and Changhee, in the summer of 1952, during the Korean War.

Cast

 * Ahn Sung-ki ... Sungmin's father
 * Bae Yoo-jung ... Changhee's mother
 * Cho Jae-hyun
 * Kim Jungwoo ... Changhee
 * Lee In ... Sungmin
 * Myeong Gye-nam
 * Myeong Sun-mi
 * Oh Ji-hye ... Teacher
 * Song Ok-sook ... Sungmin's mother
 * Yu Hye-jeong
 * Yu Oh-seong ... Sungmin's uncle

Wins

 * Entrevues Film Festival (1998)
 * Grand Prix Foreign Film (Spring in My Hometown)
 * Hawaii International Film Festival (1998)
 * Best Feature Film (Spring in My Hometown)
 * Pusan International Film Festival (1998)
 * FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention (Lee Kwang-mo) "For the director's mature approach to the consequences of recent Korean history on common people's lives."
 * Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
 * Special Artistic Achievement (Lee Kwang-mo)
 * Tokyo International Film Festival (1998)
 * Gold Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
 * Fribourg International Film Festival (1999)
 * Don Quixote Award (Lee Kwang-mo)
 * Grand Bell Awards (1999)
 * Best Film
 * Kerala International Film Festival (1999)
 * Special Jury Prize (Lee Kwang-mo)

Nominations

 * Stockholm Film Festival (1998)
 * Bronze Horse (Lee Kwang-mo)
 * Thessaloniki Film Festival (1998)
 * Golden Alexander (Lee Kwang-mo)