Traces of Love

Traces of Love is a 2006 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Kim Dae-seung, and starring Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Ji-soo, and Uhm Ji-won. The film is based on the Sampoong Department Store collapse, which took place in 1995.

Plot
Law student Choi Hyun-woo and television director Seo Min-joo are a young couple in love, and engaged to be married. Tragedy strikes, however, and Min-joo is killed in the Sampoong Department Store collapse. Several years later, Hyun-woo is given a journal that was written by his former fiancée, which details the journey they would have taken on their honeymoon. Hyun-woo sets out to visit the various places described in the journal, but on his travels he meets another woman, Yoon Se-jin, and discovers that their meeting is more than just coincidence.

Cast

 * Yoo Ji-tae as Choi Hyun-woo
 * Kim Ji-soo as Seo Min-joo
 * Uhm Ji-won as Yoon Se-jin
 * Choi Jong-won as Min-joo's father
 * Park Seung-tae as Min-joo's mother
 * Park Chul-min as Detective Park
 * Jung In-gi as prosecutor
 * Kim Ki-cheon as real estate man
 * Im Jong-yoon as chief prosecutor

Awards and nominations
2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards
 * Nomination – Best Supporting Actress – Uhm Ji-won
 * Nomination – Best Art Direction – Ha Sang-ho

2007 Chunsa Film Art Awards
 * Best Supporting Actress – Uhm Ji-won
 * Best Screenplay – Jang Min-seok

2007 Grand Bell Awards
 * Nomination – Best Lighting – Choi Seok-jae

Remake
Beijing Hairun Pictures is set to make a Chinese remake in 2016, co-produced with Korean company Dhuta Co. Ltd. Victoria Hon, deputy president of Hairun Pictures said, "Traces of Love has an enormous potential to be loved by the Chinese audience. Chinese people love the kind of films that heal the spiritual wound and give the courage to fall in love one more time. Traces of Love does this job in a very special way, which is why we have decided to remake this work."