The Harmonium in My Memory

"You never forget your first love!"

1999 1h 56m KO

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 40

RomanceDrama

Synopsis

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Hong-yun is a high school girl in little mountain village when she falls head-over-heels for a handsome new school teacher, Mr. Kang. What with taking care of her youngest baby brother for her widowed mother and the impossible age difference, it is a roller-coaster ride for her as she tries to become someone special for Mr. Kang while he seems interested in the other new teacher at the school, Miss Yang.

“You never forget your first love!”

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Cast

Jeon Do-yeon
Yun Hong-yeon
Lee Byung-hun
Kang Soo-ha
Lee Mi-yeon
Yang Eun-Hee
Song Ok-suk
Yun Hong-yeon's Mother
Kim Jae-in
Nan-hee
Seo Hye-rin
Teacher Yu
Lee Dae-yeon
Teacher Jo
Kim Seon-hwa
Bum-soo's mother

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lee Young-jae
Writers: Lee Young-jae, Bang Jang-ho, Seo Byeong-chae
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Lee Young-jae, shot by Jeon Jo-myeong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cho Dong-ik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kyung Min-ho shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Byung-hun and Lee Mi-yeon carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You never forget your first love!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0235452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Lee Young-jae directs. Jeon Jo-myeong behind the camera. Cho Dong-ik scores. Kyung Min-ho cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

127 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Lee Young-jae, shot by Jeon Jo-myeong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Cho Dong-ik. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Kyung Min-ho shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Jeon Do-yeon and Lee Byung-hun and Lee Mi-yeon carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "You never forget your first love!".
7IMDB entry: tt0235452 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 40 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.