Castaway on the Moon

Castaway on the Moon
Directed by Lee Hae-jun
Produced by Kim Moo-ryoung
Kang Woo-suk
Written by Lee Hae-jun
Starring Jung Jae-young
Jung Ryeo-won
Music by Kim Hong-jib
Cinematography Kim Byeong-seo
Edited by Nam Na-yeong
Production
company
banzakbanzak Film Production
Distributed by Cinema Service
Release dates
  • May 14, 2009 (2009-05-14)
Running time
 116 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Budget US$5 million
Box office US$3,725,352[1]

Castaway on the Moon (Hangul: 김씨 표류기; RR: Kimssi Pyoryugi; lit. "Mr Kim's drifting experience": 표류: drifting; hanja: 漂流記) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Lee Hae-jun.[2] It is a love story between a suicidal man turned castaway on Bamseom in the Han River and an agoraphobic woman who is addicted to Cyworld.[3][4][5]

Plot

Kim Seong-geun (Jung Jae-young) is deep in debt and his life seems completely hopeless. He jumps off a bridge into the Han River and washes up on the shore of Bamseom, which lies directly below the bridge. After searching the island he finds it is filled mostly with vegetation and surrounded by the city but too far to shout and he can't swim. He finds a duck-shaped boat and begins to like living on the island, free of his debt and worries of city life, though it is not easy.

As he learns to survive on the island, his cries for help scrawled in the sand are seen by Kim Jung-yeon (Jung Ryeo-won), an agoraphobe who spots him while engaging in her nightly habit of photographing the moon. They soon begin exchanging messages, with Jung-yeon venturing out of her house to throw bottled messages onto the island, and Seong-geun writing his replies in the sand.

The climax of the movie arrives with a torrential storm which destroys Seong-geun's farm and sweeps away the possessions he has collected, after which he is found by a group of workers sent to clean up litter on the island. He boards a bus in the city where Jung-yeon, after overcoming her anxiety and running across the bridge to find him, manages to finally meet him.

Cast

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Recipient Result
2009 29th Hawaii International Film Festival[6] NETPAC Award Castaway on the Moon Won
46th Grand Bell Awards Best Screenplay Lee Hae-jun Nominated
Best Planning Kim Moo-ryoung Nominated
32nd Golden Cinematography Awards Best Actor Jung Jae-young Won
30th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Screenplay Lee Hae-jun Nominated
2010 46th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actor Jung Jae-young Nominated
Best Screenplay Lee Hae-jun Nominated
12th Udine Far East Film Festival[7] Black Dragon Audience Award Castaway on the Moon Won
9th New York Asian Film Festival[8] Audience Award Won
14th Fantasia International Film Festival[9] Special Jury Prize Won
Audience Award - Best Asian Film, Bronze Won

Remake

In 2011, CJ Entertainment announced an American remake, with Mark Waters attached as director and Michael Goldbach as screenwriter.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Kimci Pyoryugi (Castaway on the Moon) (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  2. ↑ Yi, Chang-ho (11 September 2008). "LEE Hae-jun films JUNG Jae-young's adventures". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  3. ↑ Yi, Chang-ho (30 May 2008). "LEE Hae-jun casts JUNG Jae-young". Korean Film Biz Zone. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  4. ↑ "K-FILM REVIEWS: 김씨 표류기 (Castaway on the Moon)". Twitch Film. 21 August 2009. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  5. ↑ Yang, Sung-jin (9 April 2009). "A castaway on the Han River". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  6. ↑ Noh, Jean (22 October 2009). "Empire Of Silver, Petition take top awards at Hawaii fest". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  7. ↑ "Castaway wins Udine vote". Film Business Asia. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  8. ↑ Frater, Patrick (11 July 2010). "Gallants and Castaway take popular vote at NYAFF". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  9. ↑ Vlessing, Etan (2 August 2010). "Fantasia fest fetes Japan's Sawako Decides". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  10. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (18 February 2011). "CJ Entertainment Remakes Castaway On The Moon For Mark Waters To Direct". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2014-10-12.

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