The Contact (1997 South Korean film)

(Redirected from The Contact (1997 film)) 1997 South Korean film

The Contact
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Hangul	접속
Hanja	接續
Revised Romanization	Jeobsok
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏpsok

Directed by	Chang Yoon-hyun
Written by	Chang Yoon-hyun Jo Myeong-joo
Produced by	Sim Jae-myung
Starring	Han Suk-kyu Jeon Do-yeon
Cinematography	Kim Seong-bok
Edited by	Park Gok-ji
Music by	Choi Man-sik Jo Yeong-wook
Distributed by	Myung Films
Release date	12 September 1997 (1997-09-12)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

The Contact (Korean: 접속; RR: Jeopsok) is a 1997 South Korean romance film directed by Chang Yoon-hyun. Starring Han Suk-kyu and Jeon Do-yeon, it was the second biggest-grossing Korean film of 1997 with 674,933 admissions, and was awarded the Grand Bell Awards for best picture.

Plot

One day, radio DJ Dong-hyeon (Han Suk-kyu) receives an anonymous package containing a Velvet Underground record. Dong-hyeon hopes that the record was sent by his former lover Min young hye. He decides to play the song Pale Blue Eyes off of that record. At the same time, a home shopping telemarketer, Soo-hyeon (Jeon Do-yeon) listens to the radio program while driving her car.

The next day, Soo-hyeon makes a request through the internet for Dong-hyeon to play the song again. Dong-hyeon then contacts Soo-hyeon, hoping she is his former girlfriend or someone he knows.

Cast

Jeon Do-yeon as Soo-hyeon
Han Suk-kyu as Dong-hyeon
Chu Sang-mi as Eun-hee
Park Yong-soo
Choi Cheol-ho
Kim Tae-woo as Han Ki cheol
Lee Beom-soo as delivery man
Kim Min-kyung as female employee at convenience store

Awards

1997 Grand Bell Awards

Best Film
Best Editing - Park Gok-ji
Best Adapted Screenplay - Chang Yoon-hyun
Best New Actress - Jeon Do-yeon

1997 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Best New Actress - Jeon Do-yeon

1998 Baeksang Arts Awards

Most Popular Actress (Film) - Jeon Do-yeon

1998 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards

Best New Actress - Jeon Do-yeon

References

"Darcy's Korean Film Page - 1997". koreanfilm.org.
"The Contact". cinemasie.com.

External links

The Contact at IMDb
The Contact at Koreanfilm.org

Preceded byHenequen

Grand Bell Awards for Best Film
1997

Succeeded bySpring in My Hometown

v t e Blue Dragon Audience Choice Award
General's Son (1990) General's Son II (1991) Marriage Story (1992) Seopyeonje (1993) Two Cops (1994) Dr. Bong (1995) Two Cops 2 (1996) The Contact (1997) The Letter (1998) Shiri (1999) Joint Security Area (2000) Friend (2001) Marrying the Mafia (2002) Memories of Murder (2003) Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004) Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005) The Host (2006) D-War (2007) The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008) Haeundae (2009) The Man from Nowhere (2010) War of the Arrows (2011) The Thieves (2012) Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Ode to My Father (2015) Train to Busan (2016) A Taxi Driver (2017) Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2018) Extreme Job (2019) Ashfall (2020) Escape from Mogadishu (2021) The Roundup (2022) The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

Blue Dragon Audience Choice Award

General's Son (1990)
General's Son II (1991)
Marriage Story (1992)
Seopyeonje (1993)
Two Cops (1994)
Dr. Bong (1995)
Two Cops 2 (1996)
The Contact (1997)
The Letter (1998)
Shiri (1999)
Joint Security Area (2000)
Friend (2001)
Marrying the Mafia (2002)
Memories of Murder (2003)
Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)
Welcome to Dongmakgol (2005)
The Host (2006)
D-War (2007)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)
Haeundae (2009)
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
War of the Arrows (2011)
The Thieves (2012)
Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013)
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
Ode to My Father (2015)
Train to Busan (2016)
A Taxi Driver (2017)
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2018)
Extreme Job (2019)
Ashfall (2020)
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)
The Roundup (2022)
The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

v t e Grand Bell Award for Best Film
1960s	Prince Yeonsan (1962) The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1963) Bloodline (1964) Deaf Sam-yong (1965) The Sea Village (1966) Coming Back (1967) Prince Daewon (1968)
1970s	Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun (1972) The General in Red Robes (1973) The Land (1974) Flame (1975) Mother (1976) Diary of Korean-Japanese War (1977) Police Story (1978) The Hidden Hero (1979)
1980s	Son of Man (1980) Invited People (1981) Come Unto Down (1982) Mulleya Mulleya (1983) Adultery Tree (1984) Mother (1985) Pillar of Mist (1986) Diary of King Yeonsan (1987) Come Come Come Upward (1989)
1990s	All That Falls Has Wings (1990) Passion Portrait (1991) Fly High Run Far (1992) Seopyeonje (1993) The Story of Two Women (1994) The Eternal Empire (1995) Henequen (1996) The Contact (1997) Spring in My Hometown (1999)
2000s	Peppermint Candy (2000) Joint Security Area (2001) The Way Home (2002) Memories of Murder (2003) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004) Marathon (2005) The King and the Clown (2006) Family Ties (2007) The Chaser (2008) The Divine Weapon (2009)
2010s	Poetry (2010) The Front Line (2011) Masquerade (2012) The Face Reader (2013) The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Ode to My Father (2015) Inside Men (2016) A Taxi Driver (2017) Burning (2018) Parasite (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Decision to Leave (2022) Concrete Utopia (2023)

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