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Director:
Chang-dong Lee
Writer:
Chang-dong Lee (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
7 May 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Tagline:
Have you really loved someone?
Plot:
Jong-du, a young man just out of prison for manslaughter, is a social misfit: fidgety, snuffling, laughing inappropriately... more | add synopsis
Awards:
11 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(6 articles)
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User Comments:
Masterwork from Lee Chang-Dong more (29 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Kyung-gu Sol ... Jong-du Hong
So-ri Moon ... Gong-ju Han
Nae-sang Ahn ... Jong-Il Hong
Seung-wan Ryoo ... Jong-Sae Hong
Kwi-Jung Chu ... Jong-Sae's Wife
Jin-gu Kim ... Mrs. Hong
Byung-ho Son ... Sang-Shik Han
Ga-hyun Yun ... Sang-Shik's Wife
Myeong-shin Park ... Woman Neighbor
Kyung-geun Park ... Woman Neighbor's Husband
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dae-gwan Han ... Detective 2
Jin-seob Han ... Detective 1
Seo-hie Ko
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Directed by
Chang-dong Lee 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Chang-dong Lee  writer

Produced by
Sung-min Choi .... executive producer
Min-cheul Cho .... producer
Kaynam Hyung .... executive producer
Jeon Jay .... producer
Jun-dong Lee .... co-producer
Gye-nam Myeong .... producer
 
Original Music by
Jae-jin Lee 
 
Cinematography by
Yeong-taek Choi 
 
Film Editing by
Hyun Kim 
 
Art Direction by
Jum-hee Shin 
 
Costume Design by
Sun-young Cha 
 
Sound Department
Seung-cheol Lee .... sound
Seung-yeop Lee .... sound editor
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
Canada:132 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Japan:132 min | Korea:132 min | USA:133 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Hong Kong:III | UK:15 | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | Japan:PG-12

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Movie Connections:
Featured in The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV) more

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21 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Masterwork from Lee Chang-Dong, 12 June 2003
10/10
Author: vvanpo (vvanpo@comcast.net) from Renton, WA USA

"Oasis" is the story of the relationship of a man imprisoned by his mind with a woman imprisoned by her body. That they establish a relationship comes as much because of their handicaps as in spite of them.

I knew before seeing the film that Moon So-ri was an able-bodied actress. As a result, at first I wasn't convinced she was playing someone with cerebral palsy. But Lee Chang-dong does a brilliant thing. He films several scenes that become the imaginings and fantasies of Gong-ju, Moon's character, as an able-bodied woman. This had the effect on me of seeing Gong-ju as disabled. And it spells out clearly that cerebral palsy is a physical condition not a mental one.

Sol Kyung-gu as Jong-du is perfect. I've been describing Jong-du as "simple-minded" to others but that doesn't pinpoint his mental condition. I might say he is carefree but it's not just an attitude; he is carefree to the point of mental illness. His condition makes him act both bad (he's been in prison three times) and good (he absolutely sees right through Gong-ju's handicap and truly comes to care for her). While Gong-ju is frustrated over her condition and how others use her it, Jong-du appears so utterly accepting of his fate that he doesn't even defend himself. I can't stop thinking about how Mr. Sol has played this interesting character.

Both Gong-ju's and Jong-du's families scorn and pity their conditions. But watch how they also come to exploit them as well.

I highly recommend this film.

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