Beyond The Years (ntsc All Region Import) Im Kwon-taek, Jo Jae-hyeon, Oh Jeong-hae, Im Jin-taek

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"Beyond the Years"is the 100th movie by maestro director Im Kwon-taek.
In the film, the 69-year-old director successfully captures the characters' delicate emotions and the changing times against beautiful backdrops of the four seasons. More importantly, his moderate interpretation on life and love seems to show the wisdom he's gained from his own life and long career as a director.

The film is a follow-up to the director's 1993 film "Sopyonje'' which tells the story of pansori singers, who sing Korean traditional music, and portrayed their grief and sorrow through their art. But Beyond the Year takes on a new direction, shedding light on the pathetic love story between two musicians.

In the film, Song-hwa (by Oh Jung-hae) and Dong-ho (Cho Jae-hyun) are orphans raised by a middle-aged man named Yong-taek, who adopts them in hopes to start a family of his own. Yong-taek, an unsuccessful pansori singer, attempts to realize his dream of becoming a renowned singer through his two adopted children. He trains Song-hwa as a pansori singer and Dong-ho as a "gosu" or traditional drum player.

The two children grow up as sister and brother but feel a connection deeper than sibling adoration, which they hide for many years. But the old man's dream starts to fall apart when Dong-ho leaves the family because he cannot take living in poverty any longer. Dong-ho joins a traveling performance troupe and starts a new relationship with a female singer. But he finds himself longing for the love of his sister.

After years pass, he happens to learn that his sister has become blind and his father had died. He wants to meet his poor sister, though fate only allows them a short reunion and he knows they can never be together. The two continue to have short-lived reunions and long separations. Dong-ho's life is a continuous journey in search of his sister's heart. Though time changes it can never change the affection he has toward his true love.
DVD - DVD

NTSC ALL REGION IMPORT, Widescreen
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English, Korean, Chinese
Audio Format: Dolby Digital
Running Time: 106 mins.