Christmas in August(1998)
Is love eternal?
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
Movie: Christmas in August
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jung-won
Da-rim
Jung-won's Father
Jung-sook
Chul-goo
Ji-won
Grandmother
Son
Ballet Auntie
Drunk Man
Video Trailer Christmas in August
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