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Turning Gate

Play trailer Poster for Turning Gate 2002,  1h 54m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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Actor Gyung-soo is passed over for a part and decides to leave Seoul and visit a friend. His friend tells him the legend of the "Turning Gate," which foreshadows future events. During his visit, Gyung-soo meets Myung-sook, a girl who quickly falls for him. After a night of passion, he boards the train back for Seoul and meets a married woman who claims to know him. Gyung-soo thinks he may be in love with her, but perhaps he's chosen the wrong woman.

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Richard James Havis The Hollywood Reporter Nov 12, 2002
It's a deeply thought-out, uncompromising film that brings a novelistic approach to the description of the inner life of its subject. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Oct 3, 2002
3.5/4
Hong San-soo's comic rendezvous Turning Gate is built on a series of repetitions that mirror the South Korean director's fascination with reincarnation. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Mar 2, 2012
A-
An aesthetically satisfying film about desire being the overriding motive in relationships. Go to Full Review
Jeremy Heilman MovieMartyr.com Oct 18, 2002
3/4
Though it takes a while for its real emotional heft to be made apparent, [it] eventually grows into an insightful and astutely realized examination of the ways we accumulate the emotional baggage that we carry as we move through our romantic entanglements Go to Full Review
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Oct 8, 2002
Graphically depicts the impact desire, coincidence, and fate have upon romantic relationships Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Hong Sang-soo

Director

Kim Sang-kyung

Gyung-soo

Chu Sang-mi

Seon-young

Ye Ji-won

Myung-sook

Kim Hak-seon

Seong-wu

George Georgiou

Roger

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Turning Gate

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Movie Info

Synopsis Actor Gyung-soo is passed over for a part and decides to leave Seoul and visit a friend. His friend tells him the legend of the "Turning Gate," which foreshadows future events. During his visit, Gyung-soo meets Myung-sook, a girl who quickly falls for him. After a night of passion, he boards the train back for Seoul and meets a married woman who claims to know him. Gyung-soo thinks he may be in love with her, but perhaps he's chosen the wrong woman.
Director
Hong Sang-soo
Producer
Kim Jun-joung, Ahn Byeongju
Screenwriter
Hong Sang-soo
Production Co
Miracin Korea
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Runtime
1h 54m
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