Gyeongju () is a 2014 South Korean slice-of-life film written and directed by Zhang Lu, starring Park Hae-il and Shin Min-ah.
Plot Choi Hyeon visits Korea to pay his respects to his recently deceased friend, Kim Chang-hee. He sees his other friend Kang. Hyeon is a history professor in China, but people often mistake him for a weirdo. When people try to connect with him, he snubs them, but maintains an outwardly close relation. After paying his respects, he roams around Gyeongju, capital of the Silla Kingdom, now famous for tombs and tumuli. He visits a teahouse that he, Kim, and Kang had visited seven years earlier. Hyeon gets curious about an erotic piece of art that had been displayed there and has since vanished, and shows an interest in the current owner of the teahouse, Gong Yun-hee. They start to spend the day together. She invites him to her bed, but he is preoccupied with his thoughts and the picture. He leaves in the morning, knowing that some people whom he saw yesterday have died. He wanders more. The next morning at the teahouse, Gong Yun-hee is curious about the erotic art which she has covered with wallpaper. A flashback follows in which Hyeon and his friends seated at the teahouse table comment on the erotic painting, which displays the words "Lets have a drink and then each other". Kim Chang-hee's widow appears to have been the previous owner of the teahouse.
Cast Park Hae-il as Choi Hyeon Shin Min-a as Gong Yoon-hee Yoon Jin-seo as Yeo-jeong Kim Tae-hoon as Detective Lee Young-min Kwak Ja-hyeong as Lee Choon-won Shin So-yul as Da-yeon Baek Hyun-jin as Professor Park Ryoo Seung-wan as Teacher Kang Lee Na-ra as Kim Chang-hee's wife Jeong In-seon as young receptionist Lee Hyeon-jeong as mother Kim Soo-ahn as little kid Kim Hak-sun as Kim Chang-hee
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2014 23rd Buil Film Awards Best Film Gyeongju Best Director Zhang Lu Best Actor Park Hae-il Best Supporting Actor Baik Hyun-jhin Best Cinematography Cho Young-jik 34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Best Director Zhang Lu Critics' Top 10 Gyeongju 15th Busan Film Critics Awards Best Film Gyeongju Technical Award Cho Young-jik 2015 20th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Director (Grand Prix) Zhang Lu 2nd Wildflower Film Awards Best Director (Narrative Film) Zhang Lu Best Actor Park Hae-il Best Actress Shin Min-ah Best Cinematography Cho Young-jik Special Jury Prize Shin Min-ah 51st Baeksang Arts Awards Best Director Zhang Lu Best Actress Shin Min-ah
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