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3pm Paradise

Open Cinema

Urbanization · Comedy · Irony

  • Country / RegionKorea
  • Production Year1997
  • Running Time83min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
A place where naked bodies might without shame,public bath houses represent true Korean sentiments. Both houses used to be the place where teenager satisfied their curiosities, the generosity of washing the next person′s back was common, families visited, and customers ate noodles in the changing room. Now all this is fading into antiquity. Wanki who spends most of his time at the comic book shop, the producer who wants him to make a third rate film,the urologist who hides from patients,and the monk with venereal disease are the men who gather at the public bath house. The nude photographer Jingmi seeks the bath house after seeing it in her dreams. A woman campaigns for her husband while washing potential voters′ backs. Chulsoo ′s mother and grandmother can′t stop arguing.When a glamourous Russian woman walks in, Jungmi doesn′t waste time pleading the woman to model for her. Meanwhile a theft is committed, and a transvestite is caught the women′s room. After everything returns to normal, Jungmi realizes truth isn′t in photograhy but in the faces of life, and throws out her nude photos.
Director
Director
Kwak Kyung-Taek
Born in 1966 in Pusan, Kwak Kyung-Taek was a former film student at New York University. He directed several short films including Oh, Boy!(1993). His 1995 short film A Story of a Military Prison won the Best Film award at Seoul Short Film Festival, and was invited to Clermont-Ferrand. He made his feature debut with [3 p.m. Paradise] in 1997. In1999 he made his second feature Dr.K. But his first big break came with [Friend]which was one of the biggest hits in Korean Film History.
Credit
  • Director
    Kwak Kyung-Taek
  • ProducerKim Jong-Hak
  • CastKim Ui-Sung
    Bang Eun-Hee
    Lee Suk-Joon
  • ScreenplayKwak Kyung-Taek
  • CinematographyHwang Gi-Suk
  • EditorCho In-Hyung
  • SoundSoe Chang-Won
  • World SalesJ-COM
Photo
BNK부산은행
제네시스
네스프레소
한맥
네이버
CGV
파라다이스 호텔 부산
한국거래소
드비치골프클럽 주식회사
트립닷컴
아이앱 스튜디오
두산트리븐센텀
팔라티움
Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Busan Metropolitan City
Korean Film Council
BUSAN CINEMA CENTER