Beyond the Years

Beyond the Years
Beyond the Years
	Poster
Korean name
Hangul	천년학
Hanja	千年鶴
Revised Romanization	Cheon-nyeon-hak
McCune–Reischauer	Ch‘ŏn-nyŏn-hak
Directed by	Im Kwon-taek
Written by	Kim Mi-yeong
Based on	"The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong"; by Lee Cheong-jun
Produced by	Lee Hee-won; Kim Jong-won
Starring	Cho Jae-hyun; Oh Jung-hae; Oh Seung-eun
Cinematography	Jeong Il-seong
Edited by	Park Soon-deok
Music by	Kunihiko Ryo
Production; company	Kino2
Distributed by	Prime Entertainment
Release date	April 12, 2007;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$902,591

Beyond the Years (Korean: 천년학; RR: Cheon-nyeon-hak) is a 2007 South Korean drama film. Celebrating director Im Kwon-taek's 100th film, it is based on the short fiction "The Wanderer of Seonhak-dong" by Lee Cheong-jun, and was presented at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2] Despite being an informal sequel to Im's phenomenally successful Sopyonje (1993), Beyond the Years was not popular with Korean audiences.^[3]

Synopsis

Dong-ho and Song-hwa are separately adopted by Yu-bong (Im Jin-taek), a nomadic singer, and grow up as siblings. Dong-ho falls in love with Song-hwa, but he suffers from the fact that he has to call her sister and constantly fight with Yu-bong's obsession to make her a great singer. Eventually, Dong-ho leaves home. However, with his unchanging affection for Song-hwa, he keeps following traces of his love while refining his drumming skills in order to match well with her singing. This is the heart-touching love story of Song-hwa, who devotes her life and love to her talent for Pansori (a traditional Korean form of narrative song), and Dong-ho, who has devoted his life to loving her.