Five Senses of Eros | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | 오감도 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Ogamdo |
McCune–Reischauer | Ogamdo |
Directed by | Daniel H. Byun Hur Jin-ho Yoo Young-sik Min Kyu-dong Oh Ki-hwan |
Written by | Daniel H. Byun Lee Jeong-hwa Kim Gyeong-mi Yoo Young-sik Min Kyu-dong Oh Ki-hwan |
Produced by | Choi Soon-sik Kim Won-guk Min Jin-su |
Starring | Jang Hyuk Cha Hyun-jung Kim Kang-woo Cha Soo-yeon Kim Su-ro Bae Jong-ok Kim Min-sun Uhm Jung-hwa Kim Hyo-jin Kim Dong-wook Lee Si-young Jung Eui-chul Shin Se-kyung Song Joong-ki Lee Sung-min |
Cinematography | Kim Mu-yu Yun Ji-woon Go Nak-seon Kim Byeong-seo Kim Jun-young Kim Yeong-heung |
Edited by | Hahm Sung-won Choi Jae-geun Seong Su-a |
Music by | Choi Man-sik Choi Yong-rak Kim Jun-seong |
Distributed by | Daisy & Cinergy Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 130 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$2.4 million[1] |
Five Senses of Eros (Korean: 오감도; RR: Ogamdo) is a 2009 South Korean omnibus film with five short films depicting love and desire, but in different styles and genres. The shorts are: His Concern, directed by Daniel H. Byun; I'm Right Here (Korean: 나, 여기 있어요; RR: Na, Yeogi Isseoyo), directed by Hur Jin-ho; The 33rd Man (Korean: 33번째 남자; RR: 33beonjjae Namja), directed by Yoo Young-sik; In My End Is My Beginning (Korean: 끝과 시작; RR: Ggeutgwa Sijak), directed by Min Kyu-dong; and Believe in the Moment (Korean: 순간을 믿어요; RR: Sunganeul Mideoyo), directed by Oh Ki-hwan.[2][3][4]
The five directors are all graduates of the Korean Academy of Film Arts.[5] The film received 438,501 admissions nationwide.[6]
A man is attracted by the woman sitting across from him on a train ride to Busan. He gets off the train after her, even though it's not his stop. He gets her phone number. A few days later the man plans to meet the woman for the second time.
Hye-rim waits for her husband, while hiding, to give him a surprise. Hyeon-woo always worries about his wife being left alone at home. But Hye-rim worries more about Hyeon-woo because he will be left alone soon.
On the set of a movie, newbie actress Mi-jin and senior actress Hwa-ran are having difficulties because of their stubborn and demanding director. The charismatic Hwa-ran transforms Mi-jin into a sexy vixen to seduce Director Bong.
Jung-ha's husband Jae-in has just died in a car accident. She then discovers that he was having an affair with her old high school friend Na-ru. Na-ru comes to Jung-ha and asks to live with her, promising to atone through unconditional devotion.
Three couples are all high school students and close friends. None of the couples are certain about their relationships, so they decide to exchange partners for 24 hours.
Main article: In My End Is My Beginning |
Min Kyu-dong later expanded his short, and a feature-length director's cut of In My End Is My Beginning was screened at the 2009 Busan International Film Festival,[8] then received a theatrical release in 2013.[9]