Night Fishing (film)

Night Fishing
Film poster
Hangul
파란만장
Hanja
波瀾萬丈
Revised RomanizationParanmanjang
McCune–ReischauerP'aranmanjang
Directed byPark Chan-wook
Park Chan-kyong
Written byPark Chan-wook
Park Chan-kyong
Produced byPark Chan-wook
Park Chan-kyong
StarringLee Jung-hyun
Oh Kwang-rok
Edited byPark Chan-wook
Park Chan-kyong
Music byJang Young-kyoo
Production
company
Moho Films
Distributed byKT olleh
Release date
  • January 27, 2011 (2011-01-27)
Running time
33 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Night Fishing (Korean파란만장; lit. "Ups and Downs." or "A Checkered Past") is a 2011 South Korean fantasy-horror short film directed, produced, written by PARKing CHANce, brand name of the brothers, Park Chan-wook and Park Chan-kyong.[1][2] The lead role is played by K-pop star Lee Jung-hyun.

It was shot entirely on iPhone 4, and it was financially supported by KT, South Korea's exclusive distributor of the iPhone at the time. KT supplied the duo with 150 million Korean Won (US$133,447). It was screened to over 100 reporters on January 11, 2011, and opened for public release on January 27.

The film won the Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ "Oldboy director Park Chan-wook shoots new film on iPhone". The Guardian. Associated Press. 10 January 2011.
  2. ^ Jaeyeon Woo (January 10, 2011). "A Novel Way of Using iPhone 4: Filmmaking". Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ "The Awards / Die Preise" (PDF). Berlinale.de. Berlin International Film Festival. 2011-02-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 2011-02-20.