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Time

"Love against the passage of TIME."

2006

1h 37m

6.9(260 votes)

Romance

Drama

Mystery

Overview

Consumed by jealousy, a woman takes an extreme step and undergoes surgery for a new face. Although her lover of 2 years misses her, he falls in love with the new face, not knowing it's the same woman.

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Social & External

Production Companies

Happinet Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Sung Hyun-ah

Sung Hyun-ah

Seh-hee (after surgery)

Ha Jung-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Ji-woo

Park Ji-yeon

Park Ji-yeon

Seh-hee (before surgery)

Kim Sung-min

Kim Sung-min

Plastic Surgeon

Kiki Sugino

Kiki Sugino

Seo Yeong-hwa

Seo Ji-seok

Seo Ji-seok

Guy 1

Kong Jeong-hwan

Kong Jeong-hwan

Guy 2

Jung Gyu-woon

Jung Gyu-woon

Guy 3

Kang Shin-chul

Kang Shin-chul

Guy 4

Jeon Se-hyun

Jeon Se-hyun

Misunderstanding Man's Girlfriend

Creative team

Directed by: Kim Ki-duk
Written by: Kim Ki-duk
Produced by: Kim Ki-duk
Kang Yeong-gu

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