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The Old Garden
The Old Garden
	Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul	오래된 정원
Hanja	오래된 庭園
Revised Romanization	Oraedoen jeongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Oraedoen chŏngwŏn
Directed by	Im Sang-soo
Written by	Im Sang-soo
Based on	The Old Garden; by Hwang Sok-yong
Produced by	Park Jong ; Kim Jeong-ho
Starring	Ji Jin-hee ; Yum Jung-ah ; Youn Yuh-jung
Cinematography	Kim Woo-hyung
Edited by	Lee Eun-soo
Music by	Kim Hong-jib
Production; company	MBC C&I
Distributed by	Lotte Entertainment
Release dates	September 24, 2006 (San Sebastián Film Festival); January 4, 2007 (South Korea);
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$3,500,000
Box office	US$1,577,570

The Old Garden (Korean: 오래된 정원) is a 2006 South Korean film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by the author Hwang Sok-yong. It was written and directed by Im Sang-soo and starred Ji Jin-hee, Yum Jung-ah, and Youn Yuh-jung.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The plot of the film involves a couple during the turbulent political landscape in early 1980s South Korea, and the events surrounding the Gwangju Massacre.

Plot

Hyun-woo (Ji Jin-hee) is released from prison after spending 17 years behind bars. During his college days he was involved in the student-led anti-government protests that swept across Korea in the early 1980s. Now that he is finally free, Hyun-woo travels back to the town where he spent a few precious months immediately prior to his arrest.

Seventeen years ago, Hyun-woo fled into the rural area of Korea, hiding from the government that was trying to quash his anti-government group. He found sanctuary in the home of Han Yun-hee (Yum Jung-ah). She was a former sympathizer to the anti-government cause, but now living a modest life as a teacher in a small rural community. The couple quickly became intimate, Hyun-woo able to provide the spark that was missing from Yun-hee's simple life.

Unfortunately, while Hyun-woo was still hiding in Yun-hee's home, he learned that most of his fellow anti-government protesters were captured and imprisoned. Even though the government now has Hyun-woo high on their wanted list, he feels ashamed that he is living peacefully, while his friends are imprisoned. Thus, he makes the difficult decision to leave Yun-hee and go back to the movement centered in Seoul. What he would later learn is that he left behind the sole person that would stay faithful to him throughout his 17-year imprisonment and also the woman that was carrying his baby.