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When I Turned Nine

2004 · 105 min · Director: Yoon In-ho

When I Turned Nine (2004) is a family film, directed by Yoon In-ho. It stars Lee Se-young and Jung Ae-yeun. The 105-minute film holds an audience score of 7.4/10.

What When I Turned Nine Is About

In the South Korea of the seventies, in a small town among the mountains, nine year old Yeo-min is carrying more than his age should ask of him: protecting his friends from the local bully, sharing his lunch with Ki-jong, who lives alone with his sister, and selling ice cream after school to save up for a pair of sunglasses for his mother, who injured her eye at the factory. At the same time he is trying to work out his own feelings about a girl newly arrived in his class. The film gives childhood as neither a fairy tale nor a story of suffering; both sit inside the same day. Yoon In-ho’s hundred and five minute Korean film was completed in 2004.

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What is When I Turned Nine about?

In the South Korea of the seventies, in a small town among the mountains, nine year old Yeo-min is carrying more than his age should ask of him: protecting his friends from the local bully, sharing his lunch with Ki-jong, who lives alone with his sister, and selling ice cream after school to save up for a pair of sunglasses for his mother, who injured her eye at the factory. At the same time he is trying to work out his own feelings about a girl newly arrived in his class.

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How long is When I Turned Nine?

When I Turned Nine runs for 105 minutes (1h 45m).

When did When I Turned Nine come out?

When I Turned Nine was released in 2004.

Who directed When I Turned Nine?

When I Turned Nine was directed by Yoon In-ho.

Who stars in When I Turned Nine?

When I Turned Nine stars Lee Se-young, Jung Ae-yeun, Jung Sun-kyung, Go Seo-hee.

What is When I Turned Nine's rating?

When I Turned Nine holds 7.4/10 on IMDb and 7.4/10 on TMDB. Its Pulse Score is 67 out of 100.

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