Kissing Cousin
2015
Competition Feature
CHANG Hyunsang | 2015 | Fiction | Color | DCP | 103min 6sec
SYNOPSIS
“A love deeply engraved in childhood”The first and most powerful love Tae-ik ever felt was his cousin Ari who he first met at a family gathering.
“Twelve years later, my stopped heart’s started to beat again.”Tae-ik serving in the military receives a letter the first in twelve years. A letter from Ari.
DIRECTING INTENTION
What is the most memorable moment of your life?
To this question, many will find answers in their loved ones.
In those memories lie powerful and sublime emotions that stimulate the impulses of our lives.
This film is about such love. A peculiar love.
The protagonist of this film is an enlisted soldier on leave, just prior to discharge.
He reflects on his life and on the world, ahead of beginning a new life in society.
He encounters his limitations in the real world, rediscovers the love that had been engraved within, and anguishes. How should we live, and how should we love? I hope that this film provides an opportunity to ponder such questions together with its protagonist.
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
Premiere
DIRECTOR

CHANG Hyunsang
Oh! My Godness (2007, DV, 15min)
In My Head (2008, HD, 20min)
MANITO (2010, HDV 24min)
NEVERDIE BUTTERFLY (2013, HD, 93min)
STAFF
Director Chang Hyun-sang
Assistand Director Ryu Hye-rin
Producer Park Seong-ho Hong Seung-hui
Staff Jeong Yujin, Yoon Chanoi, Kim Seong-hwa, Bae Hyeon-su, Park Ji-in, Chang Hyun-young
Screenwriter Chang Hyun-sang
Cinematography Chang Hyun-sang
Editor Jung Ji-yoon
Lighting Matthew Dusan Paik Matthew Dusan Paik
Art Director Im Se-yeon
Make up Kim Seung-jin
Sound Supervisor Seo Young-june (KOFIC)
D.I. Lee Jung-min (CJ PowerCast)
Music Wang Gyeong-jin, Kim Na-rae
C.G. Seo Sang-hwa (XNERGY)
Cast Jang In-seop, Bae So-eun, Moon Tae-geon, O Yu-jin, Cho Soo-hyang, Lee Hyeong-gu, Koo Ji-hye, Park Yeong-hun, Kim Ja-yeong, Lim Hyeong-tae, Lim Ji-su, Li Won-ik, Song Yu-dam, Chang Jin-hoon, Kim Min-sook, Joo Yerin, Park Se-jun, Nam Tae-bu, Lee Gwang-jin, Choi Dae-seong, Kim Hanna, Lee Yumi