Product Details

• Actors: Do-yeon Jeon, Jae-in Kim, Byung-hun Lee, Mi-yeon Lee, Hye-rin Seo
• Directors: Young-jae Lee
• Writers: Young-jae Lee
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Chinese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Tai Seng
• DVD Release Date: February 28, 2006
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000DN5VGC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,991 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Harmonium in My Memory" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Tai Seng Entertainment Release Date: 02/28/2006 Run time: 118 minutes

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Important Lessons In Life Learned In And Out Of The Classroom, May 28, 2006

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Brian E. Erland "BEE" (Brea, CA - USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Harmonium in My Memory (DVD)

Note: Korean with English subtitles.

'The Harmonium In My Memory' is a touching, bittersweet tale of first love, exploring both the exhilarating emotional purity of initial attraction and the devastating sadness and sense of loss when things don't turn out as planned. The cinematography is amazing, showcasing some of the most vividly enchanting landscapes you'll ever see and the storyline and cast will win your heart and stay in your memory long after the closing credits.

Set in Korea circa 1963 Kang (Lee Byeong-heon) arrives in a rural village ready to begin his first teaching position. When a young local girl Yun (Jeon Do-yeon) sees Kang walking down the road her attraction to him is immediate. She shyly provides directions with a girlish giggle and the pointing of a finger. And so the flirtation begins.

Lee Byeong-heon and Jeon Do-yeon are two of the most likeable characters you'll ever watch in a film and they're just amazing together. They are so expressive you can almost feel their joy and pain as each pursues love interests that simply weren't meant to be.

This film has a little bit of everything, running the full gamit of human emotions. Just be sure to have a box of kleenex nearby, when you stop laughing you're sure to shed a tear or two. If you loved 'The Road Home' you're sure to love this too!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended., December 29, 2006

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Andreas Gregoriades (Cyprus) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Harmonium in My Memory (DVD)

For those who enjoyed "Road Home" here comes another wonderful version of an emotional film involving teachers.
In this case the story is developing around the first love of an innocent village girl and the newly arrived teacher.
In this mixture of sad and happy moments we can enjoy the innocence and purity of a young girl who discovers love for the first time, the effort of a teacher to remain impartial and fair as a teacher towards a girl that he started liking too.
The involvement in the story of other teachers and people around their daily life, adds interest and emotion.
Soon the viewer is part of the story.
The photography is magnificent and the music typical of the 60s.
This wonderful selection of music is also a centerpiece in the development of the story.
A very well balanced film, running smoothly and keeping the viewer interested, full of emotion, throughout the entire duration.
Highly recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little film, February 27, 2009

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Daddie "Daddie" (WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Harmonium in My Memory (DVD)

This is a great little film that you can likely find at your public library. I greatly enjoyed the sights of Korea in the 60's recreated for this film and seeing how students behaved. It would be interesting to see such things in the US, but I doubt Americans would understand the cultural value system, or find the children willing to take such schooling if you look beyond the love story at the daily life shown. Something to remember when watching, the main character is older than her classmates because her education has been delayed to take care of her family, and it is looking back some 40+ years into the Korean countryside. Modern Western idealist will find this a confusing contrast if you missed learning about the gray areas of life and the world. A good film if you want a debate about modern cultural views and education in a class.