Product Details

• Actors: Seung Ho Yoo, Eul-boon Kim, Hyo-hee Dong, Kyung-hyun Min, Eun-kyung Yim
• Directors: Jeong-hyang Lee
• Writers: Jeong-hyang Lee
• Producers: Jae-Cheol Heo, Jae-woo Whang, Seung-beom Kim, Woo-hyun Whang
• Format: Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: May 6, 2003
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00008K76Y
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,992 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Way Home" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh, man! Do NOT miss this wonderful film, January 22, 2005

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Peggy Vincent "author and reader" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way Home (DVD)

While trying to find a self-supporting job, a stressed-out single mom leaves her 7yo son with his grandmother, a crippled, horribly bent-over, backwards living, ancient crone who lives in a dilapidated hut in the middle of a mountainous rural area. Not only that: she's mute. The boy arrives with battery-operated video toys, spoiled, demanding, and scornful of his grandmother, her home, his surroundings. She, in turn, is stoic, uncomplaining, forgiving, bestowing unconditional love on the truly unlikeable kid.
Slowly, as the movie unfolds, the boy learns love and respect.
An amazing film, made more so by the fact that the old woman essentially plays herself. Not only had she never acted in a film before; she'd never even SEEN one.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars quiet, beautiful film, March 10, 2004

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audrey (white mtns) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Way Home (DVD)

A loud, careless seven-year old city boy is left with his ancient country grandmother for several weeks while his mother looks for work in Seoul. This story is the slow developing of a relationship between the two, as the woman takes any abuse the boy gives with quiet patience and the boy gradually comes to respect and even love her.

The shots are quite beautiful, with visuals often communicating as much as the words, and the setting in the countryside of South Korea is lovely.

I thoroughly enjoyed the film as well as learning a bit about the country. DVD extras are non-existent. The film can be heard in Korean with optional English subtitles.

32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another stellar import from Korea!, December 11, 2002

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Hansol Lee - See all my reviews
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Sure, "The Way Home" is an overly sentimental tear-jerker, yet I absolutely loved it! The story, while predictable, really touches you deep in the heart, and it's easy to see how this went on to become one of the biggest box-office hits in Korean movie history. It's a universal story that everyone can relate to, though being a Korean certainly helps. It's also one of the funniest movies I've seen this year -- I'm still cracking up thinking about some of the scenes.