Little Forest (2018)
리틀 포레스트
A young woman leaves the city to return to her hometown in the countryside. Seeking to escape the hustle and bustle of the city, she becomes self-sufficient in a bid to reconnect with nature.
- Date of release
- 2018-02-28
- TMDB
- 7.6 / 10 (190)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Yim Soon-rye
Casting
- Kim Tae-ri — Hye-won
- Moon So-ri — Hye-won's Mother
- Ryu Jun-yeol — Jae-ha
- Jin Ki-joo — Eun-sook
- Jeon Guk-hyang — Bok-sun
- Park Won-sang — Postman
- Jung Jun-won — Hoon
- Jang Jae-hee — Young Hye-won
- Kang Hye-eun — Hye-won's Friend
- Kang Min-ji — Hye-won's Friend
- Cha Soo-jin — Jae-ha's Ex-girlfriend
- Hong Sung-duk — Convenience Store Customer
Interesting facts
- Box office: $7.5M
- Budget: $1.4M
- Earned 5.4× its budget
- Based on: Little Forest
- Filmed in: North Gyeongsang and South Gyeongsang
Little Forest is a 2018 South Korean drama film directed by Yim Soon-rye, based on the manga series Little Forest by Daisuke Igarashi. It stars Kim Tae-ri as Hye-won, a young woman who, after failing to pass the national qualification exam to become a teacher, abandons her part-time job in Seoul and returns to the rural village where she grew up.
Production
Principal photography began on January 21, 2017. It took place in a small village in South Gyeongsang Province. Filming wrapped up on October 26, 2017.
The film was produced at a cost of US$1.4 million.
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