Ajyal Film Festival 2024

All Films

Smile Bus (Smile Bus)

Special Screening

Sang-joon Park / Short Narrative / Japan / 2011 / 23 min / Colour / HDCAM
In Japanese, Korean / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Drama
Qatar Premiere

Synopsis

One day a young Korean girl, Yuna, decides to pack up and leave. She heads for Japan where she works as a tour guide for visiting Koreans. Hot on her trail is her ex-boyfriend Sang-ho who follows her to Japan in order to win her back. "Smile Bus" is a contemporary re-working of the classic Kamakura and Enoshima love story.

About the Directors

Sang-joon was born in 1967 in Korea. He graduated from Yonsei University, Dept of Philosophy. “A School Rep.,” his first short film has screend and won awards in South Korea, Singapore and Italy.

Credits

Director
Sang-joon Park
Screenwriter
Sang-joon Park
Producer
Hiroki Taniguchi, Ryo Murata
Editor
Dong-Hoon Lee, Akiko Mitsugi
Executive Producer
Hiroyuki Saeki
Music
Eun-Jeong Kim
Cinematographer
Hui-Suk Nah
Cast
Gun-hyung Park, Hyun-kyung Ryu, Yohji Tanaka

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