Traces of Love

Traces of Love is a 2006 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Kim Dae-seung, and starring Yoo Ji-tae, Kim Ji-soo, and Uhm Ji-won. The film is based on the 1995 Sampoong [Department Store collapse].

Plot

Law student Choi Hyun-woo and television director Seo Min-joo are a young couple in love, and engaged to be married. Tragedy strikes, however, and Min-joo is killed in the Sampoong Department Store collapse. Several years later, Hyun-woo is given a journal that was written by his former fiancée, which details the journey they would have taken on their honeymoon. Hyun-woo sets out to visit the various places described in the journal, but on his travels he meets another woman, Yoon Se-jin, who turns out to be a survivor of the collapse. Se-jin was a coffee stand server, and was serving Min-joo when the building collapsed.

Cast

Yoo Ji-tae as Choi Hyun-woo
Kim Ji-soo as Seo Min-joo
Uhm Ji-won as Yoon Se-jin
Choi Jong-won as Min-joo's father
Park Seung-tae as Min-joo's mother
Park Chul-min as Detective Park
Jung In-gi as prosecutor
Kim Ki-cheon as real estate man
Im Jong-yoon as chief prosecutor

Awards and nominations

Nomination – Best Supporting Actress – Uhm Ji-won
Nomination – Best Art Direction – Ha Sang-ho

2007 Chunsa [Film Art Awards]

Best Supporting Actress – Uhm Ji-won
Best Screenplay – Jang Min-seok

2007 Grand Bell Awards

Nomination – Best Lighting – Choi Seok-jae

Remake

Beijing Hairun Pictures is set to make a Chinese remake in 2016, co-produced with Korean company Dhuta Co. Ltd. Victoria Hon, deputy president of Hairun Pictures said, "Traces of Love has an enormous potential to be loved by the Chinese audience. Chinese people love the kind of films that heal the spiritual wound and give the courage to fall in love one more time. Traces of Love does this job in a very special way, which is why we have decided to remake this work."