Bleak Night


title: "Bleak Night" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2010-films", "2010s-high-school-films", "south-korean-independent-films", "south-korean-coming-of-age-drama-films", "2010s-teen-drama-films", "south-korean-high-school-films", "films-about-school-violence", "films-about-bullying", "films-about-suicide", "2010s-korean-language-films", "2010s-coming-of-age-drama-films", "2010-directorial-debut-films", "2010-drama-films", "2010-south-korean-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_Night" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameBleak Night
imageBleakNight2010Poster.jpg
captionSouth Korean poster
native_name
directorYoon Sung-hyun
producerYoon Sung-hyun
Kim Seung-june
Park Ki-yong
Jang Hyun-soo
writerYoon Sung-hyun
starringLee Je-hoon
Seo Jun-young
Park Jeong-min
Jo Sung-ha
musicPark Min-joon
cinematographyByeon Bong-seon
editingYoon Sung-hyun
studioKAFA Films
distributorFilament Pictures
CJ Entertainment
released
runtime116 minutes
countrySouth Korea
languageKorean
gross
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| name = Bleak Night | image = BleakNight2010Poster.jpg | caption = South Korean poster | native_name = | director = Yoon Sung-hyun | producer = Yoon Sung-hyun Kim Seung-june Park Ki-yong Jang Hyun-soo | writer = Yoon Sung-hyun | starring = Lee Je-hoon Seo Jun-young Park Jeong-min Jo Sung-ha | music = Park Min-joon | cinematography = Byeon Bong-seon | editing = Yoon Sung-hyun | studio = KAFA Films | distributor = Filament Pictures CJ Entertainment | released = | runtime = 116 minutes | country = South Korea | language = Korean | budget = | gross = Bleak Night () is a 2010 South Korean coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Yoon Sung-hyun. The film is about a father's search for answers following his son's death, and the shifting dynamics at play among three high-school friends. A Korean Academy of Film Arts graduation project by Yoon Sung-hyun, it received rave reviews and won several Best New Actor awards for Lee Je-hoon, as well as Best New Director for Yoon at the Grand Bell Awards and Busan Film Critics Awards.

Plot

Still mystified by his son's death, the father (Jo Sung-ha) of high school student Ki-tae (Lee Je-hoon) tries to track down his two best friends, classmates Hee-joon (Park Jeong-min) and Dong-yoon (Seo Jun-young), to try to find an explanation. Through Ki-tae's classmate Jae-ho, the father meets Hee-joon, who says he cannot help as he moved schools "weeks before what happened to Ki-tae." Afterwards, Hee-joon berates Jae-ho for giving his phone number to Ki-tae's father but Jae-ho tells him that Ki-tae "went crazy" after he moved away. Hee-joon manages to trace Dong-yoon and urges him to contact Ki-tae's father and provide some answers. In parallel, flashbacks to the time gradually reveal what really happened, starting with Ki-tae's needling and bullying of Hee-joon and the latter's response.

Cast

Awards and nominations

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YearAwardCategoryRecipientsResultRef.15th Busan International Film Festival20th Buil Film Awards35th Hong Kong International Film Festival40th International Film Festival Rotterdam48th Grand Bell Awards32nd Blue Dragon Film Awards12th Busan Film Critics Awards5th Asia Pacific Screen Awards21st Black Movie FestivalCine 21 Awards19th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards3rd KOFRA Film Awards
2010New Currents AwardBleak Night
2011Best New ActorPark Jeong-min
Seo Jun-young
Best New DirectorYoon Sung-hyun
Best Screenplay
FIPRESCI PrizeBleak Night
SIGNIS Award
Tiger Award
Best New DirectorYoon Sung-hyun
Best New ActorLee Je-hoon
Seo Jun-young
Best New DirectorYoon Sung-hyun
Best Screenplay
Young Adults Jury Awards
Best New Director
Best New ActorLee Je-hoon
2012
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References

References

  1. [https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2011W24&id=_fBLEAKNIGHT01 "Bleak Night (2011)"]. ''[[Box Office Mojo]]''. Retrieved 2014-01-16.
  2. Beck, Una. (3 March 2011). "PREVIEW: Film ''Bleak Night''". 10Asia.
  3. Lee, Claire. (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards". [[The Korea Herald]].
  4. Kim, Jessica. (2 December 2011). "''Late Autumn"''to take best pic for Busan critics award". 10Asia.
  5. Elley, Derek. (11 January 2011). "Bleak Night". [[Film Business Asia]].
  6. Cho, Jae-eun. (25 March 2011). "No easy answers in complex portrait of teen angst". [[Korea JoongAng Daily]].
  7. Young, Neil. (15 February 2011). "Bleak Night: Film Review". [[The Hollywood Reporter]].
  8. Bourne, Christopher. (31 August 2010). "The best films of the 2010 Pusan International Film Festival". Meniscus Magazine.
  9. "Winners of the 35th HKIFF competitions". [[Hong Kong International Film Festival]].
  10. (18 October 2011). "Kim Ha-neul, Park Hae-il get top honors at Daejong Film Awards".
  11. (27 November 2011). "'The Unjust' best picture at Blue Dragon Awards".
  12. (3 January 2012). "Cine 21 Awards 2011".
  13. (1 February 2012). "Film Industry Reporters Pick ''Crucible'' As 2011′s Best Film". [[Soompi]].

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