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Harmony

2010 · 115 min

A tender, tear-soaked story of unlikely friendship and song that finds warmth and hope inside a bleak place.

Directed by: Kang Dae-gyu
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Yunjin Kim, Na Moon-hee, Kang Ye-won

Tagline: The loudest Harmony from the most humble place.
Overview: Jeong-hye gives a birth to a baby boy in the prison. Her and other inmates create a women's choir to compete in the national choir contest, to meet and greet their families and loving ones.

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Directed by: Kang Dae-gyu
Genres: Drama, Music
Starring: Yunjin Kim, Na Moon-hee, Kang Ye-won

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
friendship
parenthood
redemption
healing
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, music
Directed by: Kang Dae-gyu
Written by: JK Youn, Lee Seung-yeon
Starring: Yunjin Kim, Na Moon-hee, Kang Ye-won, Lee Da-hee, Jang Young-nam, Park Jun-myun, Jung Soo-young, Ji Sung-won
Music: Shin I-kyung
Cinematography: Kim Young-ho
Runtime: 115 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Korean

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