Burning is a movie directed by Chang-dong Lee in 2018 and based on the book Barn Burning by Haruki Murakami, first published in 1983. The movie features Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo, Gang Dong-won, Mun Seong-kun, and others.
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Storyline
An aspiring young novelist, Lee Jong-su performs odd jobs in Paju. Jong-su initially does not remember her, but Shin Hae-mi tells him she had plastic surgery. Jong-su passes by Hae-mi’s apartment, where he receives instructions about feeding the cat. Later, they have sex in Hae-mi’s apartment.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
148
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Burning
Original title: Beoning
Director: Chang-dong Lee
Country: South Korea
Year: 2018
Length: 2h28m
Stars: Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yeun, Jun Jong-seo, Gang Dong-won, Mun Seong-kun
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Year
1983
Pages
13
Book Rate
7.20
S: Goodreads
Book
Barn Burning
Author: Haruki Murakami
Country: Japan
First published in: 1983
Length: 13 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Elephant Vanishes
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“I think of a book and a movie as two separate things. I don't think of it as my novel having a new life.”
LOUIS SACHAR (Writer)
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