— Overview
The notes follow an independent Korean documentary about a long marriage in Hoengseong, and they keep the 2014 opening figures and a later attendance claim in the window in which they were written.
— Contents and key concepts
A meeting at the independent directors’ association, and a house in Hoengseong
The notes read an independent Korean documentary, My Love, Don’t Cross That River, through the people who made it and the couple on screen. Director Jin Mo-young and producer Han Gyeong-su, they write, first met at the Association of Korean Independent Film Directors. The husband is Jo Byeong-man, ninety-eight in the notes; the wife is Kang Gye-yeol, eighty-nine. They live in Hoengseong, in Gangwon. Seventy-six years together, twelve children born, six already gone: those counts stay as the notes give them.
Two and a half years, a death during filming, and the first weeks of 2014
The budget, they write, was 150 million won, and the shoot lasted two and a half years. The grandfather died while filming was still under way. On the opening day about 10,000 people came; nearly 70,000 came over the first four-day weekend; and within seven days the total had reached 100,000. The same notes later say attendance approached five million, passing the roughly 2.93 million they give for Old Partner. Those figures remain in the 2014 window in which the notes set them, and are not treated here as a confirmed later count.
In 2014, they add, people worn down by a major accident and by a lack of public communication found comfort in the film. They do not name that accident more closely, and the wording is left as they wrote it.
A grave in a snowstorm, fallen leaves, and undershirts for the children already gone
The opening scene, as they describe it, is a widow crying out at a grave that has not yet taken root, in a snowstorm. They also keep a playful moment in fallen leaves, a couple dressed in matching hanbok, and the undershirts bought for the six children who had died first. The film, in their reading, is less a speech about marriage than a record of a long life still being lived in one place.
The same Korean report, at fuller length, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of My Love, Don’t Cross That River, with Jin Mo-young, a Hoengseong couple, a budget of 150 million won, two and a half years of filming, and the 2014 attendance figures left as the notes record them.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
Whom do the notes name, and where is the film set?
They name director Jin Mo-young and producer Han Gyeong-su, who they say first met at the Association of Korean Independent Film Directors. The couple are Jo Byeong-man, ninety-eight in the notes, and Kang Gye-yeol, eighty-nine, living in Hoengseong, Gangwon. They had been together seventy-six years, the notes write, had twelve children, and had already lost six.
What do they record about the making of the film, and about the first weeks of release?
The budget, they write, was 150 million won, and filming lasted two and a half years; the grandfather died while the cameras were still at work. On the opening day, they record, about 10,000 people came; nearly 70,000 came over the first four-day weekend; and within seven days the total had reached 100,000. A later claim in the same notes puts attendance at nearly five million, past the roughly 2.93 million they give for Old Partner. Those figures stay as the notes date them, in a 2014 window, and are not recast here as a confirmed later total.
Which scenes do they linger on, and how do they place the film in 2014?
The opening, they write, shows a widow wailing at a grave that has not yet taken root, in a snowstorm. They also keep a game in fallen leaves, a couple in matching hanbok, and undershirts bought for the six children who had gone first. In 2014, they add, people worn down by a major accident and by a lack of public communication found comfort in the film. They do not name that accident more closely, and they add no further name.
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