The Bike Boy
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Overview
Setting foot in the boundary of adolescence, a blunt and naive boy feels a crush on a girl. She feels the same way, but she pretends not to. The boy thinks riding a nice bike would impress her. When he shows up with his bike, she also prepares something for him.
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Review
Yoo Jitae is best known as an actor, but he has also directed quite a few films. With four short films, including his latest, Talk To Her, and one feature film to his credit, calling him “Director Yoo” sounds very natural. The Bike Boy is the first short film that introduced Yoo Jitae to the world as a director. Set in the Hwaseong Branch of Imgye Elementary School in Jeongseon, Gangwon Province (now closed), the film stars a cast of real pupils, which shows his adventurous spirit. The film is a non-playful, earnest portrayal of an innocent love story of elementary school pupils, and the last scene, showing a misunderstanding between a boy and a girl, offers a fresh shock. Director Yoo Jitae, who had been considering directing since his film acting debut, Bye June (1998), has shown serious and skillful directing, which earned him an Audience Award at the Busan Asian Short Film Festival. (MOON Seok)
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Credit
- DirectorYOO Jitae
- ProducerCHOI Yoon-hee
- ScreenplayYOO Jitae
- CinematographyKIM Jun-gyum
- GafferKIM Jun-gyum
- Production DesignLEE Yo-han
- MusicCHO Sung-woo
- EditorYOO Jitae, MOON In-dae
- SoundSUNG Ji-young, HONG Ye-young
- CastKIM Min-su, PARK Ki-ran
Film Source
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Director
YOO Jitae
From his debut film Bye June (1998), Yoo has appeared in various genres of films, such as One Fine Spring Day (2001), Old Boy (2003), Hwang Jin Yi (2007), The Swindlers (2017), Svaha: The Sixth Finger (2018), and Money (2018). He has recently appeared in the Disney+ series Vigilante (2023) and the Netflix series Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area (2022). He is currently a professor at Konkuk University, College of Art and Design, Department of Moving Images.
