Duresori: The Voice of East

"Dream your song! Sing your dream!"

Apr 15 2012 N/A 1h 50m
Drama, Music

Seul-Gi and Ah-Reum are 3rd year students at the National High School of the Traditional Arts. They are also best friends. Seul-Gi majors in pansori (Korean traditional music) and Ah-Reum majors in Gyeonggi Folk Music. During their summer break, the girls struggle with pressures and anxiety. They then take a special summer school class due to a lack of attendance. Meanwhile, the Education Burea informs their school that they will take part in a chorus contest. The school selects Teacher Ham, a composer, to make up the school's chorus team. The pool consists of students from the special summer school class. A conflict also ensues between Ms. Ham, who majored in western music, and the students, who are majors in traditional Korean music. Can the students compete in the chorus performance?

Plot

Traditional Korean music students in their last year of high school are faced with the difficulty of getting to college. For some family expectations and pressure is immense whilst the daily grind of school life has left them without any time for dreams. Forced to take extra classes to make up attendance the students are confronted with a new prospect: to sing as a choir and save their school's reputation! Their years of training in traditional music is put to the test, as are their friendships. Dure-sori Story is based on the lives of real students showcasing their outstanding skills in traditional Korean music and featuring an original soundtrack exclusively scored for the film.

Written by

Jongmin Baek, Baek Jong-Min, Cho Jung-Rae

Directed by

Jeongre Jo, Cho Jung-Rae

Cast

Jo Ah-Reum, Eunhye Choi, Eunyeong Choi

Crew

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Production Countries

South Korea

Production Companies

JO Entertainment, Myung Films

Languages

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
32
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA