Take Care of My Cat Returns to Theaters in 4K

By The Backlot

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Three young women huddle together in a warmly lit, colorfully decorated bedroom in a scene from Take Care of My Cat

Take Care of My Cat opens at Metrograph in New York on July 17 in a 4K restoration. Jeong Jae-eun's 2001 Korean film flopped on release with 35,000 admissions. The Guardian put it at number 19 in their list of modern Korean cinema classics in 2020.

Bae Doona plays Tae-hee, the one trying to hold her group of five friends together after graduation. This is the film that made her. Before Sense8, before Cloud Atlas, before The Host. Five women pull apart under economic pressure in Incheon. A cat passes between them. The film found its audience over 25 years.

If you have gotten into Korean cinema recently, this is where some of it started.

Before you go: The Host. 2006, Bong Joon-ho. Bae Doona is in it. The film that told the world Korean cinema had arrived.

Quick Facts

Take Care of My Cat Returns to Theaters in 4K

DirectorJeong Jae-eun

CastBae Doona, Lee Yo-won, Ok Ji-young, Lee Eun-sil, Lee Eun-ju

GenreDrama

Release2001-10-12

Runtime112 min

Rated6.9/10

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Take Care of My Cat opens at Metrograph July 17 in 4K. Bae Doona before Sense8. A 2001 Korean film that flopped with 35,000 admissions and is now a Guardian-ranked modern classic.

If you have gotten into Korean cinema recently, this is where some of it started.

Before you go: The Host. 2006, Bong Joon-ho. Bae Doona is in it. The film that told the world Korean cinema had arrived.