Synopsis

In December of 2006, Shin Jung-hyun, the godfather of Korean rock music, suddenly announces his retirement and holds his final concert. Shin taught himself guitar in the early 50’s and debuted on stage at a US Army club in 1955. Since then, he has been a living legend with numerous hit songs like ‘A Woman in Rain’, ‘A Cup of Coffee’, ‘Before It Is Too Late’, ‘Sergeant Kim from Vietnam’, ‘A Petal’, ‘Beautiful Woman’ and ‘Wonderful Country.’ Director Kang Yun-sung, who previously worked on music videos and a feature film < Please Teach Me English>, interweaves interviews of Shin’s 3 sons, who are also musicians, of other musicians, and of Shin himself in order to explore the musical world of this great artist. We can hear Shin’s vivid testimony on how he began his career, his marihuana scandal, his rough relations with Korea’s past military governments, as well as his critique on the current Korean music scene where genuine musicians find it hard to survive. The film also features Shin’s most famous songs played in various live performances ? an extra pleasure for his fans.

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강윤성

1971년 서울 출생. 샌프란시스코 Academy of Art College에서 컴퓨터 애니메이션을, 샌프란시스코 Academy of Art University에서 영화연출을 전공했다. <찰리브라운>(1996), <네가티브 이미지>(1998) 등의 단편영화와 김건모, JTL, J Walk의 뮤직비디오, 다수의 방송물을 제작했다. <유아독존>, <영어완전정복>, <마음이> 등의 영화에 참여하면서 꾸준히 장편 시나리오를 준비해오던 중에 <신중현의 라스트 콘서트>를 연출하게 되었다.