Nabi (film)

Nabi
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Hangul	나비
Revised Romanization	Nabi
McCune–Reischauer	Nabi
Directed by	Moon Seung-wook
Written by	Moon Seung-wook Jeong Hye-ryeon
Produced by	Park Ji-young Jung Rae-young
Starring	Kim Ho-jung Kang Hye-jung Jang Hyun-sung
Cinematography	Kwon Hyuk-jun
Edited by	Kim Deok-yeong Lee Jang-uk
Music by	Jeong Hoon-young
Production company	D-Production
Distributed by	Buena Vista International Korea
Release date	13 October 2001 (2001-10-13)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$380,000[1]

Nabi (나비, literally "Butterfly") is a 2001 South Korean science fiction film. Directed by Moon Seung-wook, Nabi was shot on digital video and transferred onto 35mm film, filmed on a low budget of $380,000. It marked the feature film debut of Kang Hye-jung, who won Best Actress at the 5th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival for her role as Yuki. Nabi also starred Kim Ho-jung, who won the Bronze Leopard for Best Actress at the 54th Locarno International Film Festival.

The film is a science fiction tale set in a near future Korea, where an "oblivion virus" which causes memory loss has become the centre of a tourist industry aimed at those who wish to forget the past. Anna Kim, a German woman of Korean descent, seeks the virus in order to erase painful memories and, along the way, develops a close bond with her driver and her teenage guide.