Underplayed Gems

Wonderful Days (2003)

Wonderful Days poster
Original title
원더풀 데이즈
Directed by
Kim Moon-saeng
Genre
action film, science fiction film, post-apocalyptic film, speculative fiction, Action, Drama
Country
South Korea, United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 182 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a post-apocalyptic future, a polluted world is divided between a wealthy utopia and a desolate wasteland. A young man from the wasteland seeks to reunite with his childhood friend, who now lives in the protected city, as conflict brews between the two societies.

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What happens

Wonderful Days (released in the US and UK as Sky Blue) is a South Korean adult animated science fiction film released in 2003, written and directed by Kim Moon-saeng. It features backdrops rendered using photo-realistic computer-generated imagery (CGI), comparable to those in the film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, along with the use of highly detailed models for some of the backdrops into which the cel animated characters were then animated. However, convincing CGI animation of humans (especially human movement) was not attempted. The backgrounds in the film were shot with traditional motion control techniques, then processed to look like computer graphics. The vehicles were all rendered, and the characters were cel animated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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