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The Last Supper (최후의 만찬) (2002 film)

The Last Supper (최후의 만찬, also released internationally as Come Tomorrow) is a South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Son Young-kuk (손영국) about three desperate people, a gangster, a disgraced doctor, and a debt-ridden shopaholic, who meet by chance and lean on each other as each faces a personal crisis1 • 2. It was the debut feature of its director and starred Kim Bo-sung, Lee Jong-won, and Cho Yoon-hee3.

Key factDetail
Original title최후의 만찬 (Choihui Manchan, "The Last Supper"); international title Come Tomorrow1 • 4
DirectorSon Young-kuk (손영국); the film was his debut feature3
Main castKim Bo-sung as Se-ju, Lee Jong-won as Gon-bong, Cho Yoon-hee as Jae-rim1
Genre and lengthComedy and drama, 99 minutes, color1
ProductionSunflower Film (㈜해바라기필름), production year 2003, total budget 3.3 billion won1 • 3
ReleasePress screening October 22, 2003 at the Seoul Theater; nationwide release in November 2003 through Aura Entertainment3
RatingRated 15 and over (15세 이상 관람가)1

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Plot and characters

The film follows three people at dead ends in their lives. Gon-bong (Lee Jong-won) is a gangster who, in the confusion of a brawl between rival organizations, stabs the boss of the opposing group and must keep fleeing to escape retaliation2. Se-ju (Kim Bo-sung) is a former doctor who lost his wife and their unborn child, was imprisoned on charges of medical malpractice, and is released from prison carrying the weight of that responsibility2. Jae-rim (Cho Yoon-hee) needs a liver transplant but instead throws herself into luxury shopping, ends up pursued by debt collectors, and lives by the motto "tomorrow is unknown; scratch first and see"1 • 2.

When the three meet, each sees the others' situations with pity, and they come to depend on one another: Gon-bong boldly goes to confront the rival gang, Jae-rim tries to fix her sick liver, and Se-ju prepares to free himself of his guilt1. The large supporting cast includes Choi Ju-bong as Choi Jin-sang, Seon Woo Jae-duk as Megi, and Yeo Woon-guk as Min-ho, among dozens of minor roles1.

Title and dating

The film's Korean title, 최후의 만찬, is the Korean name for Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper, and English-language listings carry the title The Last Supper1 • 5. Its international release title was Come Tomorrow (Choehu-ui Manchan)1.

The dating of the film varies across databases. Some English-language sources, including TV Guide and Rotten Tomatoes, list it as a 2002 film6 • 7, while the Korean Film Archive (KOFA) records a production year of 20031. Korean press coverage places its release in late 2003: the trade news site KoreaFilm reported after the October 22, 2003 press screening that the film would open nationwide on November 14 through the Aura Entertainment distribution network3, while a Yeongnam Ilbo report published October 20, 2003 gave the opening as November 58.

Production and release

At the film's first press screening, held at 2 p.m. on October 22, 2003 at the Seoul Theater in Jongno, Seoul, debut director Son Young-kuk said making the film felt like the birth of his own child and stated his intention to tell of "a thread of hope blooming in human relationships, and that the world is still worth living"3. The production carried a total budget of 3.3 billion won3.

Music. Kim Bo-sung sang the theme song "GO" (lyrics by Kwon Oh-jun, music by Do Sang-su), joining the original soundtrack by Jang Ho-il8. An OST album was released, including a narration track performed by Cho Yoon-hee9.

Cast reception and afterlife

For Cho Yoon-hee, who had debuted in 2002 on the SBS sitcom Orange, the film, together with Taegukgi, marked her emergence as a screen prospect; a Yonhap interview in 2010 recalled that she had been treated as a leading-lady talent when cast in the two films10. A later survey of 2000s Korean comedy films listed The Last Supper among the decade's small-town (소시민) comedies11.

The Korea Film Archive holds the film on DVD, manufactured in 2003 by Daum Media, running 99 minutes with English subtitles1. Apple TV lists the film with a 1 hour 39 minute runtime, a 15-and-over rating, and Korean audio, crediting the studio as Sunflower Film2.

References

  1. 최후의 만찬, 영상도서관 자료검색, 한국영상자료원 (KOFA)
  2. 최후의 만찬, Apple TV
  3. 휴먼코미디 <최후의 만찬> 첫 언론 공개, KoreaFilm 뉴스 (2003)
  4. Come Tomorrow (2003), Letterboxd
  5. The Last Supper, CinemaSiE
  6. The Last Supper – Full Cast & Crew, TV Guide
  7. The Last Supper (2002), Rotten Tomatoes
  8. [[ON/AIR] 김보성 '최후의 만찬' OST 참여, 영남일보 (2003)](https://www.yeongnam.com/web/view.php?key=20031020.00000008.000090)
  9. 최후의 만찬/Various Artists OST, 벅스
  10. 조윤희 "힘들었지만 뿌듯..이젠 욕심낼것", 연합뉴스 (2010)
  11. 한국예술연구 제82집, 2000년대 한국 코미디 영화 목록, KCI

Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026

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