(closing film, Singapore International Film Festival)
May 1, 1992
Hong Kong
No data
May 29, 1992
Greece
(Thessaloniki International Film Festival)
Nov 1992
Sweden
No data
Dec 25, 1992
USA
(San Francisco, California)
Jan 8, 1993
UK
No data
Mar 12, 1993
South Korea
(Pusan International Film Festival)
Oct 2007
France
(Cannes Film Festival)
May 18, 2009
Netherlands
(International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Jan 28, 2010
USA
No data
Nov 25, 2011
Brazil
(DVD premiere)
Mar 22, 2016
Japan
(digitally restored version, Tokyo International Film Festival)
Nov 3, 2016
Taiwan
(Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival)
Nov 5, 2016
Japan
(digitally restored version)
Mar 11, 2017
Hong Kong
(digitally restored version, Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Apr 16, 2017
Singapore
(Singapore Chinese Film Festival)
May 1, 2017
Taiwan
(Taoyuan Film Festival)
May 14, 2017
Hong Kong
(restored version, Summer International Film Festival)
Aug 27, 2017
South Korea
No data
Nov 23, 2017
France
(re-release, digitally restored version)
Aug 8, 2018
Greece
(Athens Film Festival)
Sep 22, 2019
South Korea
(internet)
Dec 28, 2020
Czech Republic
(Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Aug 20, 2021
Ukraine
(Kyiv Critics Week)
Oct 24, 2021
Poland
(Five Flavours Asian Film Festival)
Nov 18, 2022
South Korea
(re-release)
Jan 13, 2024
A Brighter Summer Day
(Original title)
A Brighter Summer Day
Australia
Um Dia Quente de Verão
Brazil
A Brighter Summer Day
Canada (English title)
Une belle journée d'été
Canada (French title)
牯岭街少年杀人事件
China (Mandarin title)
Jasný letní den
Czech Republic (festival title)
Guling jie shaonian sharen shijian
Ecuador
Une belle journée d'été
France
Ein Sommer zum Verlieben
Germany
Mord eines Jugendlichen auf der Guling-Strasse
Germany (festival title)
Μια λαμπρότερη καλοκαιρινή μέρα
Greece
牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Hong Kong (Mandarin title) (festival title)
Szép nyári nap
Hungary
A Brighter Summer Day
India (English title)
Kûrinche Shônen Satsujin Jiken
Japan
クー嶺街(クーリンチェ)少年殺人事件
Japan (Japanese title)
Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
Mexico
A Brighter Summer Day
Norway
Jasny dzień lata
Poland
Chłopiec z ulicy Guling
Poland (alternative title)
Яркий летний день
Russia
Divan letnji dan
Serbia
A Brighter Summer Day
Singapore (English title)
A Brighter Summer Day
South Korea
Un día de verano
Spain
A Brighter Summer Day
Sweden
牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Taiwan
Gŭ lĭng jiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn
Taiwan (alternative transliteration)
A Brighter Summer Day
UK
A Brighter Summer Day
USA
Яскравий літній день
Ukraine (festival title)
Cổ Lĩnh Nhai Thiếu Niên Sát Nhân Sự Kiện
Vietnam (transliterated title)
Sex & Nudity
None
There's a nude image on the wall of a certain room but it is only briefly seen and perhaps easily missed
A group of boys discuss the color of a woman's panties. Later, they come up behind her and lift her dress to up to confirm the color. This is brief and her panties aren't shown to the audience.
An actress changes her outfit behind a towel, and the camera shows this from above, but it's dark enough in the studio that nothing is noticeable.
Violence & Gore
Moderate
An older teen hits a rival gang member in the head with a brick. It is shown on-screen but not too graphic. He is later picked up unconscious and blood is seen pouring out of his mouth.
There's several gang fights and deaths, one being the climax of the film. There's some blood, but not a lot of it.
Profanity
Severe
About a dozen or so uses of "fuck", other (lighter) words used sparingly here and there.
Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking
Mild
Teenagers smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol.
Frightening & Intense Scenes
Moderate
There is a scene of a father mercilessly beating his child with two household items in succession, mother and sisters stand in the background, trying to intervene at some point but the father keeps going. Mother and sisters scream and wail, and throw themselves at the child being beaten in attempt to save him. Scene is highly distressing and may trigger viewers.