Almost Love (Korean: 청춘만화; RR: Cheongchun-manhwa; lit. "Youth Comic") is a 2006 South Korean film. It was directed by Lee Han, starring Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ha-neul.[1] Distributed by Showbox, it was released on March 23, 2006, and ran at 116 minutes.
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Hangul | 청춘만화 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Cheongchun-manhwa |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch‘ŏngch‘unmanhwa |
| Directed by | Lee Han |
| Written by | Lee Han |
| Produced by | Han Seong-gu |
| Starring | Kwon Sang-woo Kim Ha-neul |
| Cinematography | Lee Jun-gyu |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Music by | Kim Min-gyu |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$3 million |
| Box office | US$9.1 million |
Plot
editJi-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part-time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality. The two are old friends who have grown up together, but their relationship becomes complicated when they each start dating other people.[2]
Cast
edit- Kwon Sang-woo as Ji-hwan
- Park Ji-bin as young Ji-hwan
- Kim Ha-neul as Dal-rae
- Jung Min-ah as young Dal-rae
- Lee Sang-woo as Moon Young-hoon
- Jang Mi-inae as Kim Ji-min
- Jung Gyu-soo as Dal-rae's father
- Choi Jong-ryul
- Kang Ki-hwa
- Lee Young-lan
- Lee Kyung-jin as Jin Dal-rae's mother
- Park Kyeong-hwan
- Ku Hye-ryeong
- Jo Deok-je
Release
editAlmost Love was released in South Korea on March 23, 2006,[3] and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 539,307 admissions.[4] It held the number one spot for a second consecutive weekend,[5] going on to receive a total of 2,066,354 admissions nationwide,[3] with a gross of US$9,131,392.[6]
References
edit- ^ "청춘만화 (Almost Love) Press Screening Report". Twitch Film. 14 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-03-07. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Korean Movie Synopsis: Almost Love". Korea Tourism Organization. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Box-Office Admission Results Archived 2017-07-27 at the Wayback Machine" (2006). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Korean Box Office Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine" (Week-end 2006.03.24 ~ 2006.03.26). Hancinema. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "Korean Box Office Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine" (2006.03.31 ~ 2006.04.02). Hancinema. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
- ^ "South Korea Box Office April 14–16, 2006 Archived 2012-10-23 at the Wayback Machine". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 12 December 2008.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- Almost Love at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Almost Love at IMDb
- Almost Love at HanCinema