Sad Movie is a 2005 South Korean romantic melodrama film with an ensemble cast.[3][4][5] The film was released in South Korean theaters on October 20, 2005, and had a total of 1,066,765 admissions nationwide.[6]

Sad Movie
"Sad Movie" movie poster
Hangul
새드무비
Revised RomanizationSaedeu Mubi
McCune–ReischauerSaedŭ Mubi
Directed byKwon Jong-kwan
Written byHwang Seong-gu
Kwon Jong-kwan
Produced byJeong Hoon-tak
StarringJung Woo-sung
Im Soo-jung
Cha Tae-hyun
Son Tae-young
Yum Jung-ah
Yeo Jin-goo
Shin Min-a
Lee Ki-woo
CinematographyKim Byeong-seo
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byJo Dong-ik
Release date
  • October 20, 2005 (2005-10-20)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$4 million[1]
Box officeUS$7 million[2]

Plot

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The film comprises four separate storylines.

Jin-woo is a firefighter who buys a ring for his girlfriend. Her name is Soo-jung, and she works at a TV station as a news translator for the deaf. She is waiting for him to propose, with the rationale that given his dangerous job, she likes the idea of him having to think of her, to hesitate for a while before jumping into danger. He, on the other hand, is waiting for that perfect opportunity and setting, before popping the question.

Suk-hyun tells her unemployed boyfriend Ha-seok that she needs a more stable guy who has a good job. So Ha-seok goes off and finds himself a job helping other couples break up.

Ju-young is a mother is too busy to spend time with her young son Hee-chan, until an illness confines her to a hospital bed. There the mother and son begin to communicate more and more.

Soo-eun is a deaf girl who works as a costumed character mascot in a theme park. There she meets a young artist who she quickly begins to develop feelings for, yet she refuses to take off her mask in front of him because of her scar.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Korean Film Commission (2005). Korean Cinema 2000. p. 167.
  2. ^ "Sad Movie" Archived 2018-03-17 at the Wayback Machine. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
  3. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (13 October 2005). "Star-studded Sad Movie not so sad". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  4. ^ Jeong, Su-jin (2 May 2006). "Sad movie, but pretty faces". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved 2013-05-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ "Actors Sohn Tae-yung and Lee Ki-woo to Visit Thailand". KBS Global. 21 July 2006. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-05-01.
  6. ^ "Korean Film List 2005: Box-Office Results" Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-10-11.
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