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- MY SASSY GIRL
- by Pierce Conran / May 15, 2018
2001｜122 MIN | ComedyDIRECTOR KWAK Jae-yong CAST Gianna JUN, CHA Tae-hyun RELEASE DATE Jul 6, 2001CONTACTMirovision Tel : +82-2-3443-2569Fax : +82-2-3443-4842Few films have been as instrumental in getting the word out on Korean cinema around the world as the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl. Released in 2001, the film turned both Gianna JUN (aka JUN Ji-hyun ) and CHA Tae-hyun into stars almost overnight and became a major hit across Asia as its influence continues to resonate in films of the region.Gyun-woo (CHA Tae-hyun ), a young engineering student, finds himself on a subway car with a drunk young woman (Gianna JUN) who causes a scene. When he tries to help her, he is taken for her boyfriend and blamed for her behavior. He tries to help the young woman find a place to sleep for the night but things don’t quite go as planned. Later, the two continue to meet and Gyun-woo becomes interested in ‘the girl’ (who is never named in the film) despite her aggressive behavior towards him.JUN began her screen career two years earlier in White Valentine (1999) and became well-known when she starred in the popular melodrama Il Mare (2000) but it was her unforgettable turn as ‘the girl’ in My Sassy Girl, always unpredictable and larger than life, that sealed her status as a star across the continent, a status that has only grown over the years, particularly in China. Her recent film credits include the hits The Thieves (2012), The Berlin File (2013) and Assassination (2015).My Sassy Girl also proved a boon for its male lead CHA Tae-hyun , who had previously mostly appeared only on television. His shy, affable performance as Gyun-woo, mixed with his knack for comic timing, has made him a go-to as the lovable lead of many comedy titles, including Scandal Makers (2008). Most recently he scored the biggest hit of his career as the lead in last year’s fantasy epic Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds (2017).In the director’s chair was KWAK Jae-yong , who had previously made three melodramas in the early 1990s. The success of the film turned KWAK into one of the top purveyors of romantic content in Korean cinema in the early 2000s, as he went on to make the classic dramas The Classic (2003) and Windstruck (2004).The film has spawned a pair of remakes, including an American version with Elisha CUTHBERT and Jesse BRADFORD that was released in 2008, and a Japanese TV adaptation with TANAKA Rena and KUSANAGI Tsuyoshi also broadcast in 2008. A sequel titled My New Sassy Girl, co-produced with China was released in 2016 with CHA reprising his role and K-pop star Victoria SONG portraying a new character in the lead female role.
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