Kim In-mum Movies
Sang-min (Kim Rae-won) is a college student who has just returned to Seoul after studying abroad. He thinks of himself as a ladies' man and chases after nearly every pretty girl who crosses his path. He ogles a girl at the airport who turns out to be Bo-eun (Moon Keun-young), who's there to pick him up. Bo-eun is only 16 and still in high school. Her grandfather (Kim In-moon) raised Sang-min's father (Han Jin-hie) after Sang-min's grandfather died, so the two are practically family. Sang-min and Bo-eun get a shock when they learn that her grandfather promised that their grandchildren would one day marry. Her grandfather is in poor health (he pretends it's worse than it is to further his plan) and his "dying wish" is for Sang-min and Bo-eun to wed. Though they tease each other like siblings, the pair cannot refuse the old man's wish, so they make plans to wed. Bo-eun has a crush on Yong-joo (Chan Yoon), her school's star pitcher, and she's too embarrassed to tell anyone at school what's going on. Her best friend, Ji-su (Kim Bo-Kyung), who also likes Yong-joo, finds out. The couple are reluctantly married and go off on their honeymoon, but Bo-eun bails at the last minute, leaving Sang-min on the flight alone. When he returns, they put on an act for their families, pretending the trip went well. But things get more complicated when Sang-min is assigned to teach at Bo-eun's school, and the two have to go to great lengths to keep everyone from finding out that they are husband and wife. My Little Bride was directed by Kim Ho-jun, from a script by Yu Sun-il. It was shown at the 2004 New York Korean Film Festival. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- 2003
South Korean filmmaker Im Sang-Su directs the dark comedy drama Baramnan Gajok (A Good Lawyer's Wife). The story involves dancer Eun Ho-jeong (Mun So-Ri), wife of the unfaithful Yeong-jak (Hwang Jeong-min) and mother to a seven-year-old son. She meets a teenage boy and named Shin Ji-un (Bong Tae-gyu) and the two share an intimate friendship despite their age difference. When Ji-un's father discovers their relationship, he threatens to tell her husband. Meanwhile, her father-in-law (Kim In-mum) dies and her mother-in-law (Yun Yeo-jeong) quickly starts up another relationship. A Good Lawyer's Wife was screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mun So-ri, Hwang Jeong-min, (more)
South Korean filmmaker Park Cheol-kwan makes his feature film debut with Darmaya Nolja (Hi, Dharma!), an action comedy drama about a group of Jopok gangsters hiding out with Buddhist monks. Criminal leader Jae-gyu (Park Shin-yang) and his fellow tough guys seek shelter in an out-of-the way monastery. The monks and the gangsters spend their time competing in various contests and learning a little bit about each other. Hi, Dharma! is one of the many Korean Jopok films released in 2001, along with Kick the Moon, Friend, and My Wife Is a Gangster. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Park Shin-yang, Jeong Jin-yeong, (more)
