My Tutor Friend
2003 South Korean film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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My Tutor Friend (Korean: 동갑내기 과외하기; RR: Donggabnaegi gwaoehagi; lit. "Tutoring a Student of the Same Age") is a 2003 South Korean romantic comedy film starring Kim Ha-neul and Kwon Sang-woo. Unglamorous Su-wan is a sophomore in college who gets hired to tutor rich troublemaker Ji-hoon, who is repeating his senior year of high school for the third time.
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Revised Romanization | Donggabnaegi gwaoehagi |
McCune–Reischauer | Tonggapnaegi kwaoehagi |
Directed by | Kim Kyeong-hyeong |
Written by | Park Yeon-seon |
Based on | Su-wan-ee, My Tutor Friend by Choi Su-wan |
Produced by | Jang Young-gwon Lee Seo-yeol Heo Dae-yeong |
Starring | Kim Ha-neul Kwon Sang-woo |
Cinematography | Ji Kil-woong Na Seung-yong |
Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
Music by | Lee Kyung-sub |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$17.7 million[1] |
Released on February 7, 2003, the film topped the box office for five consecutive weeks and sold 4,809,871 tickets, making it the third best selling Korean film of 2003.[2]
This was Kim Kyeong-hyeong's directorial debut. Park Yeon-seon's screenplay was based on a series of stories posted online in 2000 by a real-life English literature major named Choi Su-wan about her experiences in tutoring a high schooler of her same age.[3]