Sad Movie

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 Romanization	Saedeu Mubi
McCune–Reischauer	Saedŭ Mubi
Directed by	Kwon Jong-kwan
Written by	Hwang Seong-gu Kwon Jong-kwan
Produced by	Jeong Hoon-tak
Starring	Jung Woo-sung Im Soo-jung Cha Tae-hyun Son Tae-young Yum Jung-ah Yeo Jin-goo Shin Min-a Lee Ki-woo
Cinematography	Kim Byeong-seo
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum
Music by	Jo Dong-ik
Release date	October 20, 2005 (2005-10-20)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$4 million[1]
Box office	US$7 million[2]

Plot

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

• Jung Woo-sung as Lee Jin-woo
• Im Soo-jung as Ahn Soo-jung
• Cha Tae-hyun as Jung Ha-seok
• Son Tae-young as Choi Suk-hyun
• Yum Jung-ah as Yeom Ju-young
• Yeo Jin-goo as Park Hee-chan
• Shin Min-a as Ahn Soo-eun
• Lee Ki-woo as Sang-gyu

References

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.

External links

• Sad Movie at HanCinema
• Sad Movie at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Sad Movie at IMDb