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2008-06-24T03:36:00.002-07:00

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What Korean movie has the longest title?
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Are there Western movies made in Korea, too?
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What is the first Korean movie banned for violating the National Security Law?
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What is the first Korean movie to receive criminal charges for violating the National Security Law?
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What were the greatest box office hits from 1974 to 2005?
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What is the first Korean movie to receive criminal charges for sexually explicit content?
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Which Korean director produced the most number of films in Korean film history?
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Which Korean movie was made in the least number of hours?
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What is Korea’s first feature-length animation film?
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Where and when was the first movie shown to the public in Korea?
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What is the first Korean anti-Communist film?
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Who is Korea’s first movie narrator?
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What is Korea’s first cinemascope movie?
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Who is the first female director of Korea and what movie did she make?
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What is the first Korean movie?
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What is Korea’s first sound film (“talkie”)?
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Which was the first color cinemascope film in Korea?
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What was the first Korean movie in color?
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What is Korea’s first comedy film?
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Which Korean film had the first kiss scene?
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What is the first Korean film to receive recognition in a foreign film festival?
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What is the oldest Korean film that has been preserved?
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What is the first joint film made in Korea?
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What is the genealogy of box office hits in Korea?

Windstruck

2008-06-24T03:36:00.001-07:00

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Main characters
Jun Ji-hyun as Officer Kyung-jin Yeo
Jang Hyuk as Myung-woo Ko

Plot summary
The film stars Jun Ji-hyun as Officer Kyung-jin Yeo, an ambitious young female police officer serving on the Seoul police department. One day while chasing a purse snatcher, she accidentally captures Myung-woo Ko (played by Jang Hyuk), a physics teacher at an all-girls school, who was actually trying to catch the thief. Later, Myung-woo discovers the stolen purse, but just as he picks it up, Kyung-jin spots him and tries to arrest him again. Kyung-jin is then given the job of escorting Myung-woo through a dangerous district, only to be distracted when she tries to break up a meeting between Russian Mafia and Korean gangsters. With Myung-woo handcuffed to her, Kyung-jin almost single-handedly brings down the two rival gangs (although she is helped when she accidentally causes the groups to start shooting at each other).
The first half of the film, told from Myung-woo's point of view, details the couple's growing attraction and love for each other, which climaxes with a trip to the countryside where Myung-woo tells Kyung-jin that if he were to ever to die, he wanted to come back to earth as the wind. Soon after, he is almost killed in a freak automobile accident, but Kyung-jin saves his life.
The film takes a turn into the fantasy genre in its second half, after Myung-woo is accidentally shot and killed by another officer (although the situation is such that Kyung-jin thinks that it was her shot that killed him) as Kyung-jin chases after a criminal. Kyung-jin falls into a suicidal depression over his death and attempts to kill herself several times, finally almost succeeding when she throws herself off a building, only to be saved when a giant balloon floats under her. Soon after, she experiences visitations from Myung-woo, who appears as the wind, sending her messages and, at one point, he even appears in her dreams in order to give her the will to live after she is nearly shot to death by a criminal.
Ultimately the film follows a similar path set out by the American film Ghost with Myung-woo and Kyung-jin communicating and sharing one final gesture of love before he moves on to the afterlife. Myung-woo said that he will whisper, when she hear him whisper in the wind, she will meet someone with a soul like him. Myung-woo told Kyung-jin that he always beside her, which a book and a photo left by Myung-woo in the restaurant before he rushed to meet Kyung-jin who was chasing the insane criminal.
In the first half of the film, Myung-woo told that his only memory of high school was his high school trip. The book and the photo is found and returned to Kyung-jin in the police station. The photo show that Myung-woo trip and nearby was Kyung-jin. This proved Myung-woo "I always beside you" to Kyung-jin. Kyung-jin rush out to find the finder, till in the train station, where she is saved by Cha Tae-Hyun (credited as The Guy) in the train station, Myung-woo whispered that The Guy is the one that with the soul like him. Kyung-jin whisper that "he is always beside her."

Connections to My Sassy Girl
Windstruck shares the same leading actress and director as an earlier popular South Korean film, My Sassy Girl. As a result, Windstruck contains several subtle references to the previous film. For example, a photo of Jun Ji-hyun from My Sassy Girl is visible on Kyung-jin's piano (while playing the piano). Plus the final scene of Windstruck, in which Kyung-jin meets her new soul mate (played by Cha Tae-hyun, the male lead from My Sassy Girl) on a train platform, is similar to the beginning of My Sassy Girl and her character from My Sassy Girl is distraught over the death of her true love.
Also, when Kyung-jin is chasing Sin Chang-su she tells a random citizen to be as a steppingstone to climb over the wall just like she forced Tae-hyun in My Sassy Girl to act similarly.

Strongest Chil Woo

2008-06-23T00:38:00.000-07:00

Title: 최강칠우 / Choi Kang Chil Woo
Also known as: Strongest Chil Woo
Chinese Title : 最強七迂
Genre: Historical
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2008-June-17 to 2008-Aug-19
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Kang Chil Woo is a lowly officer during the Joseon era. Chil Woo is not a very smart and one of his life long goals is to become a midlevel officer. However when night falls, he is no longer that low level officer but instead a top assassin in an assassination organization. He gives out punishment to criminals and gives justice where needed. So Yoon and Chil Woo have a tragic love story. Yeon Doo is the daughter of a fallen yangban who owns a textile shop. She falls in love with Chil Woo after he rescues her from thugs who were harassing her.

Cast

Eric as Kang Chil Woo
Koo Hye Sun as So Yoon
Kim Byul as Yeon Doo
Yoo Ah In as Heuk San

Extended Cast

Im Ha Ryong as Choi Nam Deuk (Chil Woo’s adoptive father)
Lee Un as Ja Ja
Jun No Min as Min Seung Kook
Kim Young Ok as Mong Dung Ne
Kang Jae as Jo Ahn Joong
Choi Ran as Chung Ju Daek
Im Hyuk as Kim Ja Sun
Jung Jin as Sa Na Jang
Shin Seung Hwan as Oh Na Jang
Park Joon Seo as Jung Na Jang
Jung Joon Young as Chul Suk Yi
Nam Myung Ryul as Do Sa
Jung Won Joong
Choi Jung Woo as In Jo
Song Yong Tae as Do Jae Jo
Son Kwang Up (손광업)
Lee Yun Sung
Woo Young
Lee Ho Sung
Oh Man Suk as Chil Woo’s biological father (cameo)
Kim Ji Suk (cameo)
Choi Soo Han as young Chil Woo
Lee Han Na as young So Yoon

Production Credits

Director: Park Man Young
Scriptwriter: Baek Yoon Chul
Producer: Park Man Young

Official Site

Watch Online with English Subtitle (not yet available)

Watch Online with Chinese Subtitle

Jenny, Juno

2008-06-22T23:53:00.000-07:00

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Plot

The plot centers around the relationship of a 15-year-old couple, Jenny (Park Min-ji) and Juno (Kim Hye-sung), who meet in school. When Jenny discovers that she is pregnant, she and Juno decide against having an abortion, opting for parenthood instead. They try to conceal the pregnancy from their families for as long as possible, but the truth is revealed eventually, and their parents do not approve.

Debate

The film's subject matter provoked intense discussion in the media upon its release in South Korea. Although there is no sex scene between the protagonists, the film was initially given a rating of 18+, but this was lowered to 15+ upon appeal. Critics expressed concerns that the film's presentation of teenage pregnancy was unrealistic, in that Jenny is from a well-to-do, secure family that is able to support her decision, and that this might send the wrong message to less fortunate teens. Kim Ho-joon, the film's director, responded to this criticism by stating:^[1]^[2]

"Jenny and Juno are certainly wayward children who should have never done a thing they did for their age. But it was an accident that they made the mistake and their love is in a way innocent. What should be really criticized is not the couple but adults who only say 'no.' This film shows how they make a mistake but how we should take responsibility."

Similarities to Juno

Rumors arose about the similarities of Jenny, Juno to a 2007 American comedy film, Juno, which also deals with teenage pregnancy and features a character with the name Juno (a girl). The film's screenwriter, Diablo Cody, commented on the coincidence in October 2007, stating that she had been unaware of the existence of Jenny, Juno prior her own film's release. She said that, although she had not yet watched Jenny, Juno, she now is interested in seeing it.

Upcoming Korean Drama

2008-06-22T23:43:00.000-07:00

When It's At Night

Details

Title: 밤이면 밤마다 / When It's At Night
Also known as: Everyday Night / When Night Comes
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2008-Jun-23 to 2008-Aug
Air time: Mondays & Tuesdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)

Synopsis

Kim Bum Sang is a arts scholar who is crazy about virgins and is a supervisor of property assets. Heo Cho Hwi is a 29 year old woman who is always mistaken as someone who is crafty because of her natural-born sexiness. The story will be about how these two cross paths and how their chance meeting will cause turmoil for the both of them.

Cast

Kim Sun Ah as Heo Cho Hwi
Lee Dong Gun as Kim Bum Sang
Kim Jung Hwa as Wang Joo Hyun
Lee Joo Hyun as Kang Shi Wan

Extended Cast

Park Chul Min
Kim Jun Ho
Jo Jung Rin
Kim Hyang Gi as Kang Ji Yoon (Shi Wan's daughter)
Choi Joo Bong
Park Young Ji
Lee Young Yoo as young Cho Hwi

Episode Ratings

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2008-06-23	1	-	-
2008-06-24	2	-	-
2008-06-30	3	-	-
2008-07-01	4	-	-
2008-07-07	5	-	-
2008-07-08	6	-	-
2008-07-14	7	-	-
2008-07-15	8	-	-
2008-07-21	9	-	-
2008-07-22	10	-	-
2008-07-28	11	-	-
2008-07-29	12	-	-
2008-08-04	13	-	-
2008-08-05	14	-	-
2008-06-11	15	-	-
2008-06-12	16	-	-
Average		-	-

Source: TNS Media Korea (http://www.tnsmk.co.kr)

Production Credits

Producer: Son Hyung Suk (손형석)
Screenwriter: Yoon Eun Gyung (윤은경) & Kim Eun Hee (김은희)
Director: Yoon Suk Ho

Dalja's Spring Episode 2 (English Sub)

2008-06-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

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DALJA's Spring Episode 1

2008-06-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

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3-Iron

2008-06-15T06:22:00.000-07:00

Plot

The film stars Jae Hee as Tae-suk, a loner who drives around on his motorbike delivering takeout menus, which he tapes over peoples' front-door keyholes. He later returns to break into the apartments that haven't removed the menus, presuming them to be empty. He lives in each flat while the owners are away, even washing their clothes and mending broken appliances for them. When he breaks into a large home, he is unaware that he is being watched by battered housewife Sun-hwa (played by Lee Seung-yeon). Tae-suk leaves after he makes eye contact with Sun-wha but returns after silently contemplating roadside. He witnesses Sunwha's husband abusing her and proceeds to catch his attention by practicing golf in the yard. He hits Sunwha's husband with golf balls and Tae-suk and Sunwha leave together. The couple begin a silent relationship, and the two begin moving from one flat to another. At one home they are caught sleeping in bed after drinking alcohol, wearing the pajamas of the apartment's resident.

The most remarkable thing in this movie is the strange kind of relationship develops between a woman and a stranger. Their love has no words. But the silence itself narrates the past of the woman, and the depth of their understanding. In the midst of breaking into houses, the couple get in trouble with the law. They break into a home only to discover an elderly man, a circle of blood around his head, holding his dog in a room. They clean his body and wrap it in cloth. The man's son and wife arrive at the apartment and assume that the two have killed the man. They are interrogated at the police station but steadfastly remain silent. Sun-hwa's husband arrives and takes her back home. It is found out that the elderly man died of lung cancer. Sun-hwa's husband bribes the policeman in charge of the investigation to allow him to hit Tae-suk with golf balls, after Sun-hwa refuses his advances. Tae-suk ends up trying to choke the police officer and is taken to jail. He continues to "golf" with an imaginary club and ball. He angers his prison guard by constantly hiding in his room. The third time Tae-suk is actually following the guard behind him in the "180 degrees" that the eyes cannot see. He continues to practice some sort of martial art, smiling. After being released from prison, invisible to her husband's eyes, Tae-suk rejoins Sun-hwa in her house. Sun-hwa appears to say,"I love you," to her husband, but the audience can see that she reaches her and out for Tae-suk.

2009 Lost Memories

2008-06-15T06:19:00.000-07:00

Plot Summary

In an alternate future where the Korean peninsula is still a part of the Japanese empire, Sakamoto, a Japanese Bureau of Investigation (JBI) agent of Korean heritage and Saigo, his Japanese partner try to solve a strange case where Pro-Korean nationalist "terrorists" attempt to steal a strange archaeological artifact. Initially Sakamoto is valuable to the case because of his ability to communicate with the terrorists. He is later removed from the case when it is discovered that his father had some previous involvement with the terrorist group. Sakamoto's desire to solve the mystery involves threatening the powerful Inoue Foundation. This only makes him more passionate about its resolution and after uncovering more on his own, he discovers that reality isn't how it should be. It then becomes his new mission to restore history to its rightful path.

Background

The film shows an alternate history supposing that Hirobumi Itō was not assassinated by An Jung-geun in Harbin, China, in 1909; this change results in Ito's leadership guiding Japan as a military and industrial power that allies with the United States against Germany in World War II (dropping an atomic bomb on Berlin in 1945) and retains all of its wartime conquests (as well as Korea). The film takes place in 2009, 100 years after Ito should have been killed.

200 Pounds Beauty

2008-06-15T06:14:00.000-07:00

Plot

Kang Han-na (Kim Ah-jung) is an overweight phone sex employee and a secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. Instead of being famous for her own amazing vocal talent, Han-na hides behind Ammy's performance stage and sings during Ammy's concerts, and records all of Ammy's songs. One day, Ammy ungratefully humiliates her in front of the music company's director Sang-jun (Ju Jin-mo) during his birthday party, knowing full well that Han-na has a crush on him. While crying in the bathroom, Han-na overhears Sang-jun telling Ammy that even though they are just using Han-na for her voice, they must be kind to her so she will not walk out on them. Heartbroken, Han-na attempts suicide but is interrupted by a phone call from one of her phone sex regulars who happens to be a top cosmetic surgeon. She decides to get a head-to-toe makeover instead. The surgeon at first refuses to operate on Han-na, but Han-na blackmails that she will tell the surgeon's wife about his calls. Then, Han-na makes a moving speech that she does not want to undergo surgery merely to be beautiful, but for the sake of love and as a boost in confidence, and the surgeon is deeply moved. Han-na puts herself in seclusion for a year as she recovers from the changes.

When she comes back from the hospital, Han-na is incredibly beautiful and slender. No one, not even her best friend, Chung-min, recognizes her. With Chung-min's help, she creates a new identity for herself; she is now a Korean-American from California named Jenny. After auditioning to be Ammy's secret vocalist again, she earns her own recording contract instead from Sang-jun, claiming that she is "all-natural". In the meantime, Ammy, oblivious just like everyone else of Han-na's new identity, desperately tries to find Han-na so that she can record her own postponed album (since she cannot sing the songs herself) by spending time with Hanna's father who is in a hospital with some mental problems, possibly Alzheimer's. Through spending time with Han-na's father, she eventually realizes that this new Jenny is actually Han-na in disguise. Meanwhile, romance begins to blossom between "Jenny" and Sang-Jun. During a date one night, as sparks fly, Jenny supposedly stripped for Sang-Jun in the character of a nurse [not shown on camera, of course] After Jenny has fallen asleep, he realizes that the tattoo Jenny had on her hip was a sign he had seen before. He remembers that when Han-na still existed and he had not met "Jenny" yet, Han-na had drawn the exact same signs on a sheet of music. Then he adds all of the signs up and realizes as well that "Jenny" is actually Kang Han-na but he keeps this information to himself.

"Jenny's" debut single 'Maria' becomes a hit and the recording company holds a party to celebrate its release. On the day of a party however, Ammy brings "Jenny's" father, in an attempt to blow Han-na's cover. Han-na's father tries to return Han-na's Barbie doll to her, which has always been Han-na's favourite childhood gift from him. Startled by the sudden appearance of her father and not knowing how to react in front of all the people, including Sang-jun, Han-na denies knowing her father and calls him a fan instead when Sang-jun asks her if the old man is her guest. As her father keeps on insisting on giving the doll to Han-na, Sang-jun drags him away from Jenny and accidentally knocks him down onto the floor. Desperate to keep her true identity a secret, Han-na made no move to help her father. It was Chung-min who finally helps him up and leads him away from the party.

After the party, Sang-jun and 'Jenny' were the only ones left in the room. Sang-jun reveals to 'Jenny' that he knows her true identity but is now cold and distant. He seems to be unable to forgive her for lying to him but says that he will still work to promote 'Jenny' and carry on with her concert scheduled the next day. Han-na breaks down at this point, heartbroken and unable to pretend to be someone else anymore. Han-na tells him that it is incredibly frustrating and painful not being able to be just be herself but have to live a lie, especially in front of him. The surgery that took a whole year to recover from was not nearly as painful as realizing that she still could not be close to Sang-jun.

The day of "Jenny's" first concert, Jenny breaks down from the pressure of losing her friend and father and reveals to the public that Jenny is a "fake," and that she is not "all-natural", as she had claimed, but is "plastic". However, nobody seems to believe her. She proceeds tearfully to tell the large crowd her story: how she has abandoned everything that is dear to her - her best friend and father - to get to where she is. She also tells the crowd about how along the way to fame and fortune she has also lost her own identity and that she now no longer knows who she is. Just then, the screens behind her on the stage started to show a clip of the old, obese Han-na, singing angelically. Han-na turns around and sees her old image and tells the crowd that the image is the real her. The crowd, moved by her sincere confession, responds by chanting "It's okay," and Han-na rekindles her relationships with her father and best friend. She drops the stage name "Jenny" and re-releases a CD with her own name, Hanna, and becomes a highly successful music artist, gaining many anti-fans as well as loyal fans along the way. Sang-jun realizes the very thing about Han-na that had always drawn her to him - Han-na's innocence.

[edit] Cast

Kim Ah-jung - Kang Han-na
Ju Jin-mo - Sang-jun

Soundtrack

The title song in the movie is a cover of the Blondie song "Maria", sung in Korean by the movie's star, Kim Ah-jung. The Korean modern rock band Loveholic also appears on the 200 Pounds Beauty soundtrack.

Track	Title	Artist
1	Beautiful Girl	김아중 [Kim Ah Joong]
2	별 [Byul]	[[유미 [Youme]]]
3	Maria	김아중 [Kim Ah Joong]
4	Dance With My Daddy	Alex Chu (Clazziquai)
5	You Don’t Know I Love You	U [유]
6	슈퍼스타 [Super Star]	Loveholic
7	튜울립 [Tulip]	Venny (상상밴드) (Feat. 종휘 [Jong-hui])
8	Miss You Much	유미 [Youme]
9	Beautiful Girl(teaser Edit)	김아중 [Kim Ah Joong] (Feat. Alex Chu of Clazziquai & And)
10	바보처럼 [Like A Fool]	김형중 [Kim Hyung Joong]
11	별 [Star] (Original dialog Version)	김아중 [Kim Ah Joong]

Awards

Won

Year	Award	Category
2007	Grand Bell Awards	Best Actress (Kim Ah-jung) Best Cinematography (Park Hyeon-cheol)

Nominated

Year	Award	Category
2007	Grand Bell Awards	Best Director (Kim Yong-hwa) Best Film You can watch it here.... 200 Pounds Beauty The Movie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

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2008-06-15T06:06:00.001-07:00

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100 Days with Mr. Arrogant

2008-06-15T05:51:00.000-07:00

100 Days with Mr. Arrogant (aka My Love Sagaji) is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film.

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young (Ha Ji-Won) meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He demands she pay him $3000 on the spot. She escapes from him, leaving her wallet behind.

Hyung-Joon stalks her, demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a "Enslavement Agreement" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days, cleaning his house, running his errands, doing his homework and cleaning his car.

By accident she finds out that the damage to Hyung-Joon's car only costs $10! She then takes her revenge. However, before she knows it Hyung-Joon shows up at her house as her new tutor! He once again takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon. But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most?

The original Korean title can be literally translated as "my love, the asshole," or, more roughly, as "my love, the no-manners".

Cast

Kim Jaewon ... Ahn Hyung-jun
Ha Ji-won ... Kang Ha-yeong
Kim Tae-hyeon ... Yeong-eun
Han Min ... Hyeon-ju
Kim Chang-wan ... Ha-yeong's Father
Hong Ji-Yeong
Kim Ji-yu
Kim Min-kyeong
Lee Eung-kyung ... Ha-yeong's Mother

Watch at crunchyroll.com..

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_100_Days_With_Mr_Arrogant_-..

2008-06-14T22:12:00.000-07:00

…ing

...ing is a South Korean film that follows the life of young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness and deformed hand. The film quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter Min-ah (Im Su-jeong) and Mi-sook (Lee Mi-suk) as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae (Kim Rae-won) who happens to move into their apartment complex.