My Sassy Girl the Movie

MY SASSY GIRL

My Sassy Girl (Korean: 엽기적인 그녀; literally, That Bizarre Girl) 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong.

It tells the story of a man's chance meeting with a drunk girl on the train which changes his life. It is ostensibly based on a true story posted on the internet in a series of blog posts written by Kim Ho-sik, which were later adapted into a novel.

The film was extremely successful in South Korea and was the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time. When My Sassy Girl was released throughout East Asia, it became a mega blockbuster hit in the entire region, from Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, as well as Southeast Asia, to the point where it was drawing comparisons to Titanic.

An American remake, starring Jesse Bradford and Elisha Cuthbert, and directed by Yann Samuell was released in 2008. A Japanese drama adaptation with Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and actress Rena Tanaka as the leads started broadcasting in April 2008.

Part one 

               The film tells the love story of a male engineering college student, Gyeon-woo, and "the Girl" (who is never named in the movie). Gyeon-woo just cannot seem to catch a romantic break.     

        

They meet each other again after Gyeon-woo gets locked up in jail over a misunderstanding, and over soju the Girl cries, admits to breaking up with her boyfriend the day before and gets thoroughly drunk, resulting in a second trip to the same hotel.

               One day, at dinner, Gyeon-woo is interrupted by a call from his mother, telling him to visit his aunt and meet a potential date.

At the train station on his way to his aunt's, he observes a drunk girl, standing precariously close to the edge of the train platform as the train approaches; he pulls her to safety just in time. Inside the train, Gyeon-woo cannot help but stare at the girl who is his "type" but repulsed by her drunkenness.

Finally, she throws up on a passenger and faints but not before she calls Gyeon-woo "honey". The passenger aggressively chides Gyeon-woo and tells him to take care of his "girlfriend". Gyeon-woo, completely flustered, carries her all the way to the nearest hotel. Thus begins his comically ill-fated relationship with the Girl whom he realizes is a xanthippe.


 

They meet each other again after Gyeon-woo gets locked up in jail over a misunderstanding, and over soju the Girl cries, admits to breaking up with her boyfriend the day before and gets thoroughly drunk, resulting in a second trip to the same hotel.

 After this second overnight stay at the hotel, she begins to become a more active part of his life. She visits Gyeon-woo in school and pulls him out of class, telling the teacher that Gyeon-woo is the father of her soon-to-be-aborted baby. The Girl's mood swings wildly from joyful to downright violent, but Gyeon-woo puts up with it and lets her abuse him for her amusement.

        

 She is an aspiring scriptwriter and throughout the movie gives Gyeon-woo three different screenplays from different genres. 

• The first is an action movie—The Demolition Terminator—which switches gender roles, symbolically having the Girl save her helpless lover (Gyeon-woo). 

• The second is a wild perversion of a Korean short story—Sonagi—in which the Girl, having died, asks that her lover be buried along with her—even though he's still alive. 

• The last is a wuxia/samurai movie spoof full of genre clichés and anachronisms. All three feature the same common thread: the Girl is from the future.

               Despite all the horrible things Gyeon-woo endures, he is determined to help cure the girl's pain. He decides to surprise her on her birthday and takes her on a nighttime trip to an amusement park which ends up quite differently than how he planned: the pair encounter an AWOL soldier who holds them hostage and rants about his misery after being jilted. Gyeon-woo convinces him to release her, and she in turn convinces the soldier to free Gyeon-woo and go on with his life and pursue another love.

Part two

              The Girl and Gyeon-woo's relationship takes a turn for the better and he sends her home and meets her father, who is a habitual drinker. Her parents do not take to Gyeon-woo and on leaving, he overhears an impassioned argument between the girl and her mother over her relationship with him. He does not hear from her for quite some time and his life without her begins.

 

One day however, the Girl calls him and tells him to bring her a rose during class to commemorate their 100th-day anniversary. 

He does this, leading to a touching and romantic scene where he arrives in disguise into a packed auditorium and watches her play the melody of George Winston's variations on Pachelbel's Canon in D on a piano onstage. The classmates applaud in approval at his romantic gesture. As the night unfolds he is confronted at her house by her parents again, with her father demanding the two to break up.

 

 The Girl does not contact him again and Gyeon-woo naturally thinks they have broken up, until one day when she calls Gyeon-woo to meet her for dinner with a blind date. 

The Girl introduces Gyeon-woo to the date and, while she leaves for the washroom afterwards, Gyeon-woo candidly offers advice on how to ensure her happiness by asking her potential suitor to follow ten rules: preventing her from overdrinking and giving in to her at every circumstance, even if it means enduring the occasional "violence". It is at this point that she realizes how well Gyeon-woo understands her. She abruptly leaves her date and searches for Gyeon-woo at the subway station.

       

Once reunited the two realize they are at a turning point in their relationship, but, for some unspeakable reason, the Girl decides it is time for them to part. As a gesture to their happy times the two write letters to each other and bury them in a "time capsule" under a particular tree on a mountain in the countryside. They agree to meet again at the tree after two years to read the letters together. After burying the "time capsule" they go their separate ways.

Overtime

During the two-year span, Gyeon-woo works hard to improve himself, writing My Sassy Girl movie script after he details their love affair on the Internet. 

When the agreed upon date arrives, he travels to the mountain but the Girl does not show up. Eventually, he opens the time capsule and reads her letter and learns the root of her angst and behavior: Gyeon-woo reminds her of her previous boyfriend who, rather than breaking up with her, actually died before she met Gyeon-woo. All through the time the Girl and Gyeon-woo were seeing each other she had been seeing her dead boyfriend's mother, who wants to introduce her to a nice young man.

A year after Gyeon-woo visits the tree, the Girl finally arrives. Sitting under the tree is an old man. During their conversation the old man reveals the secret of the tree, that it is not the same tree; the original tree had been struck and killed by lightning a year before and a similar tree had been planted by a young man so that his someone special would not be sad. After the girl reads his letter, she tries to call Gyeon-woo repeatedly, but was unable to contact him.

At lunch with her deceased boyfriend's mother after a year later, the mother introduces her nephew - who turns out to be Gyeon-woo, whom she has been trying to introduce to the Girl for years. The mother, who is Gyeon-woo's aunt, tells the Girl to go out with him, hoping that he could make life easier for her. She tells Gyeon-woo that the Girl can give advice to him about his impending trip to England, to which he replies, "I don't have to go anymore".

I love these theme song... I so suit to the movie... It make me laugh and cry or other emotion everytime i watch it... Hope you like it....

http://youtu.be/lS7I0FFv4VA

CAST

Cha Tae-hyun as Gyun-woo

Mostly Credited As: Cha Tae Hyun

Sometimes Credited As: Cha Tae-hyun

Cha Tae Hyeon

Cha Ta

Date Of Birth: March 25, 1976 (Age 36)

Country Of Birth:  South Korea

Birth Place: Seoul

Height: 5' 8" (1.72 m)

Cha Tae-Hyun (born 25 March 1976) is a South Korean movie star, television actor, and singer. He started his acting career in a 1995 KBS television drama. He appeared in his first movie,Hallelujah, in 1997, also making his debut as a singer in 2001. Internationally he is best known for his protagonist role in the 2001 romantic comedy My Sassy Girl, his counterpart being Jun Ji-hyun. He is as well shown in other various works, including Papa (1996). He is the commercial model of Mario Kart DS in South Korea. He is also close friends with singers Kim Jong Kook,Hong Kyung Min, and with actor Jang Hyuk.

Jun Ji-hyun as The Girl

Born	Wang Ji-hyun October 30, 1981(age 30) Seoul, South Korea
Other names	Gianna Jun Jeon Ji-hyun
Occupation	Actress, model
Years active	1997–present
Korean name
Hangul	전지현
Hanja	全智賢
Revised Romanization	Jeon Ji Hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏn Chihyŏn
Birth name
Hangul	왕지현
Hanja	王智賢
Revised Romanization	Wang Ji-hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Wang Chihyŏn

Jun Ji-hyun (born October 30, 1981) also known as Gianna Jun, is a South Korean actress and model. She gained international fame in 2001 starring in the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl which became the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time. Other notable films include Il Mare (2000) and Windstruck (2004).

Kim In-Mun as Gyun-woo's father

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• Name: Kim In-Mun
• Hangul: 김인문
• Birthdate: April 13, 1939
• Birthplace: South Korea
• Height: 173cm

Song Ok-suk as Song Ok-suk 

NAME; Song Ok Sook (Song Ok-suk)

PROFESSION: Actress

BIRTHDATE: August 14, 1960

BIRTH PLACE: South Korea

Han Jin-hie as The Girl's father

Han Jin Hee Profile and Biography
Name: 한진희 / Han Jin Hee 
Profession: Actor 
Birthdate: 1949-Mar-14 
Height: 177cm 
Star sign: Pisces 
Blood type: B 

Yang Geum-seok as Gyun-woo's aunt

NAME; Yang Geum-seok

PROFESSION: Actress

BIRTHDATE: January 22, 1961

BIRTH PLACE: South Korea