Movie Trailer with Subtitles
My Sassy Girl is one of my (and many others) favorite movies ever made. It is the second largest money making movie in Korea ever and easily the movie with the largest following outside of Korea.
If you don't watch Korean or Japanese movies (or dramas), one of the things they do very well is they can be serious and funny at the same time. US romantic comedies are comedies with romance inside. Asian romantic comedies can be either, but are more serious, which makes the whole thing seem more important and the impact of the scenes more-so.
The story is about a male college student who just can't seem to catch a break (and deservedly so) and the drunk girl he meets on the train. This starts a romance between the two that is anything but typical, the girl is demanding to say the least (he takes a lot of punishment, both physical and mental) and there are issues that come to the forefront later on in the story.
This movie has a few truly iconic scenes, including (below) a scene which literally led a generation of Korean girls to take up the piano and put Pachabell Canon on a nation's playlist. It's not the only one, how they meet, the subway scene, the scene in the restaurant where he talks to her date, and the ending scene all are truly moving, or funny, and sometimes both.
Another great thing about the movie is it plays a lot on Korean movie conventions (intentionally by the director) by not giving you the typical Korean unhappy ending, making fun / giving homage to Korean sci-fi movies (there is actually a time travel element in the film making fun of IL Mare (the Lake House in the states.) and overdoing things at times. But when it needs to be serious, it is. The timing and pacing is just impeccable. It's a work of love by the director and it clearly shows.
Scene by scene, it's superbly entertaining and by the time it wraps up you are completely in love with both main characters, have been hugely entertained and left feeling just really good. What else is there?
Highest recommendation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sassy_Girl I would only check this link for actors names and such. The plot description is much too detailed.
Note: There is an absolutely horrific US remake which didn't even attempt to remake the film and instead became some horrid straight to TV mess. I guess I give them credit for not even trying.
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