Closer to Heaven
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- Movie: Closer to Heaven
- Revised romanization: Nae Sarang Nae Gyeote
- Hangul: 내 사랑 내 곁에
- Director: Park Jin-Pyo
- Writer: Park Jin-Pyo
- Producer: Lee Eugene, Lee Tae-Hun
- Cinematographer: Kim Tae-Kyung
- Release Date: September 24, 2009
- Runtime: 121 min.
- Distributor: CJ Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
"Closer to Heaven" tells the love story between Jong-Woo (Kim Myung-Min) and Ji-Soo (Ha Ji-Won). Although Jong-Woo suffers from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease), he is still a bright and cheerful person. Ji-Soo works as a co-ordinator in a funeral home. She deals with death everyday and doesn't think twice about Jong-woo's disease. The couple then falls in love.
Notes
- Filming period: 10 February to 25 May 2009.
- Jin-pyo Park previously directed You Are My Sunshine, a love story that involved a woman with AIDS.
- Sang-woo Kwone was originally cast for the role of "Jong-woo" but backed out. Kim Myeong-Min took over.
- Actor Kim Myeong-Min lost 20 kilograms (44 pounds) to play the role of a man afflicted with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
- "Closer to Heaven" opened #1 at the South Korean box office selling 292,379 tickets on 546 screens (37.4% of all ticket sales) during its opening September 25th - September 27th weekend.
- Through its theatrical run "Closer to Heaven" sold a total of 2,146,243 tickets and stayed in the weekend top ten for 4 consecutive weeks.
Cast
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| Kim Myung-Min | Ha Ji-Won |
| Jong-Woo | Ji-Soo |
Additional Cast Members:
- Lim Ha-Ryong - Park Keun-Suk
- Seong-min Lim - Chun-Ja
- Nam Neung-Mi - Ju Ok-Yeon
- Choi Jong-Ryul - Ok-Yeon's husband
- Son Ga-In - Jin-Hee Seo
- Shin Shin-Ae - Jin-Hee's mother
- Lim Jong-Yun - Bae Seok-Jung
- Lim Hyung-Joon - Bae Seok-Won
- Kim Young-Pil - Jung-Woo's friend
- Kim Yeo-Jin - Dr. Son Young-Chn
- Jung Eui-Chul - Yoo Seung-Wook (funeral service)
- Park Hyun-Young
- Jeon Su-Ji - Kim Jong-Do's wife
- Sol Kyung-Gu - cameo
- Hong Suk-Youn - old man Son (6 bed hospital room)
- Son Young-Soon - Jung-Woo's mother
- Park Ji-Yeon - nurse 2
- Kim Young-Hoon - Gwan-Young
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Awards
- 2009 (46th) Daejong Film Awards - Nov. 6th
- Best Actor Kim Myeong-Min
- Popularity Award Kim Myeong-Min
- 2009 (30th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - Dec. 2nd
- "Best Actor" (Kim Myeong-Min)
- "Best Actress" (Ha Ji-Won)
SisterB Says:
Nov 21 2011 12:31 pm
What an absolutely beautiful love story. Even though you expected a sad ending, the wondering telling of a relationship between two people overshadows the sad ending. Great job by both actors!
non sibi Says:
Jul 15 2010 1:54 pm
Huh... what a story of life. Thanks to this movie which has reminded me to always be grateful. I know, HE makes all things beautiful in HIS time...
MuKo Says:
Sep 01 2009 3:50 pm
Of course Kim Myung Min will do A LOT better than Kwon Sang Woo.
Who is kwon sang woo? You can't compare someone like him with a great actor as KMM.
yen_nguyen Says:
Jan 01 2009 11:30 am
Kim Myung Min has taken the role that Kwon San woo left.
I do believe that KMM can do better than KSW