Hello Schoolgirl
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- Movie: Hello Schoolgirl / Crush on You
- Hangul: 순정만화
- Revised romanization: Sunjeong Manhwa
- Director: Jang-ha Ryu
- Writer: Pool Kang, Yoon Jae-Keun
- Producer: Sun-ho Kim, David Cho
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: November 27, 2008
- Runtime: 113 min.
- Distributor: CJ Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Yun-woo Kim works as a low level civil servant in a district office. Although he is thirty, he is still innocent for his age and has been on numerous unfruitful blind dates in search of a suitable wife. After moving to a new place, he runs runs into Soo-yong Han, a high school student who lives downstairs. Soo-young Han is a cheerful and eccentric eighteen-year-old who lives with her mother that acts like a princess.
Meanwhile, Sook Kang has just started to work at the district office straight after graduating from high school and falls head over heels for Ha-kyuing Kwon, a melancolic woman who always smokes in the same spot, becuase of her beautiful smile. Ha-kyung is still holding onto an old flame and keeps on looking for traces of that love every day. Sook Kang continues to keep wooing her, regardless of her living in the past. Can their futures lead to a happy ending?
Cast
- Yoo Ji-Tae - Yun-woo Kim
- Lee Yeon-Hee - Soo-young Han
- Kang-in - Sook Kang
- Chae Jung-Ahn - Ha-kyung Kwon
- Na Yeong-Hie - Soo-young's mother
- Sooyoung - Da-jeong Jeong
- Lee Ju-Sil - Laundromat mother
- Shin Chung-Sik - Laundromat father
- Pool Kang - Umbrella shop man
- Hwang Seok-Jeong - Professor Ha
- Kim Kang-Woo - Kyu-cheol (Ha-kyung's ex-boyfriend)
- Shin Dong-Woo
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aXn Says:
Apr 01 2010 1:49 pm
Absolutely lovely movie. MUST watch for all Korean movie & romantic movie fans alike. This is sweet movie, makes you dream...& fall in love.
Lee Yeon-Hee is adorable as always. :")
DK Says:
Jan 13 2010 9:03 am
This movie is the bomb, i loved it even though it was a bit slow... but i loved the chemistry between the two.
Maya Says:
Nov 13 2009 11:33 am
Okay i love this show! I didnt know tt this drama i watch hv a Super Junior's member. (Y)
Im nt even really into Super Junior frankly,but ive heard friends going "sorry sorry sorry sorry" and gotta know them there,hahaha.
And recently ive heard news tt this Kang In boy might be kicked out of Super Junior cause of his pending crimes.
I hope ppl will nt be selfish and help him tide through this sia,without him Super Junior isnt complete,sigh. :(
Pls sign this petition and let him stay in Super Junior!
Yeah and i love this drama overall,lol bye. :)
Nalyah Says:
Jun 16 2009 11:33 am
I saw this movie a few months ago and found it a charming “modern fairy tale” suitable for a cozy evening with a cup of coffee. Why a fairy tale?
Well, it definitely shows something that people have been trying to find or experience for many many years- love without boundaries. However, the whole age difference, accepted by everybody around (taking into account country like Korea for example) seems a bit unrealistic to me.
The movie is though really enjoyable and made me dream a bit more, which I think is a very good outcome in this a bit gray and peace-less world.
Ki Says:
Apr 20 2009 1:00 am
“Hello Schoolgirl” is a surprisingly effective romantic-comedy that lightly broaches the subject of relationships between people of different age generations. Now don’t think your going to find something along the lines of Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita.” Think more along the lines of “Don’t Laugh at My Romance” but written by a famous Korean comic artist (Pool Kang), produced with a commercial Korean mainstream film feel, and featuring popular actors like Ji-tae Yu (Oldboy), K-pop singer turned actor Kang (Attack on the Pin-up Boys) and a bevy of attractive female actresses. Often you’ll find commercial Korean films of this ilk to be razor thin in substance, but fortunately for “Hello Schoolgirl” you’ll find that there’s a whole lot of heart.
Two civil workers at the local district office find love but in distinctly different directions. 30 year-old Yun-woo Kim (Ji-tae Yu) moves into a new apartment complex. Yun-wook then comes across a charming 18 year-old high school student named Soo-young Han (Yeon-hee Lee) who lives one floor above. One morning, 18 year-old Soo-young forgets to wear her necktie to school and spots her new neighbor Yun-woo on the subway. She asks if she could borrow his necktie and the beginnings of an awkward relationship begins.
Meanwhile, Yun-woo’s co-worker at the district office named Sook Kang (Kang-in) also finds himself smitten with a new romantic interest. Sook Kang is only 22 years old, but he falls for a mysterious older lady who snaps photos of passerbys in the subway. The women’s name is Ha-kyung Kwon (Jeong-an Chae), a 29 year old lady slowly recovering from a prior relationship that ended in heartbreak. Sook Kang takes the initiative to ask her out for dinner and she accepts.
I can think of gazillion recent Korean films that covers relationships in a “modern” setting, but carries all the tact of say “Sex in the City” carried to the next level. “Hello Schoolgirl,” on the other hand, takes the opposite approach and features characters that all carry a mixture of nativity & sweetness. When covering the iffy storyline of a 30 year-old man’s infatuation with a 18 year-old high school girl this approach works. The attraction the couple has seems genuine and none of the creepiness that could arise from such a situation arises. Similar to the 2002 film “Bus, jeong ryu-jang” (Bus Stop), the couple’s most intimate moments involves holding hands.
Ji-tae Yu’s performance seemed to carry over from his 2006 film “Traces of Love” (Gaeulro) where he carried a forced sense of nativity that at times resembled a retarded adult. If you can get past this stiffness there’s still an attractive persona found underneath. His much younger counterpart Yeon-hee Lee does much better and exudes all the vitality of a girl on the cusp adulthood. Kang In provides for the most comical moments in the movie and his romantic counterpart, played by Jeong-an Chae, brightens the screen with her (airbrushed) grace.
There’s not much preachiness to be found in “Hello Schoolgirl.” The film simply tells the story of two couples that happen to fall in love with people from different age groups. The movie’s theme seems to say that within limits love really knows no boundaries. As trite as that may seem, when you watch “Hello Schoolgirl” you’ll likely find yourself rooting for all of the characters in the film.
jugang Says:
Dec 02 2008 9:13 pm
Just seen the manhwa version from Kang Pool and its cool....It's seem really sweet and romantic from the trailer....i would like to see it....The OST was great too...
please come out soon! Says:
Nov 30 2008 12:34 am
Looking forward to this movie coming out! Can't wait another amazing LYH movie^^