Lovers of Six Years
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- Movie: Lovers of Six Years / 6 Years in Love
- Hangul: 6년째 연애중
- Revised Romanization: 6-nyeonjjae yeonae-jung
- Director: Hyun-Jin Park
- Writer: Hyun-Jin Park, Hyun-chan Yang
- Producer: Seung-bum Kim
- Cinematographer: Yong-soo Park
- Release Date: February 5, 2008
- Runtime : 112 min.
- Production Budget: US$2,8M
- Distributor: Studio 2.0
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean
Plot
Da-jin and Jae-yeong are very much in love and have been for the past six years. Everything about their relationship seems perfect and both of these young lovers have developed blossoming careers in this supportive environment. But, can the relationship continue to survive without change? And if it changes, will it be for the better?
Cast
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| Kim Ha-Neul | Yoon Kye-Sang |
| Da-Jin | Jae-Young |
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| Shin Sung-Rok | Cha Hyun-Jung | Seo Dong-Won | Ok Ji-Young |
| Lee Jin-Seong | Ji-Eun | Min-Jae | Mi-Yeong |
Additional Cast Members:
- Lee Dae-Yeon - Da-jin's doctor
- Jung Yoon-Min - Sang-cheol Kwon (Da-jin's rival co-worker)
- Lee Sang-Yeob - Yun-seok
- Kim Hye-Ok - Da-jin's mom
- Jo Hyang-Gi
- Kim Nan-Hee
- Jo Yong-Joon - record shop clerk
- Jin Yong-Ok - man in rear-end collision
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mriwa Says:
Dec 30 2009 1:56 pm
J'aime bien l'actrice Kim Ha Neul, j'ai vue drama On Air (magnifique)
Ki Says:
Feb 11 2009 4:43 am
I loved 2004’s “Too Beautiful to Lie” (Geunyeoreul midji maseyo), one of the better Romantic-Comedies from South Korea. That film brought to light, in my eyes at least, the talents of Ha-neul Kim as an actress - attractive, goofy, and able to make perfect faces for the most absurd situations. So, when I saw that a new film, “Lovers of Six Years,” also stars Ha-neul Kim I eagerly checked it out.
In “Lovers of Six Years,” Da-jin Lee (Ha-Neul Kim) and Jae-yeong Kim (Gye-sang Yun) find themselves in the too comfortable position of being lovers for six years. Although Da-jin and Jae-yeong live in separate apartments, their apartments sit by side by side. They spend their nights together, while only their work lives provides any degree of separation.
Da-jin works as an editor at publishing company and her boyfriend Jae-yeong works as a producer for a home shopping channel. Da-jin must recruit talented illustrator Jin-seong (Seong-rok Shin) for her next book project and in the process arouses his interest in her as a woman. Meanwhile, Jae-yeong meets a spunky part timer in the elevator at his work place. She already knows his name and seems intent on knowing even more about him. Can their relationship survive these tempting outside forces?
What “Lovers of Six Years” does well is to depict problems that occur in personal relationships involving co-habitation without the commitment of marriage. Primarily, the positives of each other’s character becomes taken for granted, while the flaws of each other’s character becomes magnified. The film also features two engaging performers able to bring their characters to life. Ha-neul Kim seems to be a natural in the film’s more comedic moments and able to bring a sense of dignity during the film’s more dramatic moments. Co-star Gye-sang Yun (former member of K-pop group G.O.D.), had the more flawed character of the two (e.g. troublemaker), but he was able to make the audience remember the character’s stronger points more so.
There were quite a few smaller blemishes in the film to keep it from becoming a more memorable commercial film like “Singles.” Supporting characters, primarily Da-jin’s friend Mi-yeong (Ji-young Ok) and Jae-young’s friend Min-hae (Dong-won Seo) were given prominent screentime during the early portions of the film and mysteriously disappeared in the second half of the film. This gave the impression that they were given more prominent roles in the original script and consequent re-edits removed their scenes in a not so transparent way. Also, happens a lot in Korean Romantic-Comedies, the outside romantic interests of the main characters felt like thin cardboard characters while the main characters are given fleshed out three dimensional characters. This out of balance treatment between main characters and supporting characters gives the film a generic quality, where supporting characters blend in with supporting characters from other films and ultimately the distinctive qualities of the film becomes lost. Lastly, when the film turned more dramatic (and you knew it will if you have ever seen more than one Korean Romantic-Comedy), the film seemed to get sluggish, needing more dramatic oomph to wake it out of its stupor.
By the time the end credits roll around, you are treated to a fairly attractive film with engaging main characters. Ha-neul Kim in particular appealed in the film. With that said, the second half of the film seemed to drag on longer than wanted, while the film’s lighter & funnier moments from the first half were solely missed. Younger couples involved in lengthy personal relationships, will most likely identify with situations depicted in “Lovers of Six Years” and given abundant chatter material for the next time they sit together in a cafe. Not a bad thing at all.