Romance Joe

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• Movie: Romance Joe
• Revised romanization: Romaenseu Jo
• Hangul: 로맨스 조
• Director: Lee Kwang-Kuk
• Writer: Lee Kwang-Kuk
• Producer: Yim Soonrye
• Cinematographer: Jee Yune-Jeong
• World Premiere: October 7, 2011
• Release Date: March 8, 2012
• Genre: Romance / Drama
• Runtime: 115 min.
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Plot

A famous movie director arrives in a small town to finish his movie script. He sits in front of his computer in his motel, but can't think of anything to write. The director orders coffee to his room and then complains to the delivery girl of his writer's block. The delivery girl then tells the director the story of "Romance Joe".

Popular actress Woo Joo-Hyun committed suicide, while Romance Joe worked on the set as an assistant director. Romance Joe hears of Woo Joo-Hyun's suicide and decides to quit his job. He also starts to contemplate suicide. Romance Joe then goes back to his hometown and meets someone that he may be intimately related too ...

Notes

1. Filming took place from May 22 to June 12, 2011.

Cast

Kim Young-Pil	Shin Dong-Mi	Lee Chae-Eun	Lee Da-Wit	Ryoo Ui-Hyun
Romance Joe	Ri-Ji	Cho-Hee	Romance Joe (young)	boy

Additional Cast Members:

• Jo Han-Cheol - Director Lee
• Jo Duk-Je - Cho-Hee's father
• Seo Young-Hwa - Cho-Hee's mother
• Park Hye-Jin - Romance Joe's mother
• Baek Ik-Nam - Producer
• Kim Sae-Byeok - nurse
• Jo Jae-Yun - food stall owner
• Kim Dong-Hyun - police officer

Film Festivals

• 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival - Korean Cinema Today: Vision - October 6-14, 2011 *World Premiere
• 2011 (37th) Seoul Independent Film Festival - December 8-16, 2011 - Feature Length
• 2012 (41st) International Film Festival Rotterdam - January 25-February 5, 2012 - Tiger Awards Competition *International Premiere

Awards

• Citizen Reviewers' Award - 2011 (16th) Busan International Film Festival - October 6-14, 2011

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