Scent of Chrysanthemums
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- Movie: Scent of Chrysanthemums
- Revised romanization: Gukhwaggot hyanggi
- Hangul: 국화꽃향기
- Director: Lee Jeong-Wook
- Writer: Kim Hee-Jae, Lee Jeong-Wook
- Producer: Jeong Tae-Won
- Cinematographer: Lee Ju-Keun
- Release Date: February 28, 2003
- Runtime: 109 min.
- Studio: Taewon Entertainment
- Distributor: Cinema Service
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Returnee from America (Park Hae-Il) falls in love with headstrong, outspoken president of the book club (Chang Jin-Young) but she is in love with another and thinks he is too young. The years pass...he is still in love...she loses her husband and has withdrawn into a shell...
He becomes the producer of a late night radio show where people confess their problems, and features his own letters every week under the name Mr. Bookmark, hoping that she will listen. Through the help of a third party she finally listens to the show, cries, there is a denouement and they get together.
Everything is happy happy and here the movie falls apart completely - she gets pregnant, finds out she has stomach cancer, keeps the fact from him it, but sends letters to his talk show, anonymously of course. Her doctor friend again finds out. He prenteds not to know until she cannot hide it anymore.
Cast
- Jang Jin-Young - Min Hie-jae
- Park Hae-Il - Seo In-ha
- Song Seon-Mi - Choi Jeong-rae
- Kim Yu-Seok - Kang Seong-ho
- Byeon Hie-Bong
- Lee Sun-Kyun
- Kim Yu-Seok
- Kim Young-Jae
- Ko Jung-Min
- Lee Won-Jae
- Ku Hye-Ryeong
- Byeon Ju-Yeon - Jae-In
- Maeng Se-Chang - Dong-Hyun
