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Movie: Miracle of a Giving Fool / BA:BO
Revised Romanization: Babo
Hangul: 바보
Director: Kim Jeong-Kwon
Assistant Director: Han Jun-Hee
Writer: Pool Kang, Kim Young-Tak
Producer: Young Kim, Hae-hyuk Yoo, Yang Ji-Woong
Cinematographer: Tae-kyung Kim
Released: February 28, 2008
Runtime : 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean

Plot

Seung-Ryong Cha Tae-Hyun at a young age suffers an accident with his father. His father is killed and Seung-Ryong suffers brain injuries. Now, at the age of 27, he has the intelligence of a six-year-old child. His mother died a few years after the death of his father and now

Ji-Ho (Ha Ji-Won) is a promising pianist, but after a severe case of stage fright is unable to resume her career. She comes back to her hometown and meets her old classmate Seung-Ryong.

Cast



Cha Tae-Hyun	Ha Ji-Won	Park Hee-Soon	Park Grina	Park Ha-Sun
Seung-Ryong	Ji-Ho	Sang-Su	Hie-Yeong	Ji-In



Song Jae-Ho	Lee Ki-Young	Seo Da-Han	Jeon Mi-Sun	Sulli
Ji-Ho's father	Small Star President	Seung-Ryong (young)	Seung-Ryong's mother (young)	Ji-Ho (young)

Additional Cast Members:

Jo Deok-Hyeon - Company President Kim
Lim Hyung-Guk - Seung-Ryong's father
Jung Jae-Jin - grandfather janitor
Lee Sang-Hoon - junkyard man
Jo Soo-Jung - female high school student 2
Lim Jung-Woon - male employee at local government office
Yoo Geum - high school teacher
Kang Seong-Hwa - Sang-Su (young)

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Awards

2008 (45th) Daejong Film Awards - June 27th - Overseas Popularity Award (Cha Tae-Hyun)

Comments

Duke hyda Jun 02 2026 1:48 pm I watched this few weeks ago and it was good and sad ,cos seung ryong died at the end and that he foolish so called best friend sang su Im just not happy

Maria Apr 14 2020 6:38 pm Very beautiful touching movie , Cha Tae Hyun (reminds me of Kai) and young beauty Ha ji won.

Love94 Feb 15 2020 10:02 pm Memorizing of Sulli..

Amna Aug 02 2018 7:12 pm My first korean movie ?

beardy Apr 03 2017 10:29 pm great movie although it so saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad....

Limon Sep 04 2016 6:24 pm Cha Tae Hyun always does great movies. I cried even before it reached the half time.

Karolina Sep 28 2015 3:00 pm I love this movie! I never cried so much watching something. Cha Tae Hyun acting is amazing. I have even more love and respect for him.

BK Jan 06 2015 1:16 am This is one of the best movie which I ever watch. I cry while watching this movie. Cha tae Hyun is superb in his role as same goes to Ha Ji Won

sulthanah Jan 24 2014 7:22 pm I like the film so much. Ha Ji Won looked very pretty here.

lian te Dec 25 2013 12:51 pm This was/is/will remain the best,best forever 2 me in my life,among the movies all over the world,universe.

Nashira angelina Jul 27 2013 6:38 am This ending make me cry, i told this movie is interesting, and the best. I'm so sad because this, I love this, and cha tae hyun oppa... fighting ! :).

Lillia Apr 21 2013 8:59 pm I cried within the first 5 minutes of watching this movie ;(( This is the best movie I have ever seen and the one that i have cried the most for while watching. Taehyun is the best actor! Love Cha Taehyun Forever!! <3

llll Nov 04 2012 1:42 pm this film make me cry from begin until end!!!

Metasinz Nov 05 2011 10:57 pm Superb movie! Definitely worth a watch. This movie has a unique plot, being more focused on the love between family than the typical love story, though it does have that as well. It makes us reflect and to think about what is truly important to us, an important live lesson.

This is a movie that is bound to bring tears to your eyes, with the solid acting from the cast, especially the leads. I will have to say, Cha Tae-Hyeon played the role of the village fool really well, and it can be said that this movie was carried on mostly by him. The rest of the cast did a good job as well, though sadly because of a sub par script they did not have as much of an opportunity to showcase their talent as Cha Tae-Hyeon.

Ha Ji Won, as usual, is her amazingly beautiful self, and she just exudes charm at her appearance. I found that her acting was appropriate in this movie, though as I mentioned before she did not have much chance to challenge herself in this role because of way the script of the movie was written.

There are definitely some plot holes as well, though I will leave them for you to find out once you have watched this movie, because you really should! I give this movie a 9/10

jan Sep 26 2011 11:32 am SULLI f(x) was in this movie!! as a child actress! acting out as Ha Jiwon character when she's still s kid ^^

Nersa Sep 11 2011 7:53 am I just have cry when watched the ending, Oh, I hope Seung-ryong still alive because, Jee-in was different after knew what he did everyday for herself. T.T

Kaito Nakamura Jul 19 2011 8:23 am Very nice story. I strongly recommend watching this movie. T_T

JADI BUDI LAKSONO Jul 10 2011 3:41 am T_T

JADI BUDI LAKSONO Jul 10 2011 3:37 am Ji In's character,,, Make me cry... I don't know why,,, T_T It's a wonderful movie...

Novi Mar 22 2011 11:54 pm nice movie...^__^

Mike Aug 28 2009 1:42 am Ahhh I watched this on a plane and started crying!

Kristatiani Aug 24 2009 5:03 am This awesome, so brilliant, what a wonderfull story. But, I am still regret on the ending. Poor Seung Ryong...He is a magnificent man, eventhought he is like that. Until now, I am still thinking about if there is a happy ending for this movie.

Nalyah Jun 19 2009 2:21 pm I loved this movie, but I hated the ending. First of all, it really moved me quite a lot emotionally. Near the end of the movie I sat with tears in my eyes, well, perhaps I'm a bit emotional :P The actors play their parts brilliantly, at times really stunning performances. Especially Tae-hyun Cha is doing a wonderful job with such a difficult character to play. How does he manage to smile so big for 1h 41min steady (+ the filming of course being longer)?!

I strongly recommend watching this movie. Gave it a 8.5 but would probably give it more if not for the ending that kinda ruined it all for me...

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