Late Blossom - Korean Movie

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Movie: Late Blossom (English title) / I Love Thee (literal title)
Revised romanization: Keudaereul Saranghamnida
Hangul: 그대를 사랑합니다
Director: Choo Chang-Min
Writer: Choo Chang-Min, Kang Pool, Lee Man-Hee
Producer: Yoon Ki-Chan, Nam Hyun, Kim Sung-Jin
Cinematographer: Choi Yoon-Man
Release Date: February 17, 2011
Runtime: 118 min.
Genre: Romance / Drama
Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

"Late Blossom" follows the lives of two couples who live in the same neighborhood.

Kim Man-Suk (Lee Soon-Jae) delivers milk on a motorbike at dawn. He curses a lot, but actually has a warm heart. One day when he goes up a slope, he meets Ms. Song (Yoon So-Jung) - a lonely woman who works hards by collecting and selling scrap paper. Man-Suk feels something special toward Ms. Song.

Jang Kun-Bong (Song Jae-Ho) works in a parking lot. Jang Kun-Bong has a wife (Kim Soo-Mi) who suffers from alzheimer's. He works from dawn until late at night. After work he comes home and takes care of his wife.

Notes

"Late Blossom" is based on a internet comic written by Kang Pool. The web comic was first published on April 17, 2007 via web portal Daum.
The original web comic was then published as a three volume comic book on November 26, 2007. The comic book has sold over 150,000 copies.
Related titles:
1. Late Blossom | Keudaereul Saranghamnida (SBS Plus / 2012)

Cast



Lee Soon-Jae	Yoon So-Jung	Song Jae-Ho
Kim Man-Suk	Song Yi-Bbun	Jang Kun-Bong



Kim Soo-Mi	Oh Dal-Su	Song Ji-Hyo
Jo Soon-Yi	Dal-Soo	Kim Yeon-A

Additional Cast Members:

Lee Sang-Hoon - Duk-Bae
Lee Moon-Soo - Duk-Bae's father
Kim Bi-Bi - Young-Ok
Lee Moon-Sik - Scratch
Gil Hae-Yeon - Jang Kun-Bong's daughter-in-law 1
Jung Eun-Kyung - Jang Kun-Bong's daughter-in-law 2
Jo Jae-Yun - Jang Kun-Bong's brother-in-law
Park Kyung-Geun - Jang Kun-Bong's oldest son
Kwon Bum-Taek - Man-Suk's wife's doctor
Kang Soo-Young - Man-Suk's daughter-in-law
Lee Chae-Eun - Song Yi-Bbun (young)
Kang Hyun-Joong - Sang-Tae (young)
Yoo Soon-Chul - Sang-Tae (old)
Lee Joon-Hyuk - photographer
Ra Mi-Ran - nurse
Jeon Bae-Su - public officer of small neighborhood office
Lee Bong-Ryun - neighborhood public office employee 3
Kim Hyang-Gi - street light kid

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Film Festivals

2011 (12th) Jeonju International Film Festival - April 28-May 6, 2011 - Cinemafest: Outdoor Screening
2012 (3rd) Korean Film Festival in Australia - August 22-September 30, 2012 - Panorama

Awards

Best Supporting Actress (Kim Soo-Mi) - 2011 (32nd) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 25, 2011

Comments

Enit Walter Feb 28 2015 9:28 am looking for song ji hyo at the very first place.. after 30 minutes, kinda like this movie.. i forgot what i'm looking for.. nice movie.. thumbs up

elaijah Mar 30 2013 12:53 am i'm so in love with this movie.. can i ask if where can I find the soundtracks they used in this movie?especially the soundtrack at the end of the story bcoz it was so sad..

Salva Sep 27 2012 6:43 am a very well played movie .. a best movie I must say.. seeing a very romantic love even in the end of all bad things really have good endings. WE LIVE - WE CRY- WE LOVE- WE DIE. A unforgettable movie even things that don't matter surprises us all...So touching that it can pierce through anyone's heart and can make you say AMEN. <3

hiroki Sep 20 2012 9:34 am Just watched it from SM Korean Film Fest. It was a great movie! It made me laugh and cry a lot. Very Romantic movie

ranny d. francisco Jul 21 2012 10:13 pm a great movie...actually, amazing, i waited for it to be shown on channel red for weeks, and it is worth the wait... a story of two couples who found true love.

one couple had loved each other for a very long time, since they were young. the other couple found love late in life and loved each other for a short time. but the intensity of the feeling of true, eternal love, was present in both couples... they wanted to die in each other's arms, they felt joy just by holding hands, hugging each other or just seeing each other...the kind of joy that money can not buy...

bibo Feb 09 2012 12:38 pm best drama ever! The most romantic movie I've ever watched! I don't usually recommend ppl to watch a drama, but this one is amazing. I watched this movie with my bf, we realized that in the end we would only had each other. Our relationship never been better after we watched the movie.

~ Jan 28 2012 10:42 pm Very good film! Made me feel emotions I didn't know I had.

iLLusiOnEr Sep 11 2011 2:36 pm damn good. really the phrase 'don't judge a book by its cover' was thrown to my face.now i regret passing this the first time i noticed about it. basically you'll get through these phases while watching:

warming up->laughing out VERY loud->some warm feeling->sad(probably cry)->smile to the end with bittersweet feeling.

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