Yeopgijeogin geunyeo (2001)

Director:

Jae-young Kwak

Writers:

Ho-sik Kim (novel)
Jae-young Kwak (screenplay)

Release Date:

27 July 2001 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Drunkenness | Rain | Vomit | Firework

Awards:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tae-hyun Cha	...	Kyun-woo
Gianna Jun	...	The Girl (as Ji-hyun Jun)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jin-hie Han	...	The Girl's father
Sook-hee Hyun	...	The Girl's mother
Il-woo Kim	...	Quintuplets
In-mun Kim	...	Kyun-woo's father
Tae-hyeon Kim
Mu-yeong Lee
Ho Lim	...	A Man The Girl met as blind date
Dong-won Seo	...	Deserter
Kwang-eop Son
Wok-suk Song	...	Kyun-woo's mother
Geum-Seok Yang	...	Kyun-woo's aunt
Jae-young Kwak	...	Covered Cart Bar Customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Jae-young Kwak

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ho-sik Kim		novel
Jae-young Kwak		screenplay

Produced by
Jin Han	....	associate producer
Geon-seob Park	....	co-producer
Chul Shin	....	producer

Original Music by
Hyeong-seok Kim

Cinematography by
Sung-Bok Kim

Film Editing by
Sang-beom Kim

Art Direction by
Yun-hie Song

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lara Greene	....	tailor

Production Companies

• Shin Cine Communications

Distributors

• C-Sky Enterprise (Australia) (theatrical)
• Kye Films (2005) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Amuse Pictures
• Cinema Service
• EDKO Film (Hong Kong)
• Laser Paradise (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Star Max

Also Known As:

"My Sassy Girl" - International (English title), UK, USA
"Bizarre Girl" - South Korea (literal English title)
"Yupgi Girl" - Hong Kong (English title)
"Az én pimasz barátnőm" - Hungary
"My Sassy Girl" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Ryôkiteki na kanojo" - Japan

Runtime:

South Korea:123 min | South Korea:137 min (director's cut) | Philippines:122 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Philippines:PG-13 | Germany:12 | France:U (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

World Cup Stadium Station - 420 Seongsan 2-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Company:

Shin Cine Communications

Trivia:

The name Kyun-woo comes from the Chinese story of Qi Xi (Chilseok in Korean), when the Cowherd (Gyeon-wu) and and the Weaver Girl (Jiknyeo) of the heavens are united for only one night every year.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The bars of the prison wiggle, revealing that they're not made of metal.

Quotes:

The Girl's father:[holds up condom] What is this for?
Kyun-woo:Ah, yes. I learned that it prevents A-AIDS.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Sonagi (1979)

Soundtrack:

Canon in D

Deeply touching

This is my „afterword" – maybe it's written more for myself, but please don't mind it and my lack in English too.

When watching movies we rarely know what to wait from them and the least we wait the film to affect us so hard that suddenly a completely new dimension appears to us, that the movie will make us to look on things and life from a different viewpoint, will make you to remember forgotten things. But movies like that exist, and this is one of them .

Thinking about this film I start to consider what the movie makers really want to achieve creating films and what is the task for a movie. Is it a picture movie with good cameraman's work, good acting , story or impressive special effects? These things are important ,but in my opinion, in a good movie the main is the message of it. I don't know if it is the director, the scriptwriter or the crew together who made this movie to touch the viewer, made him to look with a different look, who worked to make this film to deliver the message as it is, but I can say that they have achieved their aim.

This movie is humane. It's message and characters are humane. It has no meaning if the end of the movie is happy or sad - there is joy and pain both in it, because that's exactly how the life is.

I liked this movie. But it is impossible for me to rate it the same it's not possible for me to rate my own life.

This movie touched me. I hope that many others too.