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Spellbound (2011 Film)
''Spellbound'' (; lit. "Chilling Romance"), also known as ''My Girlfriend Can See Ghosts'', is a 2011 South Korean horror romantic comedy film, starring Son Ye-jin and Lee Min-ki. It is about a magician who falls in love with a woman who can see ghosts. It was written and directed by Hwang In-ho which also marks his directorial debut. Plot Jo-goo, a street magician (Lee Min-ki), notices a miserable looking girl, Yeo-ri (Son Ye-jin), in the audience during one of his performances, and she winds up being the inspiration for his “Horror magic show.” The show becomes a runaway success almost overnight and Jo-goo in turn, is now a successful stage magician with a model girlfriend. Yeo-ri works for Jo-goo, playing the specter in his show. Forward to almost a year later, the darkness inside her, something her colleagues sense, keeps her from truly connecting with them. When Jo-goo's attempts to include Yeo-ri in a staff dinner finally succeeds, hilarious disaster ensues when she ends u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hwang In-ho
Hwang In-ho is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He wrote and directed the horror-romantic comedy '' Spellbound'' (2011) and the crime thriller '' Monster'' (2014). Career As screenwriter Hwang In-ho first wrote the screenplay of ''Sisily 2km'' (also known as ''To Catch a Virgin Ghost''), a 2004 film that combined horror and black comedy elements in a story about gangsters (played by Im Chang-jung and Kwon Oh-joong) who steal a diamond and escape to a small town, . His next screenplay, ''Love Phobia'' (titled "Lizard" in Korean) was a 2006 melodrama that starred Cho Seung-woo and Kang Hye-jung as a couple who meet each other only thrice in the 20 years spanning their childhood to adulthood. His third screenplay, '' Two Faces of My Girlfriend'' (2007) was a romantic comedy about a 30-year-old male virgin and loser who falls for a woman with DID (played by Bong Tae-gyu and Jung Ryeo-won). Hwang also served as script editor on high school comedy ''The Legend of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |