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'' ("A Boyfriend for My Wife").

Plot

After seven years of marriage, the mild-mannered Doo-hyun (

) is at the end of his rope, Jung-in (

), his wife is driving him crazy with her endless nagging and complaining. He can't even bring himself to ask for a divorce because of the fights that will follow. When Doo-hyun's company transfers him out of state, it seems like his dream of getting away is coming true. But to his horror, Jung-in surprises him by moving across the country to be with him. Desperate but too afraid to ask for a divorce, Doo-hyun recruits his next-door neighbor and legendary Casanova Sung-ki (

) to seduce his wife and make her leave him first. After scoping her out, Sung-ki is intrigued by the challenge and confidently agrees to seduce Jung-in as his career finale. Meanwhile, to give her something to do, Doo-hyun has already arranged for Jung-in to get a spot on the local radio station, shooting her mouth off about life's injustices. As times goes on, Sung-ki eventually succeeds in grabbing Jung-in's attention, and the two slowly grow closer. But though Doo-hyun asked for it, he grows to regret his decision and decides to spy on his wife and her lover. He starts to have feeling for his wife again, and does not want to divorce her anymore. But in the meantime Sung-ki falls in love with Jung-in. Doo-hyun asks Sung-ki to stop seducing his wife, but in return the latter threatens that he would disclose to his wife that Doo-hyun recruited him if he comes in-between them. The later part is about who wins Jung-in's heart

Cast

- Yeon Jung-in *

- Lee Doo-hyun *

- Jang Sung-ki *

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- PD Choi, radio host * Kim Ji-young - Song, radio writer *

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- Park Kwang-shik, Doo-hyun's colleague * Lee Sung-min - Company Director Na, Doo-hyun's boss *Kim Do-young - Na's wife *Jung Sung-hwa - newspaper delivery man *Lee Dal-hyeong - captain at police station *

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- female cop at police station *Jo Han-cheol - public officer at divorce court *Nam Myung-ryul - judge at divorce court *Lee Do-ah - Pyeongchang Company employee *Kim Sun-ha - waitress at noodle shop

Box office

With 594,195 tickets sold during the opening weekend of May 18 to 20, the film's debut made a splash atop the local box office, putting up a strong fight against Hollywood films '' The Avengers'' and ''

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''. Benefiting from positive word-of-mouth, it continued its impressive commercial run, with over 4.5 million admissions in total.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * * * * {{Min Kyu-dong 2012 films 2012 romantic comedy films South Korean romantic comedy films South Korean remakes of foreign films Films set in Japan Films set in Gangwon Province, South Korea Next Entertainment World films 2010s Korean-language films Films directed by Min Kyu-dong Remakes of Argentine films 2010s South Korean films