''Almost Love'' (; lit. "Youth Comic") is a 2006 South Korean film. It was directed by

Lee Han Lee Han (born 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the coming-of-age film ''Punch'', which became one of the biggest hits on the South Korean box office in 2011. Career Lee Han graduated from Hanyang Un ...

, starring

Kwon Sang-woo Kwon Sang-woo (in Korean: 권상우, ''Kweon Sang-u''; born August 5, 1976) is a South Korean actor. He rose to stardom in 2003 with the romantic comedy film ''My Tutor Friend'' and the melodrama series ''Stairway to Heaven''. Career Kwon Sang ...

and

Kim Ha-neul Kim Ha-neul (; born February 21, 1978) is a South Korean actress. After starting her career as a model, she rose to fame by starring in romantic-comedy films ''My Tutor Friend'' (2003) and ''Too Beautiful to Lie'' (2004) and the action-comedy f ...

. Distributed by

Showbox Showbox Co., Ltd. () is one of the largest film distribution companies in South Korea, founded in 1999. Showbox is the film investment, production and distribution branch of Mediaplex, Inc., entertainment arm of Orion Group. Its main competit ...

, it was released on March 23, 2006, and ran at 116 minutes.

Plot

Ji-hwan is a

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

student with a part-time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality. The two are old friends who have grown up together, but their relationship becomes complicated when they each start dating other people.

Cast

as Ji-hwan **

Park Ji-bin Park Ji-bin (; born March 14, 1995) is a South Korean actor. He began his career as a child actor The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acti ...

as young Ji-hwan *

as Dal-rae ** Jung Min-ah as young Dal-rae *

Lee Sang-woo Lee Sang-woo (born February 13, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He rose to fame in the 2007 television drama ''First Wives' Club'', and has since played leading roles on '' The Road Home'' (2009), '' Don't Hesitate'' (2009), ''Life Is Beautiful' ...

as Moon Young-hoon *

Jang Mi-inae Jang Mi In-Ae (born May 28, 1984) is a South Korean former actress. She starred in the sitcoms '' Nonstop'' and ''Soulmate'', as well as the television dramas '' Dear My Sister'' and '' Missing You''. In 2013, she was investigated then indicted ...

as Kim Ji-min * Jung Gyu-soo as Dal-rae's father * Choi Jong-ryul * Kang Ki-hwa * Lee Young-lan *

Lee Kyung-jin Lee Kyung-jin is a South Korean actress. She is known for her roles in dramas such as '' Working Mom Parenting Daddy'', '' Joseon Survival Period'', '' Through the Waves'', ''Amor Fati'' and '' Three Bold Siblings''. She also appeared in movies ...

as Jin Dal-rae's mother * Park Kyeong-hwan * Ku Hye-ryeong * Jo Deok-je

Release

''Almost Love'' was released in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

on March 23, 2006,Box-Office Admission Results
(2006). ''Koreanfilm.org''. Retrieved 12 December 2008. and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 539,307 admissions. It held the number one spot for a second consecutive weekend, going on to receive a total of 2,066,354 admissions nationwide, with a gross of .South Korea Box Office April 14–16, 2006
. ''

Box Office Mojo Box Office Mojo is an American website that tracks box-office revenue in a systematic, algorithmic way. The site was founded in 1998 by Brandon Gray, and was bought in 2008 by IMDb, which itself is owned by Amazon. History Brandon Gray began ...

''. Retrieved 12 December 2008.

References

External links

* * * * {{Lee Han 2006 films 2000s Korean-language films Showbox films Films directed by Lee Han South Korean romantic drama films 2000s South Korean films