''Girl Scout'' () is a

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South Korean action comedy film directed by

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Plot

Set in Bongcheon-3 dong, a deprived area in

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, four women are struggling financially. They are I-man (

Na Moon-hee Na Moon-hee (; Na Kyung-ja, ; November 30, 1941) is a South Korean actress. Since 1960, Na has had a prolific acting career in television and film spanning more than five decades. She established a classic Korean mother persona with her TV drama ...

), a woman in her 60s working at a supermarket to look after her unemployed son; Bong-soon (Lee Kyung-sil), a widow who lives with an ill child; Mi-kyung ( Kim Sun-a), a divorcee; and Eun-ji ( Go Joon-hee), a caddie. They are determined to raise the money to open up a store in their neighborhood, and it is their sole hope and dream. But things get much worse when Hye-ran ( Im Ji-eun), the head of their credit union, runs off with their life savings. Desperate, they create a team called '' Bong Chon Girl Scouts Troop #3'' to recover the stolen money, and chaos ensues.

Cast

* Kim Sun-a ... Choi Mi-kyung *

... Lee I-man * Lee Kyung-sil ... Oh Bong-soon * Go Joon-hee ... Kang Eun-ji *

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... Min Hong-gi * Im Ji-eun ... Seong Hye-ran * Ryu Tae-joon ... Lee Jong-dae *

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... Director Han *

Park Hyuk-kwon Park Hyuk-kwon (born July 11, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Park began his acting career in 1993 as a member of the theater troupe Sanulrim. He later became a well-regarded supporting actor in films such as '' Chaw'' (2009) and ''Secret Reunion ...

... Beom-seok * Kim Hyang-gi ... Yoon-i, Mi-kyeong's daughter * Yeojin Jeon ... waitress * Yang Gi-won ... Lee I-man's son * Jeong Mi-seong ... supermarket manager * Yeo Min-goo ... Han-seo Capital employee * Jeong Se-hyeong ... security employee

Release

''Girl Scout'' was released in

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on June 5, 2008, after the postponement of its planned earlier release in April. On its opening weekend it was ranked fifth at the

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, grossing and receiving 163,122 admissions. It eventually grossed , with total admissions at 249,114.

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