''Love Forecast'' (; lit. ''Today's Love'') is a 2015 South Korean

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film co-written and directed by

Park Jin-pyo Park Jin-pyo (born 1966) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He directed ''Too Young to Die'' (2002), ''You Are My Sunshine (2005 film), You Are My Sunshine'' (2005), ''Voice of a Murderer'' (2007), ''Closer to Heaven (film), Closer ...

. Starring

Lee Seung-gi Lee Seung-gi (; born January 13, 1987) is a South Korean singer, actor, host, and entertainer. He has numerous hit songs as a singer such as "Because You're My Woman", "Will You Marry Me", "Return" and "The Ordinary Man". He has garnered furt ...

and

Moon Chae-won Moon Chae-won (; born November 13, 1986) is a South Korean actress. Moon first attracted attention in 2008 in her supporting role as a gisaeng in ''Painter of the Wind''. She was next cast in '' Brilliant Legacy'', one of the top-rated Korean dr ...

, the film depicts the relationship between men and women as being as delicate and complex as the weather.

Synopsis

Weather reporter Kim Hyun-woo (

) is known for her beauty and elegance on television, but off-screen, she drinks and swears a lot. Hyun-woo has been friends for 18 years with Kang Joon-soo (

), a mild-mannered elementary school teacher who gives too much of himself in his relationships but always ends up getting dumped. Joon-soo has secretly loved Hyun-woo for years, but she claims she doesn't feel any sexual attraction between them, and he's had to stand by and watch while she fawns over married colleague Lee Dong-jin (

Lee Seo-jin Lee Seo-jin (born January 30, 1971) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for the reality shows ''Three Meals a Day'' and '' Grandpa Over Flowers''. As an actor, he came to prominence with his leading roles in television series '' Damo'' (2 ...

) and goes on a blind date with nice but boring photographer Yeom Hyo-bong(

Jung Joon-young Jung Joon-young (born February 21, 1989) is a South Korean former singer-songwriter, radio DJ, host, actor, television personality and convicted serial rapist. Jung first gained recognition in the 2012 season of the musical reality competitio ...

). Fate turns out that the childhood friends are destined together.

Cast

as Kang Joon-soo *

as Kim Hyun-woo **

Hong Hwa-ri Hong Hwa-ri (born February 21, 2005) is a South Korean actress. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * 2005 births Living people South Korean child actresses South ...

as young Hyun-woo *

as Lee Dong-jin *

as Yeom Hyo-bong/Andrew *

Go Yoon Go Yoon (born Kim Jong-min; September 12, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is perhaps known for his roles in the television series ''Criminal Minds ''Criminal Minds'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series created an ...

as Jae-joong * Lizzy as Min-ah *

Ryu Hwayoung Ryu Hwa-young (born April 22, 1993), better known by the mononym Hwayoung, is a South Korean actress and singer. She is a former member of South Korean girl group T-ara. Biography Ryu Hwa-young was born on April 22, 1993 in Gwangju, South Kor ...

as Hee-jin * Park Si-eun as Joon-hee * Ha Kyeong-min as Han Seong-gu * Park Eun-ji as Cha Myung-sun * Nam Neung-mi as Bath house granny * Hong Seong-heun as Man at amusement park * Song Young-chang as Headquarters director * Im Jong-yoon as General manager

Cameo appearance

Im Ha-ryong Im Ha-ryong (born Im Han-yong on October 31, 1952) is a South Korean actor and comedian. During the 1980s and 1990s, Im was one of Korea's foremost comedians (called "gag men") alongside Shim Hyung-rae and Kim Hyung-gon. As his brand of comedy b ...

as Principal *

Kim Kap-soo Kim Kap-soo (born April 7, 1957) is a South Korean actor. Since his acting debut in 1977, Kim has had a long career on the stage, in television dramas and film. In addition to acting full-time, he also has his own master class acting studio. F ...

as Joon-soo's father *

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 ''Lo ...

as Joon-soo's mother * Kim Bu-seon as Hyun-woo's mother *

Kim Kwang-kyu Kim Kwang-kyu (born January 7, 1941) is a South Korean poet and translator."김광규 " biographical PDF available at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Life Kim was born in Seoul and studied German language and literature at Seoul Nationa ...

as Man in Hongdae without an office *

Hong Seok-cheon Hong Seok-cheon (born February 3, 1971) is a South Korean actor, television personality, restaurateur and member of the dissolved Democratic Labor Party. He caused considerable controversy in his home country when he came out as gay in 2000, an ...

as My Thai China restaurant owner *

Kim So-yeon Kim So-yeon (born November 2, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She is best known for starring in a number of well-known television dramas, notably ''All About Eve'' (2000), ''Iris'' (2009), ''Prosecutor Princess'' (2010), '' Happy Home'' (2 ...

as Joon-soo's ex-girlfriend 1 *

Son Ga-in Son Ga-in (; born September 20, 1987), known mononymously as Gain, is a South Korean singer, actress and entertainer, best known as a member of the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls. Having debuted with her home group earlier in 2006, G ...

as Joon-soo's ex-girlfriend 2

Production

This was

's film debut, and his onscreen reunion with

after the television series ''

Brilliant Legacy ''Brilliant Legacy'' (; also known as ''Shining Inheritance'') is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Han Hyo-joo, Lee Seung-gi, Bae Soo-bin, and Moon Chae-won. It aired on SBS from April 25 to July 26, 2009 on Saturdays and Sundays at ...

'' in 2009. ''Love Forecast'' began filming in July 2014, and the shoot wrapped on November 9, 2014.

Box office

''Love Forecast'' was released on January 15, 2015. It opened at second place on the South Korean box office, grossing () from 972,000 admissions in its first five days. As of February 5, it has grossed () from 1,892,125 admissions.

References

External links

* * * * * {{Lee Byeong-heon (filmmaker) Films directed by Park Jin-pyo South Korean romantic comedy films 2015 films CJ Entertainment films 2015 romantic comedy films 2010s South Korean films 2010s Korean-language films