''Marriage Blue'' (; lit. "The Night Before the Wedding") is a 2013

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film that follows the misadventures of four engaged couples in the week leading up to their weddings.

Plot

Tae-kyu (

Kim Kang-woo Kim Kang-woo (born July 11, 1978) is a South Korean actor. He is best known from his roles in '' The Taste of Money'' and '' The Missing''. Career Kim Kang-woo majored in Theater and Film at Chung-Ang University. In early, Kim work as singer in ...

) is a former professional

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player who currently coaches for a minor league team. His girlfriend Joo-young (

Kim Hyo-jin Kim Hyo-jin (; born February 10, 1984) is a South Korean actress and model. She began modeling in teen magazines, and made her acting debut in 1999. She is best known for playing the youngest of the three sisters in sex comedy film '' Everybody ...

) runs a successful

urology Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and '' -logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive org ...

clinic. They've broken up once before then gotten back together, and now they're about to get married. But a week before their wedding, Tae-kyu learns something about Joo-young that makes him feel betrayed and jealous. Growing increasingly neurotic, he becomes obsessed with finding all about her exes and dating past.

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Won-chul (

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) and

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ist So-mi (

Lee Yeon-hee Lee Yeon-hee (born January 9, 1988) is a South Korean actress. She is most known for her work in the television series '' East of Eden'' (2008), ''Phantom'' (2012), ''Miss Korea'' (2013), '' The Package'' (2017); and in the films ''A Millionair ...

) have been a couple for seven years and their wedding day is fast approaching. But feeling that something is missing in their life, So-mi suspects that Won-chul doesn't feel passionate towards her anymore and merely regards their relationship as a comfortable living arrangement. Several days before getting hitched, So-mi travels to Jeju Island for a nail art competition, and there she meets and becomes attracted to Kyung-soo (

Ju Ji-hoon Ju Ji-hoon (born May 16, 1982) is a South Korean actor and model. His first leading role was in the 2006 hit drama ''Princess Hours''. His other notable works include ''The Devil'', '' Antique'', ''Mask'', '' Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds'' ...

), a tour guide and

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writer. Geon-ho (

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) is a sweet, middle-aged bachelor who owns a

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, and he's about to marry Vika (Guzal Tursunova), who hails from

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. When Geon-ho is suddenly afflicted with

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, he goes to see Joo-young, a urologist, who tells him that there's nothing wrong with him physically and his impotency may be caused by stress. Since Vika is beautiful and much younger than him, Geon-ho struggles with feelings of inadequacy and starts to wonder if she's only marrying him to attain Korean citizenship. Dae-bok (

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) works at Joo-young's urology clinic. He's recently began dating Yi-ra (

Go Joon-hee Go Joon-hee (born Kim Eun-joo on August 31, 1985) is a South Korean actress. She made her entertainment debut as a school uniform model in 2001, then launched an acting career in 2003. Background Kim adopted the stage name Go Joon-hee in 2008, ...

), a

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. Then one day, during a baseball game, Yi-ra tells him that she's pregnant, and Dae-bok immediately proposes. But as they prepare for their wedding, they keep arguing constantly. It isn't that Dae-bok is scared of becoming a father, but he senses from Yi-ra's cynical attitude that she doesn't feel their relationship has any kind of long-term future, so he desperately tries to change her mind.

Cast

as Tae-kyu *

as Joo-young *

as Kyung-soo *

as So-mi *

as Won-chul *

as Geon-ho *Guzal Tursunova as Vika *

as Dae-bok *

as Yi-ra *

Oh Na-ra Oh Na-ra (, is a South Korean television and film actress, known for her roles in ''Yong-pal'', ''Hyde, Jekyll, Me'', ''Flowers of the Prison'', '' Man to Man'', ''The Lady in Dignity'', and ''Sky Castle ''Sky Castle'' (; stylized as ''SK ...

as Seon-ok * Joo as Ah-reum *

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as Kim Seok-dong *Lee Joo-sil as Kim Seok-dong's wife *

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as Yi-ra's father *

Jeon Soo-kyung Jeon Soo-kyeong (born July 12, 1966) is a South Korean actress. She is best known in musical theatre, and has starred in Korean productions of ''Mamma Mia!'', ''Chicago'', '' The Life'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Menopause'', and ''Kiss Me, Kate''. ...

as Dress shop owner, Yi-ra's boss *

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as Doctor Kim, Joo-young's ex-husband *Hwang Jeong-min as Woman touring Jeju *Lee Dal-hyeong as Installation engineer *

Lee Mi-do Lee Mi-do (born Lee Eun-hye on 25 May 1982) is a South Korean actress. Career In 2012, she also moved into the TV arena, while remaining active in her film career. Her notable TV credits include ''The Queen of Office'' (2013) and '' You Are ...

as Eccentric bride * Kim Ji-young as Dae-bok's mother * Nam Sang-ji as Society employee

Release

''Marriage Blue'' opened in South Korea on November 21, 2013, at third place in the box office, with a gross of . Despite little hype, it succeeded in securing a niche market amongst some heavier hitters, and on November 25, the fifth day of its release, the film ranked first in the daily box office chart, beating '' Friend: The Great Legacy'' and '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. On its second week, it placed second on the weekly box office chart, with 841,563 admissions. At the end of its run, it had a total of 1,214,351 admissions. In addition to South Korea, rights to ''Marriage Blue'' were pre-sold to seven Asian countries, and local theaters in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and China screened the film from December 2013 to May 2014.

References

External links

* * * *{{hancinema film, Marriage_Blue, Marriage Blue South Korean romantic comedy films 2013 films Films about weddings 2010s South Korean films