''Marrying the Mafia'' (; lit. “Family’s Honor”) is a 2002 South Korean film released on September 13, 2002. It was an instant hit, beating out other 2002 film competitors such as ''

Jail Breakers ''Jail Breakers'' () is a 2002 South Korean comedy film directed by Kim Sang-jin and starring Sol Kyung-gu, Cha Seung-won and Song Yoon-ah. It was a box office hit with a total of 3,073,919 admissions nationwide, making it the 4th highest grossin ...

'', '' The Way Home'' and ''

Sex is Zero ''Sex Is Zero'' () is a 2002 South Korean film written and directed by Yoon Je-kyoon, starring Im Chang-jung and Ha Ji-won. In the style of American gross-out comedies like '' American Pie'', it follows the exploits of a group of college student ...

''. The film sold 5,200,000 tickets, becoming 14th highest Korean films-ticket selling film. For the year of 2002 it was the highest-attended South Korean film, and the second highest-attended film (including international productions) in South Korea with 5,021,001 admissions nationwide.

Plot

The film is a gangster comedy about a businessman who becomes involved with the gangster underworld through the daughter of a crime boss. A businessman and a young woman wake up in bed together with no knowledge of how they got there. Next, the businessman is confronted by the young woman's brothers, who are members of the mafias. The brothers demand that the businessman make an honorable woman of their sister. Ensue the craziness!

Cast

Jung Joon-ho Jung Joon-ho (; born October 1, 1970) is a South Korean actor, who gained fame in the 2000 series, Women Like You, (왕추). His recent hits are '' Last Scandal'' (내 생애 마지막 스캔들) and ''IRIS''. Jung Jun-ho has a passionate interes ...

as Park Dae-seo *

Kim Jung-eun Kim Jung-eun (born March 4, 1976) is a South Korean actress best known for her roles in the film ''Marrying the Mafia'' (2002) and the television series ''Lovers in Paris'' (2004), '' I am Legend'' (2010) and ''Make a Woman Cry''. In 2008, Kim ...

as Jang Jin-kyeong *

Yoo Dong-geun Yoo Dong-geun (born June 18, 1956) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the historical television dramas ''Tears of the Dragon'', '' Empress Myseongseong'', and '' Yeon Gaesomun''. He was also an adjunct professo ...

as Jang In-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother) *

Sung Ji-ru Sung Ji-ru (born October 16, 1968) is a South Korean actor. Filmography Film Television series Awards and nominations References External links * * * 1968 births Living people People from Gongju 20th-century Sout ...

as Jang Seok-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother) * Park Sang-wook as Jang Kyeong-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother) *

Park Geun-hyung Park Geun-hyung (born June 7, 1940) is a South Korean actor. His career in film, television and theater has spanned over five decades. Filmography Film *''7 People in the Cellar'' (1969) *''Lovers of Seoul'' (1973) *''Spies in the National A ...

as Jang Jeong-jong (Jin-kyeong's father) *

Jin Hee-kyung Jin Hee-kyung (born September 7, 1968) is a South Korean actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a Character (arts), character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in mo ...

as Won Hye-suk

English Vocal Cast

John Gremillion John Michael Gremillion (born 1967) is an American voice actor who works for Funimation and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks. He has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games; notable credi ...

as Park Dae-sun (seo?) * Shelly Calene-Black as Jang Jin-kyung *

Chris Ayres Chris Ayres is a screenwriter, a contributing editor at ''British GQ'', and author. He wrote the book ''War Reporting for Cowards'', and co-wrote Ozzy Osbourne's memoir ''I Am Ozzy'', which became a New York Times Best-Seller. As a screenwriter, ...

as Jang Jung-jong *

John Swasey John Allan Swasey is an American voice actor, ADR Director, and script writer known for his work at Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. He has provided voices for English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games. His ...

as Jang In-tae *

Rob Mungle Robert Louis Mungle (born October 19, 1967) is an American voice actor for Funimation, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks, and OkraTron 5000. He is also a stand-up comedian, having been known as The Reverend. Filmography Anime * ''00 ...

as Jang Seok-tae *

Mike MacRae Mike MacRae (born July 29, 1977) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, producer, director and writer. Early life and career A native of St. Louis, Missouri, MacRae moved to Houston, Texas, in 1995 where he graduated from Rice University in 1 ...

as Jang Kyung-tae *

Jessica Boone Jessica Boone (born May 14, 1984) is an American film, television, and voice actress with extensive experience in Shakespeare and musical theatre, who used to work primarily for ADV Films, Funimation, Sentai Filmworks, and Seraphim Digital, when ...

as Lee Yoo-jin *

Celeste Roberts Celeste may refer to: Geography * Mount Celeste, unofficial name of a mountain on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada * Celeste, Texas, a rural city in North Texas ** Celeste High School, public high school located in the city of Celeste, ...

as Mi-soon *

Nancy Novotny Nancy Novotny is an American radio personality and voice actress working with ADV Films and Seraphim Digital, known for her roles in English-language dubbed anime, such as Yomi in Azumanga Daioh, Yuka in Elfen Lied and Madlax in Madlax. She co-ho ...

as Won Hae-sook *

Jason Douglas Jason Douglas is an American film, television and voice actor, known as Tobin on AMC's '' The Walking Dead'', as the voice of Beerus in the anime film '' Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods ''and the series Dragon Ball Super, and Krieg in the video ...

as Sang-pal *

Andy McAvin Andrew Mark McAvin (born January 4, 1952) is an American voice actor with nearly 80 credits to his resume. He also appeared in over 120 professional theatrical productions including Broadway musicals. He does voice work in anime dubs for ADV Fil ...

as Dae-suh's Father *

Jennie Welch Jennie may refer to: * Jennie (singer), South Korean singer of girl group Blackpink * Jennie, a female given name, variant spelling of Jenny * ''Jennie'' (musical), 1963 Broadway production * ''Jennie'' (novel), 1994 science fiction thriller by ...

as Dae-suh's Mother *

Illich Guardiola Illich Auyapah Guardiola (born July 5, 1972) is a Honduran former voice actor who provided voice roles for Japanese anime. He previously worked for ADV Films, Funimation, and Seraphim Digital, and as a stage actor and director in the Houston thea ...

as Manager *

Vic Mignogna Victor Joseph Mignogna (); born August 27, 1962)Birthday tweet: * is an American voice actor and musician known for his voice-over work in the English dubs of Japanese anime shows, such as Edward Elric from the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' series, ...

as Yeo Min-seok *

Kim Prause Kimberly Prause is an American voice actress and theatre actress. She has done several anime voice roles for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Voice roles * ''Air'' - Kano's Mother * ''Akame ga Kill!'' - Client (Ep. 2), Spear (Ep. 7) * ''Angelic L ...

as Jin-kyung's Friend *

Max Issacson Max or MAX may refer to: Animals * Max (dog) (1983–2013), at one time purported to be the world's oldest living dog * Max (English Springer Spaniel), the first pet dog to win the PDSA Order of Merit (animal equivalent of OBE) * Max (gorilla) ...

as Jang Young-min *

David Born David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

as Lawyer *

Ty Mahany Ty (stylized as ty) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. It was founded by Ty Warner in 1986. It designs, develops and sells products, most notably Beanie Babies, exclusively to speci ...

as Dae-suh's Friend A *

Quinton Haag Quinton is a place name, a surname or a masculine given name. The place name originates from Old English ''cwen'' "queen" or ''cwene'' "woman" and ''tun'' "farmstead, estate". The English surname and given name may originate from the English plac ...

as Dae-suh's Friend B *

Rachel Buchman Rachel () was a Biblical figure, the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her au ...

as School Violence Mother * Rebekay Dahl as Yoo-jin's Mentor * Nam as Ty Mahany *David Born as TV Host Male *Kim Prause as TV Host Female *David Born as Security Guard *Ty Mahany as Radio DJ *Kim Prause as Hostess A *Nancy Novotny as Hostess B *Rebekay Dahl as Hostess C *English Language and Subtitled Versions Presented by

ADV Films A.D. Vision Holdings, Inc. (known simply as ADV and also referred to as ADV Films) was an American multimedia entertainment distributor headquartered in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1992 by video game fan John Ledford and anime fans Matt Gre ...

Reception

G. Allen Johnson of the ''

San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de ...

'' said that "

he film is He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

a comedy that tries too hard to be funny, therefore it isn't". Sean Axmaker of the ''

Seattle Post-Intelligencer The ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' (popularly known as the ''Seattle P-I'', the ''Post-Intelligencer'', or simply the ''P-I'') is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The newspaper was foun ...

'' said that "

he film's He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

unusual cultural details add a little color to the usual romantic turbulence, but it's otherwise as rote as its American counterparts".

Sources

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marrying The Mafia 2000s Korean-language films South Korean crime comedy films Films about organized crime in South Korea 2000s crime comedy films 2000s South Korean films