''Never Ending Story'' () is a 2012 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Jung Yong-joo.

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and

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star as a mismatched couple who meet at a hospital where they have both been diagnosed with terminal illnesses and decide to spend the rest of their lives together.

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remade the movie in Vietnamese in 2018 as ''100 Days of Sunshine''.

Plot

Oh Song-kyung (

) is a well-organized 28-year-old bank teller. She meticulously has a plan for everything, including getting married through a dating agency. Taekwondo master Kang Dong-joo's (

) biggest pleasure is buying lottery tickets in hopes of one day hitting the jackpot. In reality, however, he's an incompetent young man who barely makes ends meet and mooches off his younger brother (

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). He is forced to register with a dating agency because of pressure from his sister-in-law (

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), who wants to kick him out of their house. They are the polar opposites of each other, but a few days after registering with the agency, they meet at a hospital where they have both been diagnosed with brain cancer and given just three months to live. When their doctor's appointments bring them into regular contact, the two fall in love and decide to live their remaining days together. With time running out, together they prepare for the last ceremonies of their lives: their funeral, by shopping for coffins, urns and burial clothes and chambers, as well as wedding plans.

Cast

as Kang Dong-joo *

as Oh Song-kyung *

as Dong-joo's brother *

as Je-soo, Dong-joo's sister-in-law *

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as Mr. Perm *

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as Doctor * Choi Eun-ju as Jin-joo *

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as Jin-joo's aunt * Park Soo-yong as Jin-joo's boyfriend *

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as Song-kyung's mother * Park Yong-shik as Happiness House director *

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as matchmaking head * Ahn Hye-kyung as matchmaking firm president *

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as Song-kyung's friend (cameo) *

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as Tow car driver (cameo)

Reception

Though the film's box office was only 275,000 admissions domestically, it was sold to Indonesia and Thailand. It also won the Grand Prize at the

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Asian Film Festival, established by Japanese director

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in 1987.

References

External links

* * * * {{IMDb title, 2361272, Never Ending Story 2012 films South Korean romantic comedy films 2010s South Korean films