''You Call It Passion'' () is a South Korean

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based on the novel of the same name written by Lee Hye-rin. It is about a new graduate who struggles to survive in the war of entertainment news.

Plot

Do Ra-hee (

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) enters Dongmyung, a newspaper company, as an intern in the entertainment section. She soon discovers the dirty and hidden aspects of the journalism industry and learns the passion and enthusiasm of the press. She has to make non-existing news by corroborating stories. Her first assignment as an official journalist is to do a write up of a sexual assault scandal involving an upcoming young actor, Woo Ji-han ( Yoon Kyun-sang), of a film studio JS. From her investigation of the new evidence of the scandal given to her for the write up, she found the evidence to be fabricated. So she told her boss, Ha Jae-kwan (

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) she is not going to do the write up. Her boss did the write up and post the scandalous article on their website. Later, from Seon-woo's ( Bae Sung-woo) her ex-mentor suggestion she do a write up exposing the fabricated evidence used against the actor. The company refuses to use the write up. So, Ra-hee's colleagues assisted by posting the write up in the internet using public computers. This results in the arrest and prosecution of the film studio manager Jang (

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) for corruption. The actor thanked her for clearing his name of the scandal. The movie ends with Ra-hee rushing out of the airport terminal where she send off her boyfriend Seo-jin (

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) after receiving a tip off of a potential entertainment scoop.

Cast

as Ha Jae-kwan *

as Do Ra-hee * Bae Sung-woo as Seon-woo *

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as Chae-eun *

as Jang, film studio manager *

as Seo-jin * Yoon Kyun-sang as Woo Ji-han *

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as Young-hwa *

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as General manager Ko ( cameo) *

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as Chairman (cameo) * Jang Hee-soo as Ra-hee's mother (cameo) * Lee Young-jin as Jae-kwan's sister-in-law (cameo) *

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as Section chief Ma (cameo) *

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as Reporter Hyun (cameo) * Yoon Joo as Leisure control person (cameo) *

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as Supporting

References

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* * * {{IMDb title, 5214690, You Call It Passion 2015 films 2010s Korean-language films South Korean comedy-drama films Films based on South Korean novels Films about journalists 2015 comedy-drama films Next Entertainment World films Films directed by Jeong Gi-hun 2015 comedy films 2010s South Korean films