''My Beautiful Girl, Mari'' (; lit. "The Story of Mari") is a 2002 South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences. The English-language dub was directed and produced by

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and licensed by A.D. Vision.

Plot

Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in

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and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.

Cast

* Nam-woo—

Ryu Deok-hwan Ryu Deok-hwan (; born June 12, 1987) is a South Korean actor. Career Ryu Deok-hwan began his career as a child actor on stage at age 6. Among his early Korean drama, TV drama appearances was a role on the popular ''Lifetime in the Country'' whi ...

(Korean), Alejandro Fallick (English) * Adult Nam-woo—

Lee Byung-hun Lee Byung-hun (; born July 12, 1970) is a South Korean actor. He has received critical acclaim for his work in a wide range of genres, most notably ''Joint Security Area'' (2000); ''A Bittersweet Life'' (2005); ''The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' ...

(Korean), Jay Hickman (English) * Jun-ho— Sung In-gyu (Korean),

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(English) * Adult Jun-ho—

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(Korean),

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(English) * Nam-woo's Mom—

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(Korean),

Christine Auten Christine McPeters Auten is an American voice actress, ADR director, and ADR scriptwriter who works for Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Auten performs the voice of Esdeath, the main antagonist from the popular anime ''Akame ga K ...

(English) * Nam-woo's Grandma—

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(Korean),

Shelley Calene-Black Shelley Calene-Black is an American voice actress who has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series. She has worked for Funimation, ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her leading ...

(English) * Jun-ho's Father—

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(Korean),

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. H ...

(English) * Soog-Y— Lee Nari (Korean),

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(English) * Kyung-min—

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(Korean),

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 ...

(English)

Awards

* Grand Prix Winner (Best Feature Film) at the 26th

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( Annecy,

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)

External links

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My Beautiful Girl, Mari: The blossoming of Korean animation
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