Pure Love (film)
Pure Love | |
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Directed by | Lee Eun-hee |
Screenplay by | Han Chang-hoon Lee Eun-hee |
Produced by | Jeong Mun-gu Bang Mi-jung Joo Pil-ho |
Starring | Doh Kyung-soo Kim So-hyun |
Cinematography | Lee Joon-gyoo |
Edited by | Kim Hyeong-joo |
Production company | Jupiter Film |
Distributed by | Little Big Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$1.5 million[1] |
Pure Love (Korean: 순정; RR: Sunjeong), released internationally as Unforgettable, is a 2016 South Korean romance drama film starring Doh Kyung-soo and Kim So-hyun.[2][3][4] The film was commercially successful.
Plot
[edit]In 2014, a radio DJ gets a letter from his first love that brings up almost-forgotten memories of the past.
23 years ago in 1991, five friends spend the summer together. One of them, shy and innocent Beom-sil falls in love with Soo-ok. Beom-sil has a noticeable crush on Soo-ok and waits by the girl's window during the summer. Soo-ok suffers from a leg injury that renders her unable to walk properly so she is always carried by Beom-sil. The love blossoms and how he always sees her as the girl he had want to marry.[5]
Cast
[edit]- Doh Kyung-soo as Beom-sil
- Park Yong-woo as Hyung-joon / adult Beom-sil
- Kim So-hyun as Soo-ok
- Lee David as Gae-duk
- Lee Beom-soo as Yong-chul / adult Gae-duk
- Joo Da-young as Gil-ja
- Kim Ji-ho as adult Gil-ja
- Yeon Joon-seok as San-dol
- Park Hae-joon as Min-ho / adult San-dol
- Lee Dae-yeon as Soo-ok's father
- Park Choong-sun as Bum-shil's father
- Hwang Young-hee as Bum-shil's mother
- Hwang Seok-jeong as Gae-duk's mother
- Park Jung-min as Yong-soo
- Kim Kwon as Young-il
- Kim Hyun as Woman 1
- Yoon Jung-ro as Writer Park
Production
[edit]Filming began on 22 June 2015 in Goheung County, South Jeolla Province.[6]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
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2016
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52nd Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20151021 [dead link]
- ^ "Interview with Doh Kyung-soo of EXO on new movie Pure Love". Get It K. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "EXO's D.O. wants to play evil role". K-pop Herald. 4 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
- ^ "EXO fans to open "Do Kyung-soo Theater"". The Korea Times. 22 February 2016. Archived from the original on 5 June 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.j
- ^ https://www.dramafever.com/drama/4909/Pure_Love/[permanent dead link]
- ^ Jones, Julie (22 June 2015). "Filming Has Started For D.O. and Kim So Hyun's Pure Love". KDramaStars. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
External links
[edit]- Pure Love on Facebook (in Korean)
- Unforgettable at HanCinema
- Unforgettable at IMDb