My Little Bride (Korean: 어린 신부; RR: Eorin sinbu) is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film about a teenage girl (Moon Geun-young) who tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties (Kim Rae-won). With 3,149,500 tickets sold, it was the second most popular domestic film at the Korean box office in 2004 (behind blockbuster Taegukgi), and fourth most popular overall.[1]
| My Little Bride | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 어린 신부 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Eorin Sinbu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŏrin Sinbu |
| Directed by | Kim Ho-jun |
| Written by | Yoo Soon-il |
| Produced by | Choi Soon-shik |
| Starring | Kim Rae-won Moon Geun-young |
| Cinematography | Seo Jeong-min |
| Edited by | Park Soon-deok |
| Music by | Choi Soon-shik Choi Man-shik |
| Distributed by | Korea Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
My Little Bride is a Korean remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film My Wife Is 18, starring Charlene Choi and Ekin Cheng.
Plot
editBo-eun (Moon Geun-young) is an ordinary 15-year-old high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jung-woo. One day, Bo-eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang-min (Kim Rae-won) because of a pact he made with Sang-min's grandfather during the Korean War. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Bo-eun's grandfather's strong influence. However, later on in the story, it is revealed that Sang-min actually loves Bo-eun. Bo-eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung-woo. And her only best friend cannot help but to be envious of Bo-eun as she also has a crush on Jung-woo. But Bo-eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang-min becomes an art teacher at Bo-eun's school and the duo have to try to keep their marriage a secret. From there, their relationship begins to grow. After an incident, Bo-eun's family finds out about Jung-woo. After talking to her mother, Bo-eun finally realizes that she loves Sang-min. At the school festival she breaks up with Jung-woo and confesses her feelings to Sang-min in front of the whole school.
Cast
edit- Kim Rae-won as Sang-min
- Moon Geun-young as Bo-eun
- Park Jin-woo as Lee Jung-woo
- Shin Se-kyung as Hye-won, Bo-eun's friend
- Ahn Sun-young as Teacher Kim
- Kim Bo-kyung as Ji-soo
- Kim In-moon as Bo-eun's grandfather
- Song Ki-yoon as Bo-eun's father
- Sunwoo Eun-sook as Bo-eun's mother
- Han Jin-hee as Sang-min's father
- Kim Hye-ok as Sang-min's mother
- Yoon Chan as Yong-joo
- Ryu Deok-hwan as Dong-goo
- Kim Han as Young-chul
Soundtrack
edit- Childhood memories
- My Love - Shim Eun-jin
- Sad gratitude
- Happy Time
- Flirt
- Sad Sang-min
- Look at me - Park Se-ryung
- First love
- I don't know about love yet - Moon Geun-young
- Mural of love
- Shopping center
- Letter
- The clown is laughing at me - 공주파 3인
- Confession at the auditorium
- Epilogue
- I don't know about love yet - Kim Hye-jin
- I don't know about love yet - Jeon Woo-joo
- I don't know about love yet (Inst.)
- My Love (Inst.)
Release
editMy Little Bride was released in South Korea on April 2, 2004. In the Philippines, the film was released by Korea Pictures with a Tagalog dub on November 23, 2005.[2]
Accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6th Mnet Asian Music Awards | Best OST | "I Don't Know About Love Yet" by Moon Geun-young |
Nominated |
| 41st Grand Bell Awards | Best New Actor | Kim Rae-won | Won | |
| Best New Actress | Moon Geun-young | Won | ||
| Popularity Award | Moon Geun-young | Won | ||
| 12th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best New Actress | Moon Geun-young | Won | |
| 25th Blue Dragon Film Awards | Popular Star Award | Moon Geun-young | Won | |
| 3rd Korean Film Awards | Best New Actress | Moon Geun-young | Nominated | |
| 2005 | 41st Baeksang Arts Awards | Most Popular Actor (Film) | Kim Rae-won | Nominated |
References
edit- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2004" Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ^ "Grand Opening Today!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. November 23, 2005. p. A2-2. Archived from the original on September 26, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
No. 1 Top Grossing Korean Romantic Comedy for 2004
External links
edit- My Little Bride at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- My Little Bride at IMDb