My Dear Desperado (Korean: 내 깡패 같은 애인; RR: Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein; lit. My Gangster Lover) is a 2010 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Kwang-sik, and starring Park Joong-hoon and Jung Yu-mi as two people who become semi-basement one-room neighbors: brave yet jobless Se-jin and Dong-chul, the neighborhood gangster who always gets beaten up.[2][3] The film received 688,832 admissions nationwide.[4]
| My Dear Desperado | |
|---|---|
 South Korean film poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 내 깡패 같은 애인 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Nae Kkangpae Kateun Aein |
| McCune–Reischauer | Nae Kkangp'ae Kat'ŭn Aein |
| Directed by | Kim Kwang-sik |
| Written by | Kim Kwang-sik |
| Produced by | Yoon Je-kyoon |
| Starring | Park Joong-hoon Jung Yu-mi |
| Cinematography | Go Nak-sun |
| Edited by | Lee Jin |
| Music by | Mok Young-jin |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$750,000 |
| Box office | US$4,214,668[1] |
This film was remade in Hindi titled Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story in 2013. It was officially remade in Tamil by Nalan Kumarasamy titled Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016) for which ₹40 lakh (US$47,000) or ₩71,587,640.57 was paid as copyrights.[5]
Plot
editUniversity graduate Han Se-jin (Jung Yu-mi) leaves her hometown, where her conservative father (Min Kyeong-jin) is the local stationmaster, for Seoul, where she has been offered a job in an IT company. Some time later, however, the company goes bankrupt and she's forced to move into a cheap basement flat while job-hunting. Her new neighbor is middle-aged Oh Dong-chul (Park Joong-hoon), a small-time gangster who works for boss Kim (Jeong Woo-hyeok) collecting loans. Se-jin is initially uncomfortable living next door to a gangster but later forms a wary friendship with him after he helps her out a couple of times. Depressed by her inability to get a job because of the economic recession, Se-jin ends up drinking with Dong-chul one evening and having a one-night stand with him. She later asks him to pose as her wealthy boyfriend on a trip home to visit her anxious father — though that doesn't quite go as planned, and Se-jin ends up staying on with her father. Meanwhile, Dong-chul, who has almost started a gang war back in Seoul by beating up some hapkido athletes in revenge, is told by boss Kim to formally apologize to the athletes' boss, former police detective Park (Jeong In-gi). Dong-cheol reluctantly agrees, but that same day Se-jin is due in Seoul for an important job interview.[6][7][8]
Cast
edit- Park Joong-hoon ... Oh Dong-chul
- Jung Yu-mi ... Han Se-jin
- Park Won-sang ... Jong-seo, the gang deputy
- Jeong Woo-hyeok ... Kim, the gang boss
- Jung In-gi ... Park, the ex-detective
- Kwon Se-in ... Jae-young, the young gangster
- Min Kyeong-jin ... Se-jin's father
- Noh Seung-beom ... Bong-soo
- Lee Sang-hee ... real estate agent
- Im Ki-hong ... Min Ki-ho, the harasser
- Park Jong-hyeon ... interview president
- Lee Jun-hyeok ... final interviewer
- Son Jin-hwan ... final interviewer
- Kim Dong-chan ... uninterested interviewer
- Yu Ji-yeon ... interview leader
- Oh Seong-su ... worker
- Song Gyeong-ui ... section chief
- Lee Chae-eun ... nurse
- Cha Su-mi ... nurse
- Yun Ga-hyeon ... woman inspecting apartment
- Choi Weon-tae ... high school student
- Ju Hyeon-myeong ... high school student
- Shin Hye-jeong ... noodle bar owner
- Min Ji-min ... hapkido athlete
- Jo Weon-cheol ... hapkido athlete
- Kim Yong-min ... hapkido athlete
- Song Yeong-jae ... song-and-dance interviewer
- Han Cheol-woo ... song-and-dance interviewer
- Yang Eun-yong ... doctor
- Kim Mi-ra ... madam
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 47th Grand Bell Awards | Best New Director | Kim Kwang-sik | Nominated |
| 31st Blue Dragon Film Awards | Best New Director | Kim Kwang-sik | Won | |
| 8th Korean Film Awards | Best New Director | Kim Kwang-sik | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Kim Kwang-sik | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Park Joong-hoon | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Jung Yu-mi | Nominated | ||
| 2011 | 47th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best New Director | Kim Kwang-sik | Nominated |
| 33rd Golden Cinematography Awards | Best Actress | Jung Yu-mi | Won |
Remakes
editThe film was made in two Indian languages as Jayantabhai Ki Luv Story (2013) in Hindi, Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum (2016) in Tamil[9] and the movie partially inspired the 2014 Bangladeshi film Kistimaat.
References
edit- ^ "My Gangster Girlfriend". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Lee, Ji-hye (29 April 2010). "My Dear Desperado is not a romantic comedy nor comedy". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "My Dear Desperado (2010)". The Chosun Ilbo. 21 May 2010. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Theatrical Releases in 2010: Box-Office Admission Results". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Dark comedy to romance - Bangalore Mirror -". Bangalore Mirror. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ Elley, Derek (20 March 2011). "My Dear Desperado". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "My Dear Desperado". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Mudge, James (17 September 2010). "My Dear Desperado (2010) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ "Vijay Sethupathi, Nalan come together again". News Today. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
External links
edit- Official website (in Korean)
- My Dear Desperado at HanCinema
- My Dear Desperado at IMDb
- My Dear Desperado at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)