By Shim Sun-ah
Yonhap News Agency
Moon Geun-young charms as an ethnic Korean dancer from China in "Innocent Steps".
What do two homegrown films "Windstruck" and "My Little Bride" have in common? Both of them are said to rely solely on the charms of lead actresses Jun Ji-hyun and Moon Geun-yeong. The actresses are popular among South Korean women as well as men.
Both movies primarily focus on making the star actresses seem even more appealing. The male leads in these movies are secondary characters the audience can hardly remember.
Moon's latest film, "Innocent Steps", is also said to belong to this category of "personality-dependent" films. Moon plays the role of Jang Chae-rin, an ethnic Korean dancer from Yanbian, northeastern China. The story develops in quite an old-fashioned way, but the film is still entertaining thanks to Moon, who is definitely its strongest asset, plus the exciting rhythms of the samba, cha-cha and rumba dancing.
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