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Closer to Heaven (Movie - 2009)

Closer to Heaven (내 사랑 내 곁에)

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내 사랑 내 곁에 (Nae Sa-rang Nae Gyeol-ae)

Directed by Park Jin-pyo (박진표)

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121min | Release date in South Korea :

Formerly known as "My Love Beside Me"
Synopsis
Ji-soo, a funeral director, happens to oversee the funeral services of Jong-woo’s deceased mother. Being old friends, they are excited by the unexpect... More

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  • CJ ENTERTAINMENT Brings Sci-fi Thriller DERANGED to North America
    2012/07/13, Source,
      Korean box office hit to release on July 27, 2012 LOS ANGELES, CA (July 12, 2012) – CJ Entertainment brings the highly anticipated science fiction thriller "Deranged" to North America on July 27, 2012. Upon its release in South Korea, "Deranged" quickly beat out Hollywood blockbuster Amazing Spiderman in the box office and sold more than 1.3 million tickets in 4 days. There must be something in the water. Just before dawn, skeletal bodies surface on the Han River in Seoul, Korea,...More

  • CJ ENTERTAINMENT Goes for the Gold with "AS ONE"
    2012/05/24,
    Sports film based on a true story hits North American theatres on June 1, 2012 CJ Entertainment brings "As One" (aka Korea, original title) to North American theatres this summer on June 1, 2012.  The film, based on a true story about the first ever united North and South Korean sports team, will be releasing in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Toronto, and Los Angeles (L.A. release on June 8, 2012).   A touching true story about the historic first Team Korea "As One" recounts the dramatic tale of the first unified Korean team that competed at the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. South Korea's ping-pong star Hyeon Jeong-hwa and North Korea's LI Bun-hee have each suffered humbling defeats at the hands of China's formidable "Ping-Pong Witch" every time they reach the tournament's final rounds.  Forced by politicians to suddenly team up as the first united team Korea, HYEON and LI experience only conflict and mistrust, and face the loss of their championship dreams.  But game-by-game, the two begin to build teamwork and find a budding friendship.  When political winds change again and just as suddenly an announcement is made to disband team Korea, the two young women must prove to their people and the world that teamwork can outshine the dark shadows of a painful history,...More

  • Head down to Jeongja-dong for a taste of cafe heaven
    2012/04/21, Source,
    [Treandy Eats] Along with the exotic backdrop, it is the area's cafes and restaurants that draw people south of Seoul. There used to be a saying that Bundang, Gyeonggi is just beneath heaven, one of the most suitable places to live in Korea. The saying even rhymes - "Bundang beneath Cheondang". "However, in recent years, Bundang residents have said that Jeongja-dong (the southwestern neighborhood of Bundang) is even Closer to Heaven", said Shin Hyun-seung, a 54-year-old Bundang resident. Shin moved from the southern part of Seoul to Bundang in the late 90s, as many other middle- and upper-class Seoul residents moved south, away from the busy city,...More

  • Son Ye-jin cast for the movie "The Accomplice" with Kim Kap-soo
    2012/03/29, Source,
    Actress Son Ye-jin chose to star in the movie "The Accomplice". Son Ye-jin realizes that her father is a kidnapper and murderer and has an intelligence battle with him. Kim Kap-soo is her father role,...More
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Staff
 Choi Won-Sub (최원섭)
 Script
 Choi Won-Sub (최원섭)
 Adaptation/Dramatization
 Lee Jeong-hwa (이정화)
 Storyboard
 Kim Joon-seok (김준석)
 Music department
 Park Yong-joon (박용준)
 Music department
Technics
121 min •35mm •Cinemascope (2.35) •Dolby SRD
Web site
www.humanstory2009.c...
Festival(s) & award(s)
Sales or release dates & Box Office
Release date in South Korea : 2009/09/24
South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr
As of 2009.11.08 : 2,146,279 admissions (total)
As of 2009.11.01 : 2,141,778 admissions (total)
As of 2009.10.25 : 2,120,057 admissions (total)
As of 2009.10.18 : 2,049,223 admissions (total)
As of 2009.10.11 : 1,877,932 admissions (total)
As of 2009.10.04 : 1,480,849 admissions (total)
As of 2009.09.27 : 656,093 admissions (total)
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Formerly known as "My Love Beside Me"
Synopsis
Ji-soo, a funeral director, happens to oversee the funeral services of Jong-woo’s deceased mother. Being old friends, they are excited by the unexpected reunion, but the reality is more bitter than sweet. Jong-woo is suffering from the incurable Lou Gehrig’s disease, and Ji-soo has been through two painful divorces. Jong-woo lightheartedly asks Ji-soo to just marry him. Ji-soo is surprised by the offer, but it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea to her. She wants to start a new life with the love that is starting to grow inside her, while the fear of losing Jong-woo scares her as well. despite the disapproval of those around her, Ji-soo still goes through with the marriage to Jong-woo. As Jong-woo’s symptoms beginning to worsen with each passing day, Jong-woo gets easily irritable as he begins to lose control over more and more parts of his body. Even though he hurts Ji-soo’s feelings, all she wants is to stay with him and cure his disease.

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