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The Classic (Movie - 2002)

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The Classic (클래식)
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클래식 (Classic)

Directed by kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용)

Screenplay by kwak Jae-Yong (곽재용)

Melodrama Romance

125min | Release date in South Korea : 2003/01/30

Ji-hae and Soo-kyoung are friends attending the same university and both have a crush on Sang-min who is in their drama club. The more clamorous and outgoing of the two, Soo-kyoung, asks Ji-hae to do her a favor - write a love letter to Sang-min. Ji-hae pours out her own feelings for him on paper, but sadly in her friend's name. Touched by the lett... More

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Son Ye-jin hops aboard new Kang Je-gyu pic (Source) 2010/02/18


Actress Son Ye-jin [Barunson Entertainment]


Actress Son Ye-jin has joined the cast of top South Korean director Kang Je-gyu's Hollywood debut pic, according to the film's producer on Thursday.


The critically acclaimed actress will play the main female role opposite Hallyu star Jang Dong-gun in the film tentatively titled "My Way", based on the Invasion of Normandy during World War II.


Son will play the role of a woman who agonizes over her love for a Korean man and a Japanese man who both fight in the war.##


Sources close to the director had last said producers are in talks with Japanese Takuya Kimura for the war epic, although no additional detail... |More

Son Ye-jin to star in new drama with Lee Min-ho (Source) 2010/01/25


Korean actress Son Ye-jin [Barunson Entertainment]


Korean actress Son Ye-jin is set to play the female lead role opposite actor Lee Min-ho in a new MBC drama this coming April, Son's agency said on Monday.


Barunson Entertainment announced through a press release that the actress has been cast for the role of Park Gae-in, a furniture designer in her late 20s, in the drama tentatively titled "Personal Preference".##


The TV series, to be based on a novel of the same name by Korean writer Lee Se-in, will focus on the story between a woman and man living together, with the woman thinking the man is homosexual.


Son stated, "The reason I chose this role i... |More

'Cyborg She', One Man's Perverse Fantasy (Source) 2009/04/30
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Director Kwak Jae-yong has been giving less than stellar performances ever since the South Korean megahit "My Sassy Girl" (2001) and the mellow romance "The Classic" (2003) ― and he makes an effort to redeem himself, rather fruitlessly, in "Cyborg She".

The Korea-Japan joint production nevertheless held a top spot in the Japanese box office for five weeks and sold over 110,000 DVDs. The movie translates into real action akin to Japanese sci-fi anime, and is not without its charms, particularly with some striking visuals and top stars Haruka Ayase and Keisuke Koide giving endearing performances.

But this reporter ― having loved Kwak's "Sassy" and "The Classic" (2003), despised "Sassy's" prequel "Windstruck" (2004) and felt pity for "My Mighty Princess" (2008) ― was not at all convinced by "Cyborg's" perverse pursuit of an older man's self-gratifying fantasy. "This movie is like a gift to myself, to my lonely days as a young man ... |More
Hallyu in Northeastern States of India (Source) 2008/08/21
By Sandip Kumar Mishra

In recent years, there have been some significant reverberations of the Korean cultural wave, Hallyu, at India's doorsteps. In July 2006, the Korean Drama Emperor of the Sea was for the first time introduced in India by the national broadcaster DD-1. In September 2006, another Korean drama Jewel in the Palace began to be aired on DD-1. These two Korean dramas have received a good response from Indian audiences so far. Furthermore, many Korean musical and theater troops have visited India in recent times and Korean cultural products have been gradually making their way into India.

However, the most striking and powerful manifestation of Hallyu could be seen in the Northeastern states of India, particularity in the state of Manipur. In the age of globalization and revolution in information and communication dispersal, Korean cultural products are a big hit in Manipur. These cultural products have been reaching Indian shores through Korean the satellite channe... |More
[Son Ye-jin] Envious of an independent life leading two men (Source) 2008/05/15
[Son Ye-jin] Envious of an independent life leading two men

"My Wife Got Married" Son Ye-jin's role of In-ah

-It must be hard filming the drama "Spotlight" too
=I have never done two things at once, except "The Classic" and "The Great Ambition", which overlapped a little. Luckily, the movie is almost done, so it's manageable. If I filmed the whole night and slept deeply, I used to be okay, but I get tired now. I'm drinking a tonic made of black goat and red ginseng.

-Were you close to Kim Joo-hyeok before? The staff is complaining that you two joke around too much. They want you to be serious during rehearsal.
=We don't have a lot of NGs. With Kim Joo-hyeok, there is a lot of affection as lovers and a couple. There is a lot of time we have to spend together. If we're awkward, then it won't seem real. After trying to act natural, it just became comfortable. Our director used to ask us to be serious for just one minute, but now, he jokes around even more than us.

-A wi... |More
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 Produced by
 Lee Jae-soon (이재순)
Production
Cinema Service (시네마서비스)
Staff
Kang Hae-min<br />(강해민)  Kim Kwang-seok (김광석)
 Musician
Kang Hae-min<br />(강해민)  Jo Yeong-wook (조영욱)
 Musician
 Kim Sang-beom (김상범)
 Editor
 Kim Jae-beom (김재범)
 Editor
Kang Hae-min<br />(강해민)  Lee Seo (이서)
 Directing department
Technics
125 min 35mm Cinemascope (2.35)
Web site
www.classicromance.c... ( Korean )
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Festival(s) & award(s)
 - Montreal film festival - (2003)
Sales or release dates & Box Office
Release date in South Korea : 2003/01/30
 Korea, South - 2003/1/30
Source http://www.cinemaservice.com

Ji-hae and Soo-kyoung are friends attending the same university and both have a crush on Sang-min who is in their drama club. The more clamorous and outgoing of the two, Soo-kyoung, asks Ji-hae to do her a favor - write a love letter to Sang-min. Ji-hae pours out her own feelings for him on paper, but sadly in her friend's name. Touched by the letter, Sang-min is attracted to Soo-kyoung, and Ji-hae, feeling uncomfortable and even guilty, tries to avoid him. And yet by coincidence or by fate she keeps running into him.

Ji-hae has lived alone with her mom since her childhood, when her dad unexpectedly passed away. Her mom is now on a trip abroad, and to wile away her solitude she starts cleaning the attic. There Ji-hae finds a secret box, in which her mom kept the memorabilia of her first love story of some decades past.

Summer in 1968...
Joon-ha is visiting his uncle's home in the countryside during his summer vacation. There he meets Joo-hee and falls in love at first sight. One day, the lovely Joo-hee secretly asks Joon-ha to escort her to a haunted house in the village. Happy and excited to be at her service, Joon-ha meets her at their promised spot. But in an unexpected storm, the two lose their boat and barely manage to return home at a very late hour. Joo-hee gets into big trouble for this incident and is sent back to Seoul. Having parted with Joo-hee without a word of farewell, Joon-ha spends the rest of the summer heavy-hearted.

With summer vacation being over Joon-ha also returns to Seoul. At school, his classmate Tae-su asks him to write a love letter to send to a girl. And who would it be but Joo-hee, Joon-ha's dream girl. Unable to confess his own summer love story, Joon-ha reluctantly complies with his friend's request.

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2010-02-20 08:23:09
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1266654189-633
It was during the scene when the three guys showed up by the river with Joon Ha's remains. One of them told Joo-Hee that Joon Ha got married right after she did and the poor guy also had a son. After Joon Ha's death, he passed the necklace to his son. Sang-Min, the girl's boyfriend is the son of Joon Ha. Although Joon Ha and Joo Hee's relations never mature in their life time, but fate has bought their offsprings (Jai Hee and Sang Min) together. Sang Min is the first one to realize that, so this is why he can't hold up his emotions. Jai Hee has a curious look at him since she doesn't understand why all of a sudden Sang Mai got so emotional after hearing the story. Sang Mai explains ( without saying ) by showing her the necklace his Dad gave him. All of sudden she put all things together and realize what that means.
VY
2010-02-03 04:30:43
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1265171442-977
I dont get something. At the end the girl's boyfriend in the present gives her the necklace her dad got. How did the guy get the necklace..?
Me
2010-01-26 07:27:28
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1264490848-569
Maybe it's because I didn't pay attention or something, but there's something I don't get. ************MASSIVE SPOILER**************** ******************************************* In the end, why does Joon Ha die? Wasn't he blind only?
mayte Mena
2010-01-23 15:48:55
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1264261733-366
PLEASE; PLEASE!!!! I LOVE THIS MOVIE, AND ALSO THE MUSIC, CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHO SINGS, THE NAME OF THE SONG ..... PLEASE ONE HINT? THANK YOU
Guest
2010-02-20 08:48:46
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1266655726-823
The name of the song is called " no e ke nan, na e ke non " ( me to you, you to me ). youtube has it , Keulraesik - The Classic OST I believe a korean bang called Wooden Bicycle sings it , not sure though
raj
2010-01-08 15:37:18
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1262965037-919
its gr8 n best love story,ever seen........ simply ausome...
Guest
2009-08-14 11:23:34
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1250249014-186
unique story hope u will continue your ccreativity in making movies that are unique i congratulate you for a job well done
Guest
2009-08-14 06:45:41
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Classic.php#jsid-1250232341-297
its really the best story...:)
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What a sweet story with enchanting OST! This is one of the great melodrama movies of Korean.
2009-05-04 18:07:20
2009-03-14 05:54:18
...super duper nice...
it's really great & awesome! awesome ending!!! hehe
2008-11-30 03:49:25
2008-11-08 23:14:46
I haven'y watched this movie yet but my cousin told me what is it all about and I was amazed and from what I've heard it's great and awesome.
absolutely great
2008-08-22 08:02:11
2008-08-02 01:05:56
I watched this movie several times and I just wanna watch this movie all the time I'm free.Cos' it's such a great movie.All the things in this movie are so good.I like actors and actresses and I like the music too.And I'm able to learn
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