My Little Bride

My Little Bride
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
어린 신부
Hanja
어린
Revised RomanizationEorin Sinbu
McCune–ReischauerŎrin Sinbu
Directed byKim Ho-jun
Written byYoo Soon-il
Produced byChoi Soon-shik
StarringKim Rae-won
Moon Geun-young
CinematographySeo Jeong-min
Edited byPark Soon-deok
Music byChoi Soon-shik
Choi Man-shik
Distributed byKorea Pictures
Release date
  • April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

My Little Bride (Korean어린 신부; RREorin 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 is a Korean remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film My Wife Is 18, starring Charlene Choi and Ekin Cheng.

Plot

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Bo-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

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Soundtrack

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  1. Childhood memories
  2. My Love - Shim Eun-jin
  3. Sad gratitude
  4. Happy Time
  5. Flirt
  6. Sad Sang-min
  7. Look at me - Park Se-ryung
  8. First love
  9. I don't know about love yet - Moon Geun-young
  10. Mural of love
  11. Shopping center
  12. Letter
  13. The clown is laughing at me - 공주파 3인
  14. Confession at the auditorium
  15. Epilogue
  16. I don't know about love yet - Kim Hye-jin
  17. I don't know about love yet - Jeon Woo-joo
  18. I don't know about love yet (Inst.)
  19. My Love (Inst.)

Release

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My 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

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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

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  1. ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2004" Archived 2011-10-08 at the Wayback Machine. Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. ^ "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
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