Bungee Jumping of Their Own
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| Hangul | 번지점프를 하다 |
| Revised Romanization | Beonjijeompeu-reul hada |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pŏnjijŏmpŭ'rŭl Hada |
| Directed by | Kim Dae-seung |
| Produced by | Choi Nak-kwon |
| Written by | Go Eun-nim |
| Starring |
Lee Byung-hun Lee Eun-ju Yeo Hyun-soo |
| Music by | Park Ho-jun |
| Cinematography | Lee Hu-gon |
| Edited by | Park Yoo-kyeong |
| Distributed by | Cineclick Asia |
Release dates |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Hangul: 번지점프를 하다; RR: Beonjijeompeureul hada) is a 2001 South Korean film starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju.[1] The film had 947,000 admissions, making it the 10th most attended film of the year.[2]
Plot
Seo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a student at the same university, when she asks to borrow his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating after only a couple of weeks. Tae-hee dies suddenly in a car crash.
17 years later, In-woo is married to another woman with a daughter, and is working as a high school teacher. He starts to notice similarities between a new student of his, Hyun-bin, and Taehee. In-woo struggles with the concept of falling in love with his student, and they both get bullied by other students at the school for treated as being homosexual. They both overcome their fears with the realization that Hyun-bin is Tae-hee reincarnated, and they are soulmates. The movie ends with a shot of them in New Zealand jumping off a bridge hand in hand. It is unclear whether they mean to end their lives together and both be reincarnated again.
Cast
- Lee Byung-hun as Seo In-woo
- Lee Eun-ju as In Tae-hee
- Yeo Hyun-soo as Im Hyun-bin
- Hong Soo-hyun as Yeo Hye-su
- Lee Beom-soo as Lee Dae-geun
Awards
- 2001 Baeksang Arts Awards[3]
- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best New Actor: Yeo Hyun-soo
- 2001 Grand Bell Awards
- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best New Director: Kim Dae-seung
Film festivals
It was selected to appear in the 2002 Frameline Film Festival and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.
Adaptation
A stage musical entitled Bungee Jump was produced in 2012, with lyrics by Hue Park and music by American composer Will Aronson.[4] The production was successful[5] and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards.[6]
References
- ↑ Paquet, Darcy. "Bungee Jumping of Their Own". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ↑ "The Best Selling Films of 2001". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ↑ "Bungee jumping of their own - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ↑ Kwon Mee-Yoo, "'Bungee Jump' tells of complex love story", Korea Times, July 29, 2012.
- ↑ Patrick Healy, "Heartthrobs Rule the Korean Stage: K-Pop Stars Selling Stage Musicals in Korea", The New York Times, December 26, 2013.
- ↑ Winners of The 7th ‘Musical Awards’, K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26); "Musical ‘Bungee Jumping of Their Own’ to be Back", K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26).
External links
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at the Korean Movie Database
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at the Internet Movie Database
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at HanCinema