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WriterLee Kyoung-mi, Park Chan-wook Release dateOctober 16, 2008 (2008-10-16) Initial releaseOctober 16, 2008 (South Korea) ScreenplayPark Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Eun-kyo Park CastGong Hyo-jin (Yang Mi-Suk), Seo Woo (Seo Jong-Hee), Woo-seul-hye Hwang (Lee Yu-Ri), Lee Jong-hyuk (Seo Jong-Cheol), Bang Eun-jin (Seong Eun-Gyo) Similar moviesGong Hyo-jin appears in Crush and Blush and Love Fiction
crush and blush open talk at 13th piff 2008
Crush and Blush (Hangul: 미쓰 홍당무; RR: Misseu Hongdangmu; lit. "Miss Hongdangmu" or "Miss Carrot") is a 2008 South Korean film. It is the feature film debut of director Lee Kyoung-mi, and also the first film to be produced by Park Chan-wook.
Crush and Blush premiered at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival, and went on general release in South Korea on October 16, 2010.
Crush and blush
Plot
Yang Mi-sook is an unpopular and frumpy high school Russian teacher, who has a habit of going red in the face. For ten years she has been harbouring a crush on Seo Jong-cheol, her former teacher and now married colleague, though he is more interested in pretty new teacher Lee Yoo-ri. Mi-sook tries to put a halt to this blossoming romance, forming an unlikely alliance with Jong-cheol's daughter, Jong-hee.
Cast
Gong Hyo-jin as Yang Mi-sook
Seo Woo as Seo Jong-hee
Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Jong-cheol
Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Lee Yoo-ri
Bang Eun-jin as Seong Eun-gyo
Bong Joon-ho as teacher (cameo)
Awards and nominations
2008 Blue Dragon Film Awards
Best Screenplay - Lee Kyoung-mi
Best New Director - Lee Kyoung-mi
Nomination - Best Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
Nomination - Best New Actress - Seo Woo
Nomination - Best New Actress - Hwang Woo-seul-hye
2008 Korean Film Awards
Best Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
Best New Actress - Seo Woo
Nomination - Best New Director - Lee Kyoung-mi
2008 Director's Cut Awards
Best Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
Best New Actress - Seo Woo
Best Producer - Park Chan-wook
2008 Women in Film Korea Awards
Best Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
Best Director and Screenplay - Lee Kyoung-mi
2009 Baeksang Arts Awards
Nomination - Best Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
Nomination - Best New Director - Lee Kyoung-mi
Nomination - Best New Actress - Seo Woo
Nomination - Best New Actress - Hwang Woo-seul-hye
2009 New York Asian Film Festival
Rising Star Award - Gong Hyo-jin
2009 Buil Film Awards
Best New Actress - Seo Woo
Release
Crush and Blush made its world premiere at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival, which ran from October 2–10, 2008. After its theatrical release on October 16, 2008, it attracted 532,323 admissions, and grossed a total of US$2,628,300.