Scent of Love
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Director Lee Jeong-wook Music director Mun Dae-hyeon Country South Korea | 6.7/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Romance Duration Language Korean | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28) Writer Hie-jae Kim, Jeong-wook Lee Initial release February 28, 2003 (South Korea) Screenplay Lee Jeong-wook, Kim Hie-jae Cast Jang Jin-young (Min Hie-jae), Park Hae-Il (Seo In-ha), Seon-mi Song (Choi Jeong-rae), Yu-seok Kim (Kang Seong-ho), Byeon Ju-Yeon (Jae-In), Se-chang Maeng (Dong-Hyun)Similar movies Just a Question of Love , Love and Other Disasters , Cloud 9 , Aurélien , Lust, Caution , The Dreamers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scent of Love (??? ?? lit. Scent of Chrysanthemums) is a 2003 South Korean film, and the directorial debut of Lee Jeong-wook. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kim Ha-in, and stars Jang Jin-young and Park Hae-il in the lead roles. Like her character, Jang Jin-young battled stomach cancer and died in 2009. The film received an around of 900,000 admissions nationwide and on May 16, 2003 the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
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University student Seo In-ha meets a young woman on the subway and falls in love. After joining a local book club, he is pleasantly surprised to find that the woman, Mun Hie-jae, is also a member. Although he makes a poor first impression, In-ha and Hie-jae become friends, though she is more interested in another student, Kang Seong-ho.Several years pass as they go their separate ways. While Hie-jae and Seong-ho prepare to wed, In-ha, now a producer at a local radio station, still pines after his crush. When Hie-jae survives a car crash that kills her fiancé and parents, In-ha resumes his pursuit of her by reading out letters on his radio show. They reunite and plan to get married.However, their happiness is short-lived, as Hie-jae becomes pregnant only to discover that she has stomach cancer, and must choose between her own life and the life of her unborn child.
Plot
University student Seo In-ha meets a young woman on the subway and instantly falls in love. After joining a local book club, he is pleasantly surprised to find that the woman, Mun Hie-jae, is also a member. Although he makes a poor first impression, In-ha and Hie-jae eventually become friends, though he is left disappointed when she later rejects him, as she is more interested in another student, Kang Seong-ho.
Several years pass, with In-ha and Hie-jae going their separate ways. While Hie-jae and Seong-ho prepare to get married, In-ha, now a producer at a local radio station, still pines after his first love. When Hie-jae survives a car crash that kills her fiance and parents, In-ha keeps a respectful distance. After a while he resumes his pursuit of her by reading out letters on his radio show, and finally winning her heart, the couple get married.
However, their happiness is short-lived, as Hie-jae becomes pregnant only to discover that she has stomach cancer, and must choose between her own life and the life of her unborn child.
Similar Movies
Jang Jin-young appears in Scent of Love and Over the Rainbow. Jang Jin-young and Yeong-jae Kim appear in Scent of Love and Singles. Jang Jin-young appears in Scent of Love and Blue Swallow. Jang Jin-young appears in Scent of Love and Between Love and Hate. Park Hae-il appears in Scent of Love and Rules of Dating.
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