Rules Of Dating (2005) (KOREA)

K-Movie - Rules Of Dating (2005)

Movie: Rules of Dating
Revised romanization: Yeonae-ui mokjeok
Hangul: 연애의 목적
Director: Jae-rim Han
Writer: Yun-hui Go, Jae-rim Han
Producer: Seung-jae Cha
Cinematography:
Release Date: June 10, 2005 (South Korea)
Runtime: 118 min.
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea


Plot
LEE Yu-rim is a high school English teacher. He's cute, clever... and shameless. CHOI Hong is a student teacher, even though she is one year older than Yu-rim. She's cynical and always plays hard-to-get when a man shows interest in her. While going out for drinks one night, Yu-rim suddenly tells Hong that he wants to have sex with her. Hong is hardly impressed. And so begins a battle of will and wits, both between each other and within themselves, as both Yu-rim and Hong are unsure of what each other wants and what they want themselves. Dating and desire mix explosively. What is the point of this strange relationship? What is the object of their desire?

Cast
• Hae-il Park - Lee Yoo-rim
• Hye-jeong Kang - Choi Hong
• Dae-yeon Lee
• Grina Park
• Yeong-hwa Seo
• Jae-han Choi

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Herb (2007) (KOREA)

KMovie: Herb (2007)

Also known as: Heobeu
Release Date: 2007
Genre: Drama

Synopsis
Sang-eun is a pretty 20 year old girl, that is warm hearted and possess an extraordinary gift for folding paper into various figures. She has a loving mom and friends, but she is also mentally retarded. She has the intelligence of a 7 years old. Sang-Eun learns everything slowly, but there are still a lot of things she does not know about. She is fixated with the idea that she will meet the prince of her dreams, like in the fairy tales she so often reads.

One day Sang-Eun meets a traffic officer, that she believes may be the prince of her dreams. The traffic officer is named Jong Bum and he has a strong penchant for beautiful woman. He mistakenly believes Sang-Eun to be a lawyer and approachers her. Once Jong Bum realizes that she is mentally challenged he leaves.

Sang-Eun returns home only to find her mom crying. Her mom has just returned from a hospital appointment. Sang-Eun, while she places things into boxes and wraps by year, is now worried that her mom may soon go away like her friend’s grandmother did.

Starring
Kang Hye-jeong as Sang-Eun
Jeong Kyeong-ho as Jong-Bum