Nae yeojachingureul sogae habnida (2004)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Jae-young Kwak

Writer:

Jae-young Kwak (writer)

Release Date:

3 June 2004 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

If only I can feel you....even as the wind

Plot:

The heart-warming romance story between Kyungjin and Myungwoo. Even though he has passed away, he will be always with Kyungwoo forever.

Plot Keywords:

Loss Of Husband | Wind | Bird | Suspect | Shooting

Cast

Gianna Jun	...	Kyung-jin Yeo (as Ji-hyun Jun)
Hyuk Jang	...	Myung-woo Ko
Su-ro Kim	...	Guy, taking of hostage
Ki-woo Lee	...	Prince
Ye-jin Im	...	Woman cop of police box
Chang-wan Kim	...	Chief of police box
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tae-hyun Cha	...	Guy on platform
Dae-Hoon Jeong	...	Runaway boy 1
Ho-bin Jeong	...	Chang-soo Shin, criminal
Jae-hyeong Jeon	...	Runaway boy 2
Jeong-tae Kim	...	Yeong-ho Kim, assistant inspector

Also Known As:

Windstruck (Hong Kong: English title) (International: English title) (Singapore: English title)
I Got You Babe (South Korea) (working title)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

South Korea | Hong Kong

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Company:

EDKO Film

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Myung-woo squeezes through in the narrow alley, the "brick" walls move.

Quotes:

Boy on street: Watch her eat! I can't believe she was just trying to kill herself.
Kyung-jin Yeo: I haven't eaten for three days either. I need to eat to be a pretty ghost.

Movie Connections:

References RoboCop (1987)

Not as good as it could be, not bad either

I evaluate the film by how the director manages to realize his idea. In this sense 'Windstruck' didn't completely success so after all I was a bit disappointed by Kwak's latest film. This however doesn't mean the movie was that bad. It's really watchable and it's definitely a must-see for those who liked 'My Sassy Girl' no matter what people say, just go and see it, I just did so and I'm happy I did it. As many already noticed 'Windstruck' is a prequel to 'My Sassy Girl' which was definitely the best movie by Kwak Jea-young so far. And it could be a very good film, perhaps not worse than 'My Sassy Girl' itself. However it quite failed to do so and the result wasn't that good as it was supposed to. On the other hand I admit that it's not that easy to create a good prequel to a film of this genre ('romantic comedy') not to mention that it's generally very difficult to create a good film of this genre what Kwak managed to do with 'My Sassy Girl'. One of the problems is the story and characters. Jun Ji-hyun in a role of a policewoman didn't look exactly convincing even though her acting was really good. Also some rather banal and pointless situations typical to silly Hollywood 'romantic comedies' (in fact lots of them) made this film quite a disappointment compared to 'My Sassy Girl'. Although there were really good moments and as I already mention this film is not really bad. It's just not as good as it could be and I'm sure Kwak has made conclusions about his latest work. Of course this doesn't stop him being a great director and I'm sure we'll yet see more great films by him in the future.