![]() ![]() While they were dating, Woo-jin finds out that he won’t be able to compete any more as a swimmer. After the call, Soo-ah schedules a rendez-vous to meet with Woo-jin.ĭespite of their awkward encounter, Soo-ah and Woo-jin start seeing each other more frequently. One day, Woo-jin musters the courage to call Soo-ah under the excuse of retrieving his pen back. Soo-ah went to Seoul for college, while Woo-jin stayed in his home town to pursue his career as a competitive swimmer. The two part ways after high school graduation. Although, Woo-jin always had a crush on Soo-ah, she always seemed very reluctant to accept his advances. ![]() In order to help Soo-ah remember her past, Woo-jin tells his wife how they met. However, the woman has no recollection of who Woo-jin (her husband) and Ji-ho (her son) are. To Woo-jin’s surprise, he reunites with his wife exactly an year after her death. ![]() Soo-ah told her husband that she would return an year later during the raining season. Woo-jin is a recent widow and before his wife (Soo-ah) passed away, she made an odd promise to him. Today’s post is solely based on the film, not the novel. The film stars So Ji-sub as Woo-jin and Son Ye-jin as Soo-ah. ~All credit for the stills/photos/video used in this review goes to Lotte Entertainment and Movie Rock.Directed by Lee Jang-hoon, the 2018 South Korean fantasy drama is based on the 2003 novel with the same name written by Takuji Ichikawa. It surpassed the one million viewership mark within seven days of its release, a record that is faster than that of its fellow melo-romance films Architecture 101 and The Beauty Inside.įun fact: Be With You is considered as Son Ye-jin and So Ji-sub’s reunion project following their 2001 drama Delicious Proposal where they played siblings.įun fact: Gong Hyo-jin ( Master’s Sun feelz!!!), Park Seo-joon, and Son Yeo-eun appeared in cameo roles in this movie.įinal verdict: Be With You is definitely another classic in the making. According to the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), Be With You attracted over 100,000 moviegoers on its opening day, putting it at the top of the local box office. The film’s good story, storytelling, and acting performances were rewarded with a warm box-office reception. They are one of the reasons why I’m confident that this movie will be a good one, and I’m glad they did not disappoint.įun fact: Son Ye-jin scored a Best Actress nomination at the 54th Baeksang Arts Awards for her role in this film. Though the storyline contains unbelievable circumstances, the two lead stars were still able to deliver believable portrayal of their roles. Meanwhile, So Ji-sub and Son Ye-jin gave us what is expected from them, and that is fine acting. Soo-ah’s decision gave pure love a whole new definition, and to explain it through words will never give it justice. It’s true that Woo-jin and Soo-ah’s love conquered death, but it’s in the sense that the latter still chose to be with Woo-jin and their son Ji-ho (Kim Ji-hwan) despite learning of her fate to die young partly due to her pregnancy. I thought I knew where the movie was headed, with me even hoping for Soo-ah to stay with her family forever and to never return to the Cloudland, but not until the shocking plot twist was revealed-Soo-ah never really came back to life… she leaped through time! Though the use of flashbacks in revealing Soo-ah and Woo-jin’s (So Ji-sub) romance is already a familiar style, it still did not feel overused thanks to the effective acting performances of Kim Hyun-soo and Lee You-jin who played the main leads’ younger counterparts. I consider the movie’s imaginative story and simple storytelling as its main strengths. I have not seen the original film nor read the novel yet so this review is purely based on this adaptation. Fun fact: Be With You is a remake of the 2004 Japanese film of the same name, which is based on a Takuji Ichikawa novel. ![]()
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