Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Korean: 번지점프를 하다; RR: Beonjijeompeureul hada) is a 2001 South Korean romantic drama film starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju.[1] The film had 947,000 admissions, making it the 10th most attended film of the year.[2]
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| Hangul | 번지점프를 하다 |
| Revised Romanization | Beonjijeompeu-reul hada |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pŏnjijŏmpŭ'rŭl Hada |
| Directed by | Kim Dae-seung |
| Written by | Go Eun-nim |
| Produced by | Choi Nak-kwon |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Lee Eun-ju Yeo Hyun-soo |
| Cinematography | Lee Hu-gon |
| Edited by | Park Yoo-kyeong |
| Music by | Park Ho-jun |
| Distributed by | Cineclick Asia |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Plot
editSeo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a fellow student at the same university, when she asks to share his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating. After only a couple of weeks, Tae-hee dies unexpectedly when she is hit by a truck while crossing the street.
17 years later, In-woo is a high school teacher, married with a daughter. He starts to notice similarities between a new student of his, Hyun-bin, and Tae-hee. In-woo struggles with the concept of falling in love with another man, and they get bullied by students at the school for appearing to be homosexual.
They overcome their fears with the realization that Hyun-bin is Tae-hee reincarnated, and they are eternal soulmates. The film ends with a shot of them in New Zealand jumping off a bridge hand in hand. It is unclear whether they are bungee jumping or mean to end their lives together and be reincarnated again.
Cast
edit- Lee Byung-hun as Seo In-woo
- Lee Eun-ju as In Tae-hee
- Yeo Hyun-soo as Im Hyun-bin
- Hong Soo-hyun as Yeo Hye-su
- Lee Beom-soo as Lee Dae-geun
- Jeon Mi-seon as In-woo's wife
- Namkoong Min as Kim Sung-chul
- Park Chul-min as P.E. teacher
- Go Jun as Shin Yeong-ho
- Kim Jung-young as English teacher
- Kim Kap-soo as sculpture professor (cameo)
Awards
edit- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best New Actor: Yeo Hyun-soo
- 2001 Grand Bell Awards
- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
- Best New Director: Kim Dae-seung
Film festivals
editIt was selected to appear in the 2002 Frameline Film Festival and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.
Adaptations
editA stage musical entitled Bungee Jump was produced in 2012, with lyrics by Hue Park and music by American composer Will Aronson.[4] The production was successful[5] and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards.[6]
It has been remake in Thai film titled Dew in 2019 by Chookiat Sakveerakul, lead role by Sukollawat Kanarot.[7]
On November 2, 2021, it was announced that Jeong Yun o and Lee Hyun-wook will appear in the OTT drama remake of the movie and will take the role of Im Hyun-bin and Seo In woo.[8] On December 9, it was announced that the remake was cancelled due to concerns from the original screenwriter.[9] The original screen writer opposed the remake due to his newly found christian beliefs, which are against the theme of homosexuality, suicide and rebirth which is a main plot point in the film.[10]
References
edit- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Bungee Jumping of Their Own". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2001". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ^ "Bungee jumping of their own - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
- ^ Kwon Mee-Yoo, "'Bungee Jump' tells of complex love story",The Korea Times, July 29, 2012.
- ^ Patrick Healy, "Heartthrobs Rule the Korean Stage: K-Pop Stars Selling Stage Musicals in Korea", The New York Times, December 26, 2013.
- ^ Winners of The 7th 'Musical Awards', K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26); "Musical 'Bungee Jumping of Their Own' to be Back", K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26).
- ^ "รู้ยัง? ดิว ไปด้วยกันนะ รีเมคจากหนังเกาหลีเรื่อง Bungee Jumping of Their Own" [Do you know? DEW remake from Korean film titled Bungee Jumping of Their Own]. Bright TV (Thailand) (in Thai). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
- ^ Jeon, Hyeong-hwan (November 2, 2021). [단독]NCT 재현, '번지점프를 하다' OTT리메이크 주연..여현수役 연기 [[Exclusive] NCT's Jaehyun, 'Bungee Jumping' OTT remake starring... Acting as Yeo Hyeon-soo]. StarNews. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
- ^ 김, 현록. ""'번지점프를 하다' 드라마 리메이크 제작 중단…원작자 의견 존중"[공식]". Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ "'K 다양성'의 두 얼굴… '번지 점프를 하다' 리메이크는 왜 무산됐나". Hankook Ilbo. 2021-12-13.
External links
edit- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at IMDb
- Bungee Jumping of Their Own at HanCinema