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Film · 10 connectionsYu-jeong is suicidal, yet she reluctantly goes to prison for volunteer work. There, she meets a prisoner who is waiting for death penalty. The two quickly fall in love despite their differences, yet they do not have much time.
Directed bySong Hae-sung
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2009 · 105 min · Drama · Romance
A terminally ill man tries to find a suitable husband for the friend he has loved since childhood.
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2001 · 115 min · Drama · Romance
After losing both her parents, Failan emmigrates to Korea to seek her only remaining relatives. Once she reaches Korea, she finds out that her relatives have moved to Canada well over a year ago. Desperate to stay and make a living in Korea, Failan is forced to have an arranged marriage through a match-making agency.
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2014 · 122 min · Drama · Romance
Tae-il lives a fast life as low level thug. He then learns that he has a terminal illness and not much time left to live. Then, for the first time in his life, he falls in love.
Shared cast
2004 · 115 min · Crime · Mystery · Romance · Thriller
A cop's desire for love gets in the way of his job and his professional life. Secret love affairs begin to dangerously collide as he gets assigned to a new homicide case.
Strong story similarity
2000 · 127 min · Drama · Romance
When filmmaker Young-soo introduces writer Soo-jung to his friend Jae-hoon, he unintentionally creates a love triangle. While Jae-hoon pursues Soo-jung, Young-soo clashes with his crew. Yet, just as the story appears to end, it starts all over again, this time with plenty of variations.
Shared cast
2003 · 104 min · Drama · Romance
Follows the life of a young woman who has become reserved and indifferent to the world as a result of her chronic illness deformed hand and quietly portrays the unconventional, yet endearing relationship between mother and daughter as well as the development of Min-ah as she is befriended by the high spirited and carefree photographer Young-jae who moves into their apartment complex.
Strong story similarity
2003 · 133 min · Drama · Romance
Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.
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2006 · 121 min · Drama · Romance
An assistant to a TV producer, eager to stay off his bad side, promises to convince her former professor, a famous but reclusive academic, to appear on their show, which helps locate long-lost persons. Who does grey-haired Professor Yun Suk-young want to see again more than anything? The answer to that question lies decades in the past.
Strong story similarity
2001 · 115 min · Drama · Romance
A recording engineer falls for a radio announcer after they work together to capture sounds of the natural world.
Strong story similarity
2012 · 129 min · Drama · Romance
A reclusive elderly poet feels the fire of his youth when gamine schoolgirl Eun-gyo enters his life, to the chagrin of the old man's assistant.
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