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A Moment to Remember promotional movie poster
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Hangul | |
Revised Romanization | Nae Meorisogui Jiugae |
McCune–Reischauer | Nae Mǒrisogǔi Chiugae |
Directed by | John H. Lee (Lee Jae-han) |
Produced by | Cha Seung-jae |
Written by | John H. Lee Kim Young-ha |
Starring |
Jung Woo-sung Son Ye-jin |
Music by | Kim Tae-won |
Cinematography | Lee Jun-gyu |
Edited by | Steve M. Choe Hahm Sung-won |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date
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Running time
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144 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$20,865,847 |
A Moment to Remember (Hangul: 내 머리 속의 지우개; RR: Nae Meorisogui Jiugae; lit. "Eraser in My Head") is a 2004 South Korean film based on the 2001 Japanese television drama Pure Soul. It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Woo-sung and follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens of loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.
The movie was released on November 5, 2004 in South Korea. It was a major success domestically, topping the box office for two consecutive weeks to become the 5th highest-grossing film of 2004 at 2,565,078 admissions. The film was also a hit in Japan, breaking previous records of Korean films released there; it was the 19th highest-grossing film at the 2005 Japanese box office.
John H. Lee and Kim Young-ha won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2005 Grand Bell Awards.
The first act of the film introduces the protagonists, a woman named Su-jin and a man named Chul-soo. The movie highlights their accidental meeting, followed by their subsequent courting despite their difference in social status that should have kept them apart. Kim Su-jin is a 27-year-old fashion designer, spurned by her lover, a colleague who was also a married man. Depressed, she goes to a convenience store, where she bumps into a tall, handsome man with whom she has a slight misunderstanding. Following that, she returns home and, receiving her father's forgiveness, decides to start life afresh.
One day while accompanying her father, who is the CEO of a construction firm, she coincidentally meets the man whom she earlier bumped into at the convenience store. He is Choi Chul-soo, the construction site's foreman who is studying to become an architect. Though he initially appears like a rough and dirty construction worker, Chul-soo exudes sheer masculinity in its most basic physical form. Su-jin instantly takes a liking to Chul-soo and actively courts him. There are many sweet events that take place in the occurrence of their courtship, eventually leading to their marriage.