My Mighty Princess
| My Mighty Princess | |
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| Directed by | Kwak Jae-yong |
| Produced by | Ahn Ho-wan Ji Yong-jun |
| Written by |
Shinho Lee Kwak Jae-yong |
| Starring |
Shin Min-a On Joo-wan Yoo Gun |
| Music by | Choi Seung-hyun |
| Cinematography | Chin Ting-chang |
| Edited by |
Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
| Distributed by | Prime Entertainment |
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122 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$162,256 |
My Mighty Princess (Hangul: 무림여대생; RR: Mulim Yeodaesaeng; lit. "The impossible female student") is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kwak Jae-yong.
Kang So-hwi, a cheerful college student who is also a martial arts prodigy, is trying to embark a journey into adulthood in the ordinary world. However, her super-human strength and supernatural agility ends up driving people away from her. Revealing her powers during a play causes people to be frightened of her, and a later incident undermines her chance to talk to the boy whom she has fallen for. Because of this, So-hwi decides to give up studying martial arts in order to start living a completely ordinary life. She no longer wants to take responsibility for her parent's legacy of martial artistry. Soon after, So-hwi succeeds in joining the ice hockey club where her crush Jun-mo plays. She persistently tries to get his attention, and Jun-mo ends up unwillingly taking her with him as he rides his motorcycle after a party. The pair come to a police station, where So-hwi's crush is revealed to goes regularly to see a female police officer. Despite the woman being somewhere around his mother's age and unwilling to return his affection, Jun-mo persistently confesses his love to her. He even follows the officer on her police patrols, tailing her on his motorbike. Despite discovering that her crush already has a one-sided and obsessive love for another woman, So-hwi does not lose hope that Jun-mo may return her feelings.
After seeing that So-hwi's abilities have seemingly regressed, her father angrily urges her to practice more. In particular, he wants her to learn the magic sword powers that her mother, who died when So-hwi was a baby, wanted him to teach their daughter. So-hwi flat out refuses and claims that she wants to live a normal life. When her father and his two friends are summoned by their guru, the four men discuss their regret about the younger generation's disinterest in the martial arts legacy. So-h's father then reaches out to Ilyoung, the son of his friend, and asks him to convince So-hwi to continue martial arts. Ilyoung is the life-long friend of So-hwi, and trained alongside her when they were children. He reunites with his friend by waiting for her after her college classes and following her persistently, and So-hwi jokingly rejects his attentions while secretly being grateful for his presence.
Meanwhile, the guy with whom she had great crush gets into middle of some street fight. But Kang So-hwi and Ilyoung save him and others from the mob using their super powers. After the fight, Ilyoung and Kang So-hwi go out for drink. There, So-hwi tells him the dream she is getting frequently. On hearing that, Ilyoung goes on thinking that the dream is not actually a dream. Those incidents happened in their life previously.
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