My Scary Girl | |
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Hangul | , |
Hanja | 달콤, 한 |
Revised Romanization | Dalkom, Salbeorhan Yeonin |
McCune–Reischauer | Talk'om, Salbŏlhan Yŏnin |
Directed by | Son Jae-gon |
Produced by | Kim Kwon-tae Kim Jeong-ho Kim Nam-won |
Written by | Son Jae-gon |
Starring |
Park Yong-woo Choi Kang-hee |
Music by | Na Ha-na |
Cinematography | Ha Jae-young |
Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date
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Running time
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110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$800,000 |
Box office | US$13,500,403 |
My Scary Girl (Hangul: 달콤, 살벌한 연인; RR: Dalkom, salbeorhan yeonin; lit. "Sweet, Bloodthirsty Lover") is a 2006 South Korean black/romantic comedy film written and directed by Son Jae-gon.
With a relatively low budget and lead actors who were not particularly famous at the time, My Scary Girl became a sleeper hit and the tenth top-selling domestic film of the year with 2,286,745 tickets sold.
29-year-old Hwang Dae-woo (Park Yong-woo) is a successful university lecturer of English, yet due to his awkward and shy nature around women, has yet to engage in any romantic relationship. When art major student Lee Mi-na (Choi Kang-hee) suddenly moves into his apartment complex, Dae-woo asks her out, and finds himself in an almost-too-good-to-be-true relationship. Yet, Mi-na seems to be hiding something sinister, and Dae-woo encounters a rather interesting twist to his fairy-tale-like first love.
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards
2006 Korean Film Awards
A musical based on My Scary Girl was selected for the second Daegu International Music Festival. Its book and lyrics were written by Kang Kyoung-ae, and music composed by Will Aronson. The show received funding for further development and was performed publicly at the Daegu Bongsan Culture Center from July 5–6, 2008. A full production ran in Seoul in 2009, starring Shin Sung-rok. The show was designated Best Original Musical in the small theater category at the 2009 Korea Musical Awards.