My Tutor Friend
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My Tutor Friend poster (2003)
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | 내기 하기 |
| Revised Romanization | Donggabnaegi gwaoehagi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tonggapnaegi kwaoehagi |
| Directed by | Kim Kyeong-hyeong |
| Produced by | Jang Young-gwon Lee Seo-yeol Heo Dae-yeong |
| Written by | Park Yeon-seon |
| Based on | Su-wan-ee, My Tutor Friend by Choi Su-wan |
| Starring |
Kim Ha-neul Kwon Sang-woo |
| Music by | Lee Kyung-sub |
| Cinematography | Ji Kil-woong Na Seung-yong |
| Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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110 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $17,703,856 |
My Tutor Friend (Hangul: 동갑내기 과외하기; RR: Donggabnaegi gwaoehagi; lit. "Tutoring a Student of the Same Age") is a 2003 South Korean romantic comedy film starring Kim Ha-neul and Kwon Sang-woo. Unglamorous Su-wan is a sophomore in college who gets hired to tutor rich troublemaker Ji-hoon, who is repeating his senior year of high school for the third time.
Released on February 7, 2003, the film topped the box office for five consecutive weeks and sold 4,809,871 tickets, making it the third best selling Korean film of 2003.
This was Kim Kyeong-hyeong's directorial debut. Park Yeon-seon's screenplay was based on a series of stories posted online in 2000 by a real-life English literature major named Choi Su-wan about her experiences in tutoring a high schooler of her same age.
This movie is about Kim Ji-hoon (Kwon Sang-woo) and Choi Su-wan (Kim Ha-neul), both 21 years old. Su-wan is in her second year at university while Ji-hoon is still in the process of repeating his senior year of high school.
Su-wan’s mother works in their family business, selling fried chicken. To help out, Su-wan earns money by tutoring other children, but often gets fired after hitting the students. Her mother has a rich friend with a son in need of a tutor. The friend, Kim Ji-hoon’s mother, wants a tutor that will make her son study so that he can pass his high school graduation exams. The salary offered is enough to pay for an entire semester of Su-wan’s college education.
Ji-hoon is always able to attract the girls and draw attention through his love of fighting. He has recently transferred to Surim High School, and manages to offend Lee Jong-soo (Gong Yoo), "king" and best fighter there. Jong-soo's girlfriend, Yang Ho-kyung (Kim Ji-woo) also sets her eye on him. He continues to brawl at Surim, including beating up a member of the high school gang for stealing from his younger brother Se-hoon. Apart from studying, Ji-hoon is actually fairly well rounded. As a child, he was sent to America to study. Because of his parents' decision, the relationship between them and Ji-hoon is strained. Ji-hoon’s father, Kim Bong-man threatens to send him back to the US if he continues to get into trouble with his fighting and bad grades. To avoid being sent back to America, Ji-hoon needs to get at least a 50% on the upcoming mid-term exams. The only problem is that his usual average mark is much lower than that.
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