The movie tells a funny and romantic love story between a beautiful but rough girl and an honest and naive boy.
The most important feature of the movie is the creation of a “savage girlfriend” character, which was rarely seen in previous movies, and the “woman beating up a man” became the biggest gimmick of the movie.
The movie created the first Korean movie storm in Asia, and the lead actress, Jeon Ji-hyun, became a household name in Asia, and Korean teenage romances began to rise.
2001 / South Korea / Drama Comedy Romance / Kwak Jae-young / Cha Tae-hyun Jeon Ji-hyun
The first time Marionette (Cha Tae-hyun) meets her (Jeon Ji-hyun), there is nothing romantic about it.
On the subway, she is so drunk that she yells at people who don’t give up their seats for the elderly, and then collapses in a heap after throwing up.
The kindly Altair came forward to catch her, and then had to carry her to the hotel for the night.
But good intentions don’t always pay off, and Petunia is taken away by a police officer who rushes in while she’s taking a nice bath.
These two however have been dating ever since.
She’s bossy and willful, yet you can’t help but soften when she smiles at you with that cute face.
And so Altair was willingly tormented by her.
Gradually, Altair sensed that her heart was wounded, and she was still insecure even though he tried his best to care and protect her.
Though happy and touched together, she still made a pact that was hard to accept: let’s separate first ……
