Bungee Jumping of Their Own

2001 film by Kim Dae-seung From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Bungee Jumping of Their Own

Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Korean: 번지점프를 하다; RR: Beonjijeompeureul hada) is a 2001 South Korean romantic drama film starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju.[1] The film had 947,000 admissions, making it the 10th most attended film of the year.[2]

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Hangul
번지점프를 하다
Revised RomanizationBeonjijeompeu-reul hada
McCune–ReischauerPŏnjijŏmpŭ'rŭl Hada
Directed byKim Dae-seung
Written byGo Eun-nim
Produced byChoi Nak-kwon
StarringLee Byung-hun
Lee Eun-ju
Yeo Hyun-soo
CinematographyLee Hu-gon
Edited byPark Yoo-kyeong
Music byPark Ho-jun
Distributed byCineclick Asia
Release date
  • February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
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Plot

Seo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a fellow student at the same university, when she asks to share his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating. After only a couple of weeks, Tae-hee dies unexpectedly when she is hit by a truck while crossing the street.

17 years later, In-woo is a high school teacher, married with a daughter. He starts to notice similarities between a new student of his, Hyun-bin, and Tae-hee. In-woo struggles with the concept of falling in love with another man, and they get bullied by students at the school for appearing to be homosexual.

They overcome their fears with the realization that Hyun-bin is Tae-hee reincarnated, and they are eternal soulmates. The film ends with a shot of them in New Zealand jumping off a bridge hand in hand. It is unclear whether they are bungee jumping or mean to end their lives together and be reincarnated again.

Cast

Awards

2001 Baeksang Arts Awards[3]
2001 Grand Bell Awards
  • Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Film festivals

It was selected to appear in the 2002 Frameline Film Festival and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.

Adaptations

A stage musical entitled Bungee Jump was produced in 2012, with lyrics by Hue Park and music by American composer Will Aronson.[4] The production was successful[5] and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards.[6]

It has been remake in Thai film titled Dew in 2019 by Chookiat Sakveerakul, lead role by Sukollawat Kanarot.[7]

On November 2, 2021, it was announced that Jeong Yun o and Lee Hyun-wook will appear in the OTT drama remake of the movie and will take the role of Im Hyun-bin and Seo In woo.[8] On December 9, it was announced that the remake was cancelled due to concerns from the original screenwriter.[9] The original screen writer opposed the remake due to his newly found christian beliefs, which are against the theme of homosexuality, suicide and rebirth which is a main plot point in the film.[10]

References

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