My Little Bride

My Little Bride (Korean: 어린 신부; RR: Eorin sinbu) is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film about a teenage girl (Moon Geun-young) who tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties (Kim Rae-won). With 3,149,500 tickets sold, it was the second most popular domestic film at the Korean box office in 2004 (behind blockbuster Taegukgi), and fourth most popular overall.[1]

My Little Bride
Poster for My Little Bride
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
어린 新婦
Revised RomanizationEorin Sinbu
McCune–ReischauerŎrin Sinbu
Directed byKim Ho-jun
Written byYoo Soon-il
Produced byChoi Soon-shik
StarringMoon Geun-young
Kim Rae-won
CinematographySeo Jeong-min
Edited byPark Soon-deok
Music byChoi Soon-shik
Choi Man-shik
Distributed byKorea Pictures
Release date
  • April 2, 2004 (2004-04-02)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

My Little Bride is a Korean remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film My Wife Is 18, starring Charlene Choi and Ekin Cheng.

Plot

Bo-eun (Moon Geun-young) is an ordinary 15-year-old high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jung-woo. One day, Bo-eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang-min (Kim Rae-won) because of a pact he made with Sang-min's grandfather during the Korean War. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Bo-eun's grandfather's strong influence. However, later on in the story, it is revealed that Sang-min actually loves Bo-eun. Bo-eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung-woo. And her only best friend cannot help but to be envious of Bo-eun as she also has a crush on Jung-woo. But Bo-eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang-min becomes an art teacher at Bo-eun's school and the duo have to try to keep their marriage a secret. From there, their relationship begins to grow. After an incident, Bo-eun's family finds out about Jung-woo. After talking to her mother, Bo-eun finally realizes that she loves Sang-min. At the school festival she breaks up with Jung-woo and confesses her feelings to Sang-min in front of the whole school.

Cast

Soundtrack
  1. Childhood memories
  2. My Love - Shim Eun-jin
  3. Sad gratitude
  4. Happy Time
  5. Flirt
  6. Sad Sang-min
  7. Look at me - Park Se-ryung
  8. First love
  9. I don't know about love yet - Moon Geun-young
  10. Mural of love
  11. Shopping center
  12. Letter
  13. The clown is laughing at me - 공주파 3인
  14. Confession at the auditorium
  15. Epilogue
  16. I don't know about love yet - Kim Hye-jin
  17. I don't know about love yet - Jeon Woo-joo
  18. I don't know about love yet (Inst.)
  19. My Love (Inst.)

Release

My Little Bride was released in South Korea on April 2, 2004. In the Philippines, the film was released by Korea Pictures with a Tagalog dub on November 23, 2005.[2]

Accolades
Year Award Category Recipient Result
20046th Mnet Asian Music AwardsBest OST"I Don't Know About Love Yet"
by Moon Geun-young		Nominated
41st Grand Bell AwardsBest New ActorKim Rae-wonWon
Best New ActressMoon Geun-youngWon
Popularity AwardMoon Geun-youngWon
12th Chunsa Film Art AwardsBest New ActressMoon Geun-youngWon
25th Blue Dragon Film AwardsPopular Star AwardMoon Geun-youngWon
3rd Korean Film AwardsBest New ActressMoon Geun-youngNominated
200541st Baeksang Arts AwardsMost Popular Actor (Film)Kim Rae-wonNominated

References
  1. "The Best Selling Films of 2004". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
  2. "Grand Opening Today!". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. November 23, 2005. p. A2-2. Retrieved September 26, 2022. No. 1 Top Grossing Korean Romantic Comedy for 2004
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