My Tutor Friend

"The funniest couple ever is born."

2003 1h 50m KO

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 58

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Synopsis

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A touching story of two completely different students from two completely different worlds. One is a rich male repeating his third year of high school and the other a poor girl in her second year of university struggling to make ends meet.

“The funniest couple ever is born.”

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Cast

Kim Ha-neul
Su-wan
Kwon Sang-woo
Ji-hoon
Kim Ji-woo
Ho-kyeong
Gong Yoo
Jong-soo
Baek Il-seob
Ji-hoon's Father
Kim Hye-ok
Ji-hoon's Mother
Kim Ja-ok
Su-wan's Mother
Lee Sung-jin
Si-kyung

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Kyung-hyung
Writers: Soo-Wan Choi, Choi Soo-Wan, Park Yeon-seon
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "My Tutor Friend Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Kyung-hyung, shot by Ji Gil-woong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ko Im-pyo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

AWARDS

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Kim Ha-neul and Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ji-woo carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The funniest couple ever is born.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0348591 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kim Kyung-hyung directs. Ji Gil-woong behind the camera. Ko Im-pyo cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Part of the "My Tutor Friend Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kim Kyung-hyung, shot by Ji Gil-woong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Ko Im-pyo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Kim Ha-neul and Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ji-woo carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The funniest couple ever is born.".
8IMDB entry: tt0348591 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 58 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.