The Beauty Inside

"Love has many faces."

2015 2h 7m KO

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7.7

BANGER

★7.7TMDB · 293

FantasyRomance

Synopsis

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Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

“Love has many faces.”

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Cast

Han Hyo-joo
Yi-soo
Kim Dae-myung
Woo-jin 1
Do Ji-han
Woo-jin 18
Bae Sung-woo
Woo-jin 33
Park Shin-hye
Woo-jin 43
Lee Beom-soo
Woo-jin 45
Park Seo-jun
Woo-jin 60
Kim Sang-ho
Woo-jin 61

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Baek Jong-yeol
Writers: Kim Seon-jeong, Park Jeong-ye
Languages: Japanese, English, Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 11 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Japanese, English, Korean.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Baek Jong-yeol, shot by Kim Tae-kyeong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cho Young-wuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Yang Jin-mo 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

CAST

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Han Hyo-joo and Kim Dae-myung and Do Ji-han carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love has many faces.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4273886 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Baek Jong-yeol directs. Kim Tae-kyeong behind the camera. Cho Young-wuk scores. Yang Jin-mo cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Japanese, English, Korean.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 11 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Japanese, English, Korean.
3Directed by Baek Jong-yeol, shot by Kim Tae-kyeong. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Cho Young-wuk. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yang Jin-mo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Han Hyo-joo and Kim Dae-myung and Do Ji-han carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Love has many faces.".
8IMDB entry: tt4273886 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kim Tae-kyeong
Original score: Cho Young-wuk
Editing: Yang Jin-mo
Production design: Lee Ha-jun
Costume design: An Ji-hyeon
Makeup / hair: Park Yea-ri
VFX supervisor: Choi Jae-cheon
Runtime: 127 min · 2h 7m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $14,301,869
Original language: KO
Certification (US): L
IMDB: The Beauty Inside (2015)

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Reno2016-02-04
★ 7/10
Some people really change. From the outside. If you watch this, I think you definitely bring the recent 'The Cobbler', 'The Deaths of Ian Stone' and many other high-concept films into the frame. Yep, it had a zero innovation, but smartly redesigned to bring a different outcome. Actually, it was based on the online film/series (aka social film) of the same name and also heard it was very similar to the book 'Every Day' by David Levithan. My thought is, it did not stand up to my expectation, but very easy to follow and overall, I think it was not a bad movie. If you are a fantasy film fan, then you should try it. A very fascinating fictional movie, that associated with romance. That means it's not your regular emotional-romantic-drama from Korea, but well pitched over all the complication in a relationship when a person is suffering from such a strange disorder. Just like the films 'The Time Traveler's Wife', '50 First Dates' and other similar ones about relationship problems. The first one hour was so good, like everything happened in that period itself. From a simple introduction to a few of fun stuff, until the romance track takes over. The next half was kind of a drag, none any interesting events take place other than keep going blindly like it lost its way out. In those stages, most of the scenes would appear as you are anticipating. Somewhat weaken its strength in storytelling. Since this theme was atypical, on that basis, it makes a vast difference to keep us to stick with it. "People say true beauty lies inside, but first impressions are equally important." Anyway, once you begin to watch an unusual love story like this, definitely you can't end it in the middle without knowing the conclusion. I feel, the end was okayish, no twist as you will know in the earlier itself, where it is heading. So nothing special at all, but it finishes it off quite a simple way. The only annoyance is that it was a 2 long hour movie, should have not exceeded more than 90 to 100 minute mark. What I'm saying is not an issue of falling into the boredom, but a stretch that should have remained short and sweet for a lovely film like this. The actors were excellent, but the interesting thing among them was those who are all played the most important role, Woo-Jin. I have seen plenty of high-concept flicks, but I have never seen so many actors (definitely more than 100 actors) playing a same role in a one movie. The appearance was kept changing, but the director did a good job to keep them all at the same pace and intensity to bring Woo-Jin as a single character in behaviour. These days, there's a high expectation for the movies coming out from the Korea. There are vast people around the world who follow either staggering crime-thriller or the sweet romantic-comedies from this region. I know when they take this up, they expect it to better Hollywood and European films. In that perspective, it will disappoint them, because I felt it was a great concept that fell into an ordinary for a few reasons. If you keep your mind narrow, then it might make your time worth spending for it. Personally, I liked it, but my only concern was the third act and a bit lengthy. 6½/10

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