''Bungee Jumping of Their Own'' () is a 2001 South Korean film starring

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and

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Plot

Seo In-woo (

) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (

), a fellow student at the same university, when she asks to share his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is

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for In-woo, and they start dating after only a couple of weeks. Tae-hee dies suddenly when she is hit by a car. 17 years later, In-woo is a high school teacher, married with a child. 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

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s. The movie ends with a shot of them in

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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

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* Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim * Best New Actor:

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;2001 Grand Bell Awards * Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim ;2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards * Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim * Best New Director: Kim Dae-seung

Film festivals

It was selected to appear in the 2002

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and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.

Adaptation

A stage musical entitled ''Bungee Jump'' was produced in 2012, with lyrics by

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and music by American composer

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. The production was successful and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards. It has been remake in

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titled ''

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'' in 2019 by Chookiat Sakveerakul, lead role by Sukollawat Kanarot. 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. On December 9, it was announced that the remake was cancelled due to concerns from the original screenwriter. 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.

References

External links

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