''Romantic Heaven'' () is a 2011

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

n melodrama about fate, love, loss, and redemption. Though the premise is sentimental, dealing with a variety of characters and their relationships in both life and the afterlife, it is very much in line with writer-director

Jang Jin Jang Jin (born February 24, 1971) is a South Korean film director, theatre director, playwright, screenwriter, film producer, actor and TV personality. Considered one of the most distinctive voices to emerge from the 1990s Korean cinema renaiss ...

's previous works, combining elements of several different genres, including romance, comedy, drama, ghost and even police thriller into an eccentric, playful and imaginative film.

Plot

Three seemingly disconnected people cross paths at a hospital: Part one, "Mom," focuses on the character of Mimi, whose mother is battling cancer, and needs a

bone marrow transplant Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) is the transplantation of multipotent hematopoietic stem cells, usually derived from bone marrow, peripheral blood, or umbilical cord blood in order to replicate inside of a patient and to produce ...

if she is to have any hope of surviving. With great difficulty, doctors identify a potential donor, but then the man goes into flight after being accused of murder. Hoping to find him, Mimi becomes acquainted with the police detectives assigned to his case. Part two, "Wife," concerns a lawyer named Min-gyu who has recently lost his spouse. Amidst his grief, he is distracted by the fact that he can't find a bag that she had brought with her to the hospital, and which contained her personal diary. In the meantime, he is visited by an ex-convict who has a score to settle. Part three, "Girl," focuses on Ji-wook, a taxi driver whose grandfather is on the verge of death. One day his grandmother tells him that for all of his life, her husband has been unable to forget a young woman he met in his youth. It is in part four, "Romantic Heaven," that the various threads are brought together and ultimately resolved. As fate would have it, their counterparts are gazing down upon their loved ones from heaven, dealing with their own version of remorse and regret.

Cast

Kim Su-ro Kim Soo-ro (born Kim Sang-joong on May 7, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Career Early career Kim Soo-ro studied Theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and Dongguk University, then joined the Mokwha Repertory Company. In 1993, he made hi ...

- Song Min-gyu *

Kim Dong-wook Kim Dong-wook (born July 29, 1983) is a South Korean actor. After appearing in student short films and several minor parts, Kim became a star through his supporting role in the popular TV series '' Coffee Prince'' (2007), followed by box office ...

- Dong Ji-wook * Kim Ji-won - Choi Mimi *

Lee Soon-jae Lee Soon-jae (; born November 16, 1934) is a South Korean actor. He has had a prolific career on the small and big screen spanning over six decades, and was given a second-class Eungwan Order of Cultural Merit for his work as an actor. Early an ...

- old man (God) *

Shim Eun-kyung Shim Eun-kyung (born May 31, 1994) is a South Korean actress. She has starred in the box office hits '' Sunny'' (2011), '' Miss Granny'' (2014) and ''Fabricated City'' (2017), as well as television series '' Naeil's Cantabile'' (2014). In 2020, ...

- Kim Boon as a girl *

Im Won-hee Im Won-hee (born October 11, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Im was an alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe ''Mokhwa'' (), starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film debut in Jang's black comedy ''The Happenings'' ...

- Detective Kim *

Kim Won-hae Kim Won-hae (born April 6, 1969) is a South Korean actor. He is best known as a former cast member of '' SNL Korea'' (season 1–4). Personal life In August 2020, it was reported that Kim tested positive for COVID-19 and was receiving treatme ...

- Detective Park *

Lee Han-wi Lee Han-wi (born June 17, 1961) is a South Korean actor. Since his acting debut in 1983, Lee has become a prolific supporting actor A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and ...

- Peter, the secretary *Jeon Yang-ja - grandma *Kim Dong-joo - Mimi's mother *Lee Moon-soo - Ha-yeon's father *

Kim Byung-ok Kim Byeong-ok (born October 11, 1960) is a South Korean actor. A veteran supporting actor, he is best known for his role as Mr. Han in '' Oldboy''. Career In 2015, he was featured in a controversial Maxim Maxim or Maksim may refer to: En ...

- manhole man *Kim Jun-bae - Jang Heo-soo *Lee Yong-yi - Kim Boon as an old woman *Kim Jae-gun - old man *Lee Chul-min - Eung-shik *

Lee Na-ra Lee Na-ra (born August 22, 1980) is a South Korean actress. She has worked on films such as '' Moebius'' and ''Kabukicho Love Hotel''. In 2013, she was nominated for Best New Actress at the 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards. Filmography Feature film ...

- Yoon-joo *Jung Gyu-soo - Ji-wook's doctor *Lee Jae-yong - Mimi's doctor *Kim Il-woong - Lee Kang-shik *Seo Joo-ae - Park Joon-hee *Lee Sang-hoon - deputy director of taxi company *Kong Ho-seok - judge *

Yoo Sun Wang Yoo-sun (born February 11, 1976), known professionally as Yoo Sun, is a South Korean actress. She is best known for the popular family drama ''My Too Perfect Sons'', as well as the films '' Black House'', ''Moss'', ''GLove'', and ''Don't Cr ...

- Yeom Kyeong-ja (cameo) * Han Jae-suk - stalker (cameo) *

Kim Mu-yeol Kim Mu-yeol (born May 22, 1982) is a South Korean actor. Following a successful career in musical theatre, Kim was first cast in minor parts on film and television. But after getting good reviews in his supporting roles in '' The Scam'' (2009) an ...

- Dong Chi-sung (cameo)

Awards

References

External links

* * * * {{Hancinema film, Romantic_Heaven, Romantic Heaven 2011 films 2011 fantasy films South Korean romantic drama films Films about the afterlife Films directed by Jang Jin Cinema Service films 2010s Korean-language films 2010s South Korean films