''Marriage Blue'' (; lit. "The Night Before the Wedding") is a 2013

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film that follows the misadventures of four engaged couples in the week leading up to their weddings.

Plot

Tae-kyu (

Kim Kang-woo Kim Kang-woo (; born July 11, 1978), who debuted in 2002. He is known for his work in various fields such as movies, dramas, and theater, and is a graduate of Chung-Ang University's Department of Theater and Film. He is best known from his roles ...

) is a former professional

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player who currently coaches for a

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team. His girlfriend Joo-young ( Kim Hyo-jin) runs a successful

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clinic. They've broken up once before then gotten back together, and now they're about to get married. But a week before their wedding, Tae-kyu learns something about Joo-young that makes him feel betrayed and jealous. Growing increasingly neurotic, he becomes obsessed with finding all about her exes and dating past.

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Won-chul ( Ok Taecyeon) and nail artist So-mi ( Lee Yeon-hee) have been a couple for seven years and their wedding day is fast approaching. But feeling that something is missing in their lives, So-mi suspects that Won-chul doesn't feel passionate towards her anymore and merely regards their relationship as a comfortable living arrangement. Several days before getting hitched, So-mi travels to

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for a nail art competition, and there she meets and becomes attracted to Kyung-soo ( Ju Ji-hoon), a tour guide and

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writer. Geon-ho (

Ma Dong-seok Lee Dong-seok (; born March 1, 1971), better known by the stage names Ma Dong-seok () and Don Lee, is an American actor and film producer based in South Korea. He gained early recognition for his supporting roles in '' Nameless Gangster: Rules ...

) is a sweet, middle-aged bachelor who owns a flower shop, and he's about to marry Vika (Guzal Tursunova), who hails from

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. When Geon-ho is suddenly afflicted with

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, he goes to see Joo-young, a urologist, who tells him that there's nothing wrong with him physically and his impotency may be caused by stress. Since Vika is beautiful and much younger than him, Geon-ho struggles with feelings of inadequacy and starts to wonder if she's only marrying him to attain Korean citizenship. Dae-bok ( Lee Hee-joon) works at Joo-young's urology clinic. He's recently began dating Yi-ra ( Go Joon-hee), a

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. Then one day, during a baseball game, Yi-ra tells him that she's pregnant, and Dae-bok immediately proposes. But as they prepare for their wedding, they keep arguing constantly. It isn't that Dae-bok is scared of becoming a father, but he senses from Yi-ra's cynical attitude that she doesn't feel their relationship has any kind of long-term future, so he desperately tries to change her mind.

Cast

as Tae-kyu * Kim Hyo-jin as Joo-young * Ju Ji-hoon as Kyung-soo * Lee Yeon-hee as So-mi * Ok Taec-yeon as Won-chul *

as Geon-ho *Guzal Tursunova as Vika * Lee Hee-joon as Dae-bok * Go Joon-hee as Yi-ra * Oh Na-ra as Seon-ok * Joo as Ah-reum * Song Jae-ho as Kim Seok-dong *Lee Joo-sil as Kim Seok-dong's wife * Jang Gwang as Yi-ra's father *

Jeon Soo-kyung Jeon Soo-kyeong (; born July 12, 1966) is a South Korean actress. She is best known in musical theatre, and has starred in Korean productions of '' Mamma Mia!'', ''Chicago'', '' The Life'', ''Guys and Dolls'', ''Menopause'', and '' Kiss Me, Kate ...

as Dress shop owner, Yi-ra's boss * Kim Kwang-kyu as Doctor Kim, Joo-young's ex-husband *Hwang Jeong-min as Woman touring Jeju *Lee Dal-hyeong as Installation engineer *

Lee Mi-do Lee Mi-do (; born 25 May 1982), birth name Lee Eun-hye, is a South Korean actress. Career In 2012, she started working in TV, while remaining active in the world of movies. Her notable TV credits include '' The Queen of Office'' (2013) and '' ...

as Eccentric bride * Kim Ji-young as Dae-bok's mother * Nam Sang-ji as Society employee

Release

''Marriage Blue'' opened in South Korea on November 21, 2013, at third place in the box office, with a gross of . Despite little hype, it succeeded in securing a niche market amongst some heavier hitters, and on November 25, the fifth day of its release, the film ranked first in the daily box office chart, beating '' Friend: The Great Legacy'' and '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. On its second week, it placed second on the weekly box office chart, with 841,563 admissions. At the end of its run, it had a total of 1,214,351 admissions. In addition to South Korea, rights to ''Marriage Blue'' were pre-sold to seven Asian countries, and local theaters in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand, Taiwan and China screened the film from December 2013 to May 2014.

References

External links

* * * *{{hancinema film, Marriage_Blue, Marriage Blue South Korean romantic comedy films 2013 films Films about weddings 2010s South Korean films