''My Little Bride'' () is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy film about a teenage girl (

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) who tries to continue her normal social and school life, after her grandfather forces her into an arranged marriage with a man in his twenties ( Kim Rae-won). With 3,149,500 tickets sold, it was the second most popular domestic film at the Korean box office in 2004 (behind blockbuster ''

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''), and fourth most popular overall. ''My Little Bride'' is a Korean

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of the 2002

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film '' My Wife Is 18'', starring

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Plot

Bo-eun (

) is an ordinary 15-year-old high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jung-woo. One day, Bo-eun's grandfather orders her to marry Sang-min ( Kim Rae-won) because of a pact he made with Sang-min's grandfather during the

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. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Bo-eun's grandfather's strong influence. However, later on in the story, it is revealed that Sang-min actually loves Bo-eun. Bo-eun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jung-woo. And her only best friend cannot help but to be envious of Bo-eun as she also has a crush on Jung-woo. But Bo-eun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sang-min becomes an art teacher at Bo-eun's school and the duo have to try to keep their marriage a secret. From there, their relationship begins to grow. After an incident, Bo-eun's family finds out about Jung-woo. After talking to her mother, Bo-eun finally realizes that she loves Sang-min. At the school festival she breaks up with Jung-woo and confesses her feelings to Sang-min in front of the whole school.

Cast

* Kim Rae-won as Sang-min *

as Bo-eun * Park Jin-woo as Lee Jung-woo * Shin Se-kyung as Hye-won, Bo-eun's friend *Ahn Sun-young as Teacher Kim * Kim Bo-kyung as Ji-soo *Kim In-moon as Bo-eun's grandfather *Song Ki-yoon as Bo-eun's father *

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as Bo-eun's mother *

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as Sang-min's father *

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as Sang-min's mother *Yoon Chan as Yong-joo * Ryu Deok-hwan as Dong-goo *Kim Han as Young-chul

Soundtrack

#Childhood memories #My Love -

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#Sad gratitude #Happy Time #Flirt #Sad Sang-min #Look at me - Park Se-ryung #First love #I don't know about love yet -

#Mural of love #Shopping center #Letter #The clown is laughing at me - 공주파 3인 #Confession at the auditorium #Epilogue #I don't know about love yet - Kim Hye-jin #I don't know about love yet - Jeon Woo-joo #I don't know about love yet (Inst.) #My Love (Inst.)

Release

''My Little Bride'' was released in South Korea on April 2, 2004. In the Philippines, the film was released by Korea Pictures with a Tagalog dub on November 23, 2005.

Accolades

References

External links

* *{{IMDb title, 0395140, My Little Bride 2004 films 2004 romantic comedy films 2000s teen romance films South Korean romantic comedy films 2000s teen films 2000s South Korean films 2000s Korean-language films