''Rules of Dating'' () is a

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South Korean film starring

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, and is the directorial debut of filmmaker Han Jae-rim.

Plot

Lee Yu-rim,a high school English teacher, is interested in dating Choi Hong, a student teacher, even though she is one year older than Yu-rim. Choi is cynical and always plays hard-to-get when Yurim shows interest in her because she has a boyfriend. While going out for drinks one night, Yu-rim suddenly tells Hong that he wants to have sex with her. Hong is hardly impressed. Although the sexual advances are pretty one sided from Yurim to Hong, both Yu-rim and Hong begin to be unsure of what each other wants and what they want themselves, as Hong's boyfriend is disinterested in her .Choi is later revealed to have some kind of trauma from being framed as a stalker by her former lover who was a married person, which led to her being fired from her previous school and rejecting any kind of love and seek stability over love.Based on common ground that was formed through their encounters ever since they first met, they begin to understand each other, however,because of bad rumors spreading on the school website about the traumatizing event which was framed as a promiscuity issue on Hong's part, Hong sues Yu-rim to save her image as well as confessing all of Yurim's inappropriate behavior and Yu-rim is fired from his job for inappropriate sexual behavior in the work place with Hong.The film ends with Hong and Yurim reuniting as a couple, as Hong thanks Yurim for ending her insomnia due to her traumatic event.

Awards and nominations

2005

Busan Film Critics Awards Established in 2000, the Busan Film Critics Awards is run by the Busan Film Critics Association (BCFA), a small but independent-minded group of critics based in Busan, South Korea. Each year they announce their choices shortly before the opening of ...

* Best Film – ''Rules of Dating'' * Best Leading Actress –

* Best Screenplay – Go Yoon-hee * Best New Director – Han Jae-rim

Blue Dragon Film Awards The Blue Dragon Film Awards () is an annual awards ceremony that is presented by ''Sports Chosun'' (a sister brand of the ''Chosun Ilbo'') for excellence in film in South Korea. The Blue Dragon Film Awards considers only blockbusters and popula ...

* Best Screenplay – Go Yoon-hee and Han Jae-rim * Nomination – Best Leading Actor –

* Nomination – Best Leading Actress –

* Nomination – Best New Director – Han Jae-rim 2005

Korean Film Awards The Korean Film Awards was a South Korean film awards ceremony hosted by the broadcasting network MBC from 2002 to 2010. History Originally named the MBC Film Awards, the ceremony was first established in 2002. It was renamed the Korean Film Awa ...

* Nomination – Best Film – ''Rules of Dating'' * Nomination – Best Leading Actor –

* Nomination – Best Leading Actress –

* Nomination – Best Screenplay – Go Yoon-hee and Han Jae-rim * Nomination – Best Music – Lee Byung-woo * Nomination – Best New Director – Han Jae-rim

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Baeksang Arts Awards The Baeksang Arts Awards (), also known as the Paeksang Arts Awards, are awards for excellence in film, television and theatre in South Korea. The awards were introduced in 1965 by Chang Key-young, the founder of the newspaper ''Hankook Ilbo'', ...

* Best Screenplay – Go Yoon-hee * Nomination – Best Leading Actor –

* Nomination – Best Leading Actress –

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

* Best New Director – Han Jae-rim

Reception

Cho jung bin, writing for the youth magazine Cultura in the year 2023, thought the film did not age well because of how the film deals with the matter of consent, and discusses how the film tells only the men's side of the story, when it clearly depicts sexual harassment and rape by the male protagonist yet minimizes its impact.

References

External links

* * * {{Han Jae-rim 2005 films 2005 romantic comedy films 2000s Korean-language films South Korean romantic comedy films Films directed by Han Jae-rim CJ Entertainment films 2005 directorial debut films 2000s South Korean films