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Ye-jin Son, In-seong Jo, Seung-woo Cho

Shy Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers...( read more  read more... ) the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances.

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4,665 ratings

Unrated, 127 min.

Directed by: Jae-young Kwak

Release Date: January 30, 2003

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  • kiriyamakazou
    February 14, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    Kwak's films are always rather sappy, but at the same time can be very romantic. The Classic is a more serious companion to My Sassy Girl and both deal with similar issues, with love and loss etc. being right up there. The acting is good and the humorous scenes are used sparingly...( read more). The relationships are all well developed upon, even the ones that should jeopardise the plight of our protagonists. The ending is excellent but is ruined by a rather loud and obvious attempt to cause mass crying. For most of the film it has an excellent soundtrack to back it up. The Classic has some great romantic moments, but is also tragic on purpose, since it becomes obvious that the characters are the cause of most of their own trouble.
  • threefolddado
    March 22, 2008
    threefolddado
    Great romance. See it before Hollywood remakes it.
  • daljakpop
    October 31, 2009
    daljakpop
    Buenas actuaciones y buena música pero el final me entristecio mucho.
  • hermecamp777
    October 21, 2009
    hermecamp777
    This is really a classic..
  • kunam88
    September 18, 2009
    kunam88
    didn't i say that i hates romance?? even a movie this romantic and heartbreaking..
  • ajaymuthecooldevils
    August 10, 2009
    ajaymuthecooldevils
    Can't say how I love this movie... First thing, this movie has been recommended to me since I'm looking for a movie with Son Ye-jin inside... And after what I saw for about 2 hours long, it was amazing!! Son Ye-jin satisfied me with her performance as Ji-hae and her mother Jo-hee...( read more)... Yet, the performance by Cho Seung-woo and Jo In-seong was nice... And the most important thing is the story, it is flowing slowly but not boring.. Yet the ending they gave is the best! I couldn't hope more than that.. And the soundtrack is amazing too, love it!!
  • jannetj24
    July 25, 2009
    jannetj24
    I love this movie!!! It's very touching... Watch it and you will realize the meaning of "eternal love".
  • husky10000years
    July 10, 2009
    husky10000years
    Although many had expected this movie to be a sequel, or even a prequel to My Sassy Girl, there is no real connection between the movie besides the fact that it was directed by the same people, Jae-young Kwak. Jae-young Kwak's The Classic is actually t...( read more)he opposite of My Sassy Girl, whereas My Sassy Girl was a light-hearted comedy based on a couple's unusual meeting and eventual romance, The Classic is more of a melodrama, depicting the relationship between Jun-ho and Ju-hie in parallel to the current relationship between Ji-hae and Sang-min. However, with a link between the two couples from both the past and the present by means of letters written to Ji-hae's mom, viewers are able unravel the connection, as the characters are oblivious. Filmed in various locations reminiscent to Korea in the past, Jae-young Kwak captures not only the innocence of love between the pair of lovers from the past and the present, but manages to depict the social influences on the characters as well.
  • vhagumi89
    June 14, 2009
    vhagumi89
    this movie really3 cn make me cry.. it's like the only movie that cn touch my feelings..
    really!!
  • kurotsubasa72
    June 5, 2009
    kurotsubasa72
    Wow man...frickin fantastic...I was sobbing so hard at the end, wow, fabulous, really amazing

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  • janGnAra
    May 10, 2007
    janGnAra
    i reallllllyyyyy luv this moive it's dam goood
    and sooo Romantic too
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