Always (2011 film)

Always
Film poster
Directed by	Song Il-gon
Produced by	Kim Jeong-hui
Written by	Song Il-gon Roh Hong-jin
Story by	Jang Hyun-sung
Starring	So Ji-sub Han Hyo-joo
Music by	Choe Cheol-su
Cinematography	Hong Kyung-pyo
Edited by	Nam Na-yeong
Production company	HB Entertainment 51K
Distributed by	Showbox/Mediaplex
Release dates	October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)
Running time	106 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$6,243,557

Always (Hangul: 오직 그대만; RR: Ohjik Geudaeman; MR: Ochik kŭtaeman; lit. Only You) is a South Korean film directed by Song Il-gon. Starring So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo in the lead roles, it is about a romance between an ex-boxer who has closed his heart to the world and a telemarketer who remains spirited despite slowly going blind.

With online tickets selling out a 2,000-seat outdoor movie theater in a record seven seconds, Always was the opening film of the 2011 Busan International Film Festival.

It was released in theaters on October 20, 2011. The film had a total of 1,027,614 admissions nationwide.

The movie was the inspiration for the 2015 Kannada movie Boxer and the 2016 Hindi movie Do Lafzon Ki Kahani.

Plot

Cheol-min, a man with a dark, mysterious past, gets hired at a part-time night job as a parking lot attendant. He sits in the tiny pay booth in the parking lot and stares at the small television. A woman named Jung-hwa walks into the booth. She offers something to Cheol-min and sits next to him. Cheol-min realizes the woman is blind and she is confusing him for the parking attendant who worked there previously. Their lives change forever from this point.

Cast

• So Ji-sub as Jang Cheol-min
• Han Hyo-joo as Ha Jung-hwa
• Yun Jong-hwa as Min Tae-sik
• Kang Shin-il as Choi (boxing gym manager)
• Park Chul-min as Coach Bang
• Jo Sung-ha as section chief Choi
• Jin Goo as pottery store owner
• Oh Kwang-rok as Park Chang-soo (man wanted by loan sharks)
• Kim Jeong-hak as team leader Ma
• Kim Mi-kyung as Sister Joanna
• Wie Seung-bae as marital arts champion
• Jung Jae-jin as shift old man
• Min Kyeong-jin as janitor
• Yum Hye-ran as beauty parlor owner
• Ahn Se-ho as broker
• Choi Gyo-sik as real estate agent

External links

• http://www.2011onlyu.co.kr/ (Korean)
• Always at the Korean Movie Database
• Always at IMDb
• Always at HanCinema

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