My Beautiful Girl, Mari

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

86 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Jan. 11, 2002

Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

86 mins | Drama, Animation, Fantasy | Jan. 11, 2002

My Beautiful Girl, Mari
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Barunson E&A, Siz Entertainment, Muhan Investment, iPictures, Korean Film Council, Chungeorahm Film
Original title 마리 이야기
Directors Lee Sung-gang
Writers Ji-Hoon Hong, Seo Mi-ae, Kang Su-jeong, Lee Sung-gang

Cast

Ryu Deok-hwan

as Nam-woo

Gong Hyung-jin

as Jun-ho

Ahn Sung-ki

as Kyung-min

Bae Jong-ok

as Nam-woo's mother

Na Moon-hee

as Nam-woo's grandmother

Jang Hang-seon

as Jun-ho's father

Lee Byung-hun

as Nam-woo (adult)

Lee Seok-jun

as Office Colleague 1