Sunshine Love
Film poster
Hangul
썬샤인 러브
Revised RomanizationSseonsyain Reobeu
Directed byJo Eun-sung
Written byJo Eun-sung
Produced byLee Jong-ho
Lee Jae-seok
StarringOh Jung-se
Jo Eun-ji
CinematographyJeong Seong-uk
Edited byKim Jeong-hun
Music byWhite Tone
Production
company
Release dates
  • July 20, 2013 (2013-07-20) (Puchon)
  • September 17, 2015 (2015-09-17) (South Korea)
Running time
79 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Sunshine Love (Korean썬샤인 러브; RRSseonsyain Reobeu) is a 2013 South Korean romantic comedy film written and directed by Jo Eun-sung, starring Oh Jung-se and Jo Eun-ji.

Plot

Han Gil-ho wants to become a public servant, but so far has failed the civil service exam. His real interest is writing a kung-fu comic book which he has titled I'm a Public Official, featuring a crime-fighting bureaucrat and his two nerdy friends (based on himself and his slacker friends Min-gu and Park). Gil-ho then meets Kim Jung-sook, when he tags along to a meeting where she berates Min-gu into taking responsibility for her pregnant best friend Seung-hee. Gil-ho and Jung-sook realize that they knew each other years ago in college, when she was geeky and similarly hot-tempered and Gil-ho couldn't stand her. After unexpectedly sleeping together after a party, the two begin dating and eventually move in together, with Jung-sook having a regular job as a manager at a water-purifying company. Gil-ho gets an offer from a comic book publisher, but his lack of ambition and inability to commit to anything start to take their toll on their relationship.

Cast

Critical reception

Derek Elley of Film Business Asia gave the film a grade of 7 out of 10, calling it an "unobtrusive, indie-style rom-com" with "two good leads and a likeable tone."[1]

References

  1. ^ Derek Elley (3 October 2013). "Sunshine Love". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.