Always (Only You) 오직 그대만

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Movie: Always (English title) / Only You (literal title)
Revised romanization: Ohjik Geudaeman
Hangul: 오직 그대만
Director: Song Il-Gon
Writer: Song Il-Gon, Roh Hong-Jin, Yoo Young-A
Producer: Moon Bomi
Cinematographer: Hong Kyung-Pyo
World Premiere: October 6, 2011 (Busan International Film Festival)
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Runtime: 108 min.
Genre: Melodrama / Romance / Blindness / Tearjerker
Distributor: Showbox/Mediaplex
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Cheol-Min (So Ji-Sub), a man with a dark, mysterious past, picks up 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 (Han Hyo-Joo) 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 their previously.

Nevertheless, the woman comes back on another night to watch the same television drama series. She constantly asks Cheol-Min questions on what is happening on the television screen. Cheol-Min starts becoming attached to the woman. Their past is tied by a life altering incident.

One day, Cheol-Min accompanies Jung-Hwa to a musical. Afterwards they have dinner together. Jung-Hwa asks about Cheol-Min's past. Cheol-Min ruthlessly berates Jung-Hwa for asking about his past. Their relationship becomes frozen.

Several days later when Jung-Hwa's boss follows her home and tries to sexually assault her. Cheol-Min busts through the door. He beats Jung-Hwa's boss savagely and attempts to comfort Jung-Hwa. They move in together and start to live as a couple. But can their happiness last?

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

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