Marriage Blue 결혼전야

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Movie: Marriage Blue (English title) / The Night Before the Wedding (literal title)
Revised romanization: Gyeolhonjeonya
Hangul: 결혼전야
Director: Hong Ji-Young
Cinematographer:
Release Date: November 21, 2013
Runtime: 118 min.
Genre: Romance / Wedding / Ensemble
Distributor: Cinus Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

"Marriage Blue" follows four couples as they prepare for their weddings.

Tae-Kyu (Kim Kang-Woo) is a former professional baseball player and now a coach for a minor league team. His girlfriend Joo-Young (Kim Hyo-Jin) runs a successful urology clinic. They seem happy and are set to get married soon. Tae-Kyu then learns that Joo-Young is a divorcee. Tae-Kyu feels betrayed and also jealousy.

So-Mi (Lee Yeon-Hee) is a nail artist. Her fiancé is Chef Won-Cheol (TaecYeon). They have been together for 7 years and their wedding date is fast approaching. So-Mi though feels something missing in her life. She wants to feel pure love, but Won-Cheol thinks of their marriage more of as a living arrangement. Several days prior to their wedding, So-Mi travels to Jeju Island for a nail art competition. There, she meets tour guide and webcomic writer (Joo Ji-Hoon).

Gun-Ho (Ma Dong-Seok) runs a flower shop and is about to marry Vika (Guzal Tursunova) who hails from Uzbekistan. Suddenly, Gun-Ho is afflicted with impotency. Gun-Ho goes to see urologist Joo-Young. She tells him that there is nothing wrong with him physically and his impotency is caused by stress. Vika is younger than him and very beautiful. Gun-Ho begins to wonder if Vika is only marrying him to attain Korean citizenship.

Dae-Bok (Lee Hee-Joon) works for Joo-Young at her urology clinic. He is dating wedding planner Yi-Ra (Koh Joon-Hee). One day, during a baseball game, Yi-Ra tells him that she is pregnant. Dae-Bok immediately proposes. While they prepare for their wedding, they begin to argue a lot. Yi-Ra doesn't seem happy and Dae-Bok wants to know why.

Cast

Kim Kang-Woo as Tae-Kyu
Kim Hyo-Jin as Joo-Young
Lee Yeon-Hee as So-Mi
Ju Ji-Hoon as Kyung-Soo
TaecYeon as Won-Cheol
Ma Dong-Seok as Gun-Ho
Guzal Tursunova as Vika
Lee Hee-Joon as Dae-Bok
Koh Joon-Hee as Yi-Ra
Kim Ji-Young as Dae-Bok's mom
Oh Na-Ra as Ko Sun-Ok
Lee Mi-Do as bridal customer
Kim Kwang-Kyu as Joo-Young's ex-husband

Additional Cast Members:

Hwang Jung-Min as middle-aged woman touring Jeju
Jang Gwang as Yi-Ra's father
Jeon Su-Kyeong as Yi-Ra's boss
Choi Byung-Mo as married man at wedding hall
Park Sang-Hoon as married man at wedding hall

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