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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox film

| name = Innocent Steps

| image = Innocent Steps film poster.jpg

| director = Park Young-hoon

| producer = Choi Sun-sik
Heo Jae-cheol
Lee Jae-hyeok
Shin Jae-hyeon

| writer = Park Gye-ok

| starring = Moon Geun-young
Park Gun-hyung

| cinematography = Kim Jong-yun

| editing = Shin Min-kyung

| music = Choi Man-sik

| released =

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = South Korea

| distributor = Show East

| language = Korean
Mandarin

| gross =

| native_name =

}}

'Innocent Steps' (; lit. "Dancers Purity") is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".

There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.

Plot



Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae (Park Gun-hyung) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo (Yoon Chan), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo (Park Won-sang), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn (Moon Geun-young), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.

Cast



* Moon Geun-young as Jang Chae-min

* Park Gun-hyung as Na Young-sae

* Park Won-sang as Ma Sang-doo

* Yoon Chan as Jung Hyun-soo

Awards and nominations



;2005 Grand Bell Awards

* Nomination Best Actress Moon Geun-young

* Nomination Best New Actor Park Gun-hyung

* Nomination Best Costume Design Lee Ji-young

;2005 Blue Dragon Film Awards

* Nomination Best New Actor Park Gun-hyung

;2005 Korean Film Awards

* Best New Actor Park Gun-hyung

Critical reception



The film received mixed to negative reviews. 'Variety' reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to 'Dance with the Wind', citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water." 'Koreanfilm.org' critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche," and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect."

Remake



In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake, which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan.

References




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