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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Petty Romance
|image = PettyRomance2010Poster.jpg
|caption = Film poster
| native_name =
|director = Kim Jung-hoon
|producer = Baek Kyung-sook
|writer = Kim Jung-hoon
|starring = Choi Kang-hee
Lee Sun-kyun
|music = Jung Jae-hyung
|cinematography = Choi Young-hwan
|editing = Nam Na-yeong
|distributor =
|released =
|runtime = 118 minutes
|country = South Korea
|language = Korean
|gross = [https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fJJEJJEHANROMANCE01 "Jjejjehan Romance (Petty Romance)"]. 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
}}
'Petty Romance' is a 2010 South Korean 18-rated romantic comedy film about the fiery relationship between an adult cartoonist and a former sex columnist. The film was a moderate hit, selling 2,048,296 tickets nationwide.[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2010.html#boxoffice "Theatrical Releases in 2010: Box-Office Admission Results"]. 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
Lead actors Lee Sun-kyun and Choi Kang-hee had previously starred together in the 2008 SBS TV series 'My Sweet Seoul'.
Plot
Seoul, the present day. In need of money to redeem a treasured family portrait, struggling manhwa artist Jeong Bae takes part in a publishing company's competition for an adult manga with a prize of 130 million (US$100,000). Advised that his big weakness is his story-writing, Jeong Bae advertises for a professional writer and ends up hiring the self-important Han Da-rim, with whom he agrees to split the prize money 50-50 if they win. Unknown to Jeong Bae, Da-rim recently lost her job as a sex columnist at magazine Hot Girl edited by her friend Ma Kyung-sun where she compensated for her lack of experience with men by copying material from the Kama Sutra to the Kinsey Reports. For the manhwa competition, Da-rim comes up with the idea of a female assassin, Ma Mi-so, who keeps her male victims captive for erotic kicks; without telling Jeong Bae, she models the victim on her twin brother, womanising Han Jong-soo, who shares a flat with her and cannot wait for her to move out. She finally does, which leads Jeong Bae's friend (and fellow competitor) Hae-ryong, who has secretly bugged his flat, to believe they're having an affair. However, from her unrealistic sex scenes, Jeong Bae gradually comes to suspect that Da-rim has never actually "done it", and then realizes she's developed a crush on him.
Cast
*Choi Kang-hee as Han Da-rim
*Lee Sun-kyun as Jeong Bae
*Ryu Hyun-kyung as Ma Kyung-sun
*Song Yoo-ha as Han Jong-soo
*Oh Jung-se as Hae-ryong
*Baek Do-bin as Min-ho
*Lee Won-jong as Lee Se-young
*Park Sung-il as Byung-doo
*Jung Min-sung as Team Leader Park
*Ryu Ji-hye as sexy woman
*Yoon Jin-soo as glamorous woman
*Yeo Moo-young as Min-ho's father
*Park No-shik as unemployed man
*Hwang Bo-ra as Bol-mae's older sister (cameo)
*Jo Eun-ji as female employee at award ceremony (cameo)
References
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