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Plum Blossom (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Plum Blossom' (; lit. "Youth") is a 2000 South Korean coming-of-age film written and directed by Kwak Ji-kyoon.
Plot
Kim Ja-hyo, a teenage boy, moves to a new high school in his senior year. His classmate Jeong Ha-ra seduces him, and he loses his virginity with her. Afterwards, he becomes frightened when Ha-ra obsessively declares her love for him, so he begins to avoid her. Devastated by his indifference, Ha-ra commits suicide in front of the whole school. Since then, though Ja-hyo sleeps around in college, he is unable to form lasting attachments with women. Until he meets perky nurse Seo Nam-ok.
Meanwhile, Ja-hyo's best friend Lee Su-in develops a crush on the new teacher, Yun Jeong-hye. She unwillingly rejects him because a student-teacher relationship is socially taboo. Heartbroken, Su-in gets involved with an older woman in college, but continues to pine after Jeong-hye, sending her countless letters. To get closure, he hopes to see her face-to-face one last time.
Cast
*Kim Rae-won as Kim Ja-hyo
*Kim Jung-hyun as Lee Su-in
*Jin Hee-kyung as Yun Jeong-hye
*Bae Doona as Seo Nam-ok
*Yoon Ji-hye as Jeong Ha-ra
*Kim Jae-young as Seo Wan-jae
*Ham Shin-young as Ha Jeong-tae
*Park Chan-im as Oh Dal-sun
*Lee Yong-nyeo as Ha-ra's mother
*Jo Han-hee as Su-in's mother
*Go Doo-shim as Nam-ok's mother
*Lee Yoon-geon as Homeroom teacher
*Lee Chun-woo as Drunk
*Ham Sun-ho as Professor
References
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