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Always (Korean Movie)

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Profile
• 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?

Notes
1. Filming took place March 31-June 30, 2011.
2. So Ji-Sub took boxing lessons to prepare for his role in "Always"

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