Almost Love (Korean: 청춘만화; RR: Cheongchun manhwa; lit. 'Youth Comic') is a 2006 South Korean romantic drama film. It was directed by Lee Han, starring Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ha-neul. Distributed by Showbox, it was released on March 23, 2006, and ran at 116 minutes.
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Plot
Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part-time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality. The two are old friends who have grown up together, but their relationship becomes complicated when they each start dating other people.
Cast
Kwon Sang-woo as Ji-hwan
Park Ji-bin as young Ji-hwan
Kim Ha-neul as Dal-rae
Jung Min-ah as young Dal-rae
Lee Sang-woo as Moon Young-hoon
Jang Mi-inae as Kim Ji-min
Jung Gyu-soo as Dal-rae's father
Choi Jong-ryul
Kang Ki-hwa
Lee Young-lan
Lee Kyung-jin as Jin Dal-rae's mother
Park Kyeong-hwan
Ku Hye-ryeong
Jo Deok-je
Release
Almost Love was released in South Korea on March 23, 2006, and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 539,307 admissions. It held the number one spot for a second consecutive weekend, going on to receive a total of 2,066,354 admissions nationwide, with a gross of US$9,131,392.