Tuesday, June 30 6:30PM
Asia Society
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East Coast Premiere
Marriage Blue (결혼전야 Gye-ron-jeon-ya)
Directed by HONG Ji-young
Starring: KIM Kang-woo, KIM Hyo-jin, LEE Yeon-hee, OK Taec Yeon, MA Dong-suk, KO Joon-hee, JU Ji-hoon
2013 | South Korea | 118 min | DCP | In Korean with English subtitles
Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 6:30 PM

This ensemble romcom follows four different couples in the run-up to their wedding, as they are all getting cold feet. A minor-league baseball team coach, Tae-Kyu (KIM Kang-Woo) sets to marry his girlfriend Joo-Young (KIM Hyo-Jin), a successful urologist. When he finds out that she is a divorcee, he starts to feel jealous of her ex-husband. A flower shop owner, Gun-Ho (MA Dong-Seok) is about to marry Uzbek beauty, Vika (Guzal Tursunova), but when he experiences impotency, he starts suspecting that Vika is only using him to get Korean citizenship. Dae-Bok (LEE Hee-Joon) proposes to a wedding planner Yi-Ra (KO Joon-Hee), when she tells him that she’s pregnant, but they soon start arguing a lot, as they are preparing for the wedding; A nail artist, So-Mi (LEE Yeon-Hee) and star chef Won-Cheol (OK Taec Yeon) have been engaged for 7 years. So-Mi feels that something is missing in her life. She travels to Jeju Island, several days before the wedding, and meets a tour guide and webcomic writer (JU Ji-Hoon). Will the couples be able to tie the knot and live happily ever after?
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