Please Teach Me English (2003)
"Yeongeo wanjeonjeongbok" (original title)

Director:

Sung-su Kim

Writer:

Hye-yeong No

Stars:

Na-yeong Lee, Hyuk Jang, Angela Kelly

Cast

Credited cast:
Na-yeong Lee	...	Yeong-ju Na
Hyuk Jang	...	Moon-su Park
Angela Kelly	...	Catherine
In-mun Kim	...	Yeong-ju's grandfather
Mun-hee Na	...	Moon-su's mother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ye-Young Baek	...	Julie
Hyo-eun Hwang	...	Betty
Jae-hyeong Jeon	...	Jang-Nam Keuk
Seok-yong Jeong	...	Tyson
Doo-hong Jung	...	Terrorist
Beom-su Lee	...	Passenger on the subway
Chang-Hwan Lee	...	Richard
Dell McLeod	...	English Teacher
Hae-jin Yu	...	Passenger on the subway

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

fantasizing | pig | asian american woman | teacher student relationship | korean family | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Digital Onpa International (Thai) NABI Pictures [kr]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean English

Release Date:

5 November 2003 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Please Teach Me English

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nabi Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

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User Reviews

Cute and delightful flick that deals with mistranslation

When this movie came out, English was the rage since Asians tend to think the English language to be cool. That is probably the reason why there is random Asian words on shirts and other clothing in Korea, some that don't even make sense. This whole movie when it comes to the humor is driven by mistranslation and mispronunciations. So audiences that know how to speak English and understand Korean culture is going to get a bit of a kick out of this movie. My friend who is Korean couldn't stop smirking most of the way through this movie. The plot revolves around slightly odd people coming together in a class to learn English. But mostly has to do with two of the students in that class. One is a dorky and flirtatious guy that tries to pick up girls using English and is played by the actor Jang Hyuk. This is the reason I like Jang Hyuk, he is cool and charming actor and yet he doesn't mind acting like a bit of a dork and doesn't try overly hard to appear cool and gentleman like all the time. Which makes him seem like a comfortable person to be around because of his appearance of being a honest person with himself. He is basically a Korean heartthrob but it's cool he takes on roles like this. The female lead is a dorky and yet cute girl played by the actress Lee Na-Young who is actually but made herself look nerdy as possible for this role. This is a very low budget Korean romantic comedy that is cute and to some degree charming even when it comes the humor that is delightful to watch.

7.2/10