Too Beautiful to Lie (2004)

A professional lady con makes herself the pharmacist's fiancée overnight, and faces a disastrous blemish in her impeccable con-woman career.

Director:

Hyeong-jun Bae

Writer:

Yeon-seon Park

Stars:

Ha-neul Kim, Dong-won Gang, Jae-ho Song

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ha-neul Kim	...	Ju Yeong-ju
Dong-won Gang	...	Choi Hee-cheol
Jae-ho Song	...	Hee-cheol's dad
Jee-Young Kim	...	Hee-cheol's grandma (as Ji-yeong Kim)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ah-rong Kim
Cheon-hee Lee	...	Youg-deok
Ju-seok Lee	...	Doctor
Young-eun Lee	...	Soo-mi
Ha-ryong Lim	...	The husband of Hee-cheol's paternal aunt
Ji-Yeon Myeong	...	Hwa-sook
Sang-mi Nam	...	Jae-eun
Su-jeong Nam	...	First Aunt

Storyline

Young-ju's professional skills of pretense and deceit easily get her out on parole. On a train en route to her sister's wedding, she runs into Hee-chul, mistaking him for a bum trying to molest her. On top of that, a pickpocket steals Hee-chul's engagement ring. Young-ju is worried that she might be accused of the theft, so she sets out to retrieve the ring, but amid the hassle, she's left behind on the platform and can only watch the train leave with her luggage. Young-ju finds her way to Hee-chul's home and the family - seeing the ring - thinks she is Hee-chul's fiancée. To wiggle herself out of the situation without adding another crime to her rap sheet, she uses the skills of her profession and cons everyone into believing indeed she's the one. Meanwhile, Hee-chul returns home without having proposed to his girl for lack of a ring, and finds that his family, and in fact the whole town, now scorn him for his desertion of an innocent woman.

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Plot Keywords:

taxi | lie | father son relationship | wedding | tuxedo | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

16 January 2004 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Don't Believe Her

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$778,400

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, Movie Season

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

A story of untrue love and fraud.

User Reviews

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First let me start by saying that two comments for this movie are far too less. This movie deserves more recognition. I'm lucky to have seen it.

There are comparisons to make between this movie and My sassy girl. A movie that was even better than this one. An other reviewer also mentioned My tutor friend. I also have that movie (but still have to see it) and i'm sure it's a great movie too because Korean romantic comedy's are really good. A great difference with American romantic comedy's is that in Korean films the two leading persons create such a great atmosphere. It even isn't necessary for the person in love to kiss to see that they are in love. What rarely happens in Korean romantic comedy's.