Spellbound (2011)

A magician meets an eccentric girl and offers her to work together in his magic show. It is only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and develops a feeling towards her despite her own problems.

Director:

In-ho Hwang

Writer:

In-ho Hwang

Stars:

Son Ye-Jin, Lee Min-ki, Cheol-min Park

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Son Ye-Jin	...	Kang Yeo-Ri
Lee Min-ki	...	Ma Jo-Goo
Cheol-min Park	...	Pil-Dong
Hyun-sook Kim	...	Min-Jung
Mi-do Lee	...	Yoo-Jin
Seung-eon Hwang	...	Lee Joo-hee
Tae-goo Eom	...	Magic Show Producer
Soo-ji Kim	...	Magic Show Audience
So-hee Kim	...	Yeo-ri's mother
Ah-reum Cha	...	Yeo-ri's sister
Mi-nam Jeong	...	Ma Seong-nam / man on blind date
Yun-Hwan Shin	...	Ghost boy
Sang-Cheol Han	...	Ghost boy's dad
Hye-Sook Kim	...	Black clothed woman
Seong-hoon Sin	...	Paramedic (as Dong-hoon Shin)

Storyline

Jo-Goo is a magician who is seeking new ways to improve his magic show. When he meets a weird girl in one of his shows, he finds a new idea and offers her to work together. It's only until a year later that he starts to know her personally and gets involved in her problem - ghosts problem. Soon he develops a feeling towards her and finds out that he doesn't care about her problems if only he could be with her.

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Plot Keywords:

supernatural power | psychotronic film | remade | crying female | mysterious woman | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Certificate:

PG-13

Did You Know?

Connections

Remade as Kiss & Spell (2017)

User Reviews

Entertaining "Date Night" Sort of Film

Sorry to be trite, but I maintain: if you, with a date, are emotionally blackmailed into watching a chickflick, this is the one. It's likely that you'll both enjoy it. It's chock-full of sentimental elements, colored by the less glamourous aspects of relationships/humankind; the characters are deep with believable pathos and flaws, while the storyline somehow remains buoyant and laugh-out-loud funny. It's never really crass (a prevalent comic element of Korean cinema), and stomps all over the standard senseless romcom tropes.

Essentially, if you took "the Ring" and turned it into a romcom, you'd wind up at this sort of confusing & beautiful genre.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [South Korea]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

1 December 2011 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Spellbound

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,875,078

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, Sang Sang Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1