Scent of Love

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Scent of Love
Directed by	Lee Jeong-wook
Produced by	Jeong Tae-won
Written by	Kim Hui-jae Lee Jeong-wook
Starring	Jang Jin-young Park Hae-il Song Seon-mi Kim Yu-seok
Music by	Moon Dae-hyeon
Cinematography	Lee Hu-gon
Editing by	Park Gok-ji
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date(s)	February 28, 2003
Running time	109 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
IMDb profile
Korean name
Hangul	국화꽃 향기
Revised Romanization	Gukhwaggot hyanggi

Scent of Love (aka Scent of Chrysanthemums) is a 2003 South Korean film, and the directorial debut of Lee Jeong-wook. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kim Ha-in, and stars Jang Jin-young and Park Hae-il in the lead roles.

[edit] Plot

University student Seo In-ha meets a young woman on the subway and instantly falls in love. After joining a local book club, he is pleasantly surprised to find that the woman, Mun Hie-jae, is also a member. Although he makes a poor first impression, In-ha and Hie-jae eventually become friends, though he is left disappointed when she later rejects him, as she is more interested in another student, Choi Jeong-rae.

Several years pass, with In-ha and Hie-jae going their separate ways. While Hie-jae and Jeong-rae prepare to get married, In-ha, now a producer at a local radio station, still pines after his first love. When Hie-jae survives a car crash that kills her fiancé and parents, In-ha keeps a respectful distance. After a while he resumes his pursuit of her by reading out letters on his radio show, and finally winning her heart the couple get married.

However, their happiness is short-lived, as Hie-jae becomes pregnant only to discover that she has stomach cancer, and must choose between her own life and the life of her unborn child.

[edit] Cast

• Jang Jin-young ... Mun Hie-jae
• Park Hae-il ... Seo In-ha
• Song Seon-mi ... Choi Jeong-rae
• Kim Yu-seok ... Kang Seong-ho

[edit] External links

• Scent of Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Scent of Love at Allmovie

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