Love 911

Love 911

Promotional poster for Love 911
Hangul 반창꼬
Revised Romanization Banchangkko
McCune–Reischauer Panch'angkko
Directed by Jeong Gi-hun
Produced by Han Seong-gu
Lee Min-ho
Jeong Dae-hun
Yu Yeon-seo
Sim Jae-man
Written by Jeong Gi-hun
Park Sang-min
Starring Go Soo
Han Hyo-joo
Music by Jeong Se-rin
Edited by Kim Sun-min
Production
company
ORM Pictures
Distributed by Next Entertainment World
Release dates
  • December 19, 2012
Running time
 120 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$16,786,016[1]

Love 911 (Hangul: 반창꼬; RR: Banchangkko; lit. "Bandage" or "Band-Aid") is a 2012 South Korean film starring Go Soo and Han Hyo-joo about an unlikely romance between a dedicated firefighter with a painful past and a cold-hearted doctor who is solely focused on her career.[2][3][4][5][6] It was released in theaters on December 19, 2012.[7][8][9]

Han Hyo-joo received a Best Actress nomination at the 49th Baeksang Arts Awards in 2013.

Plot

Kang-il is a rescue firefighter whose wife died while he was helping someone else in an accident. Struggling with guilt for being unable to save his wife, Kang-il frantically jumps into dangers to rescue others. Mi-soo, a doctor at a general hospital, makes a misdiagnosis and gets sued by the patient's husband when the patient ends up slipping into a critical condition. In danger of losing her medical license, Mi-soo's lawyer advises her to convince Kang-il to testify against the patient's husband for an assault that occurred while the husband was in grief. She sets out to win Kang-il over by "dating him."

However, Kang-il is not one to fall for Mi-soo's schemes and gives her the cold shoulder. At last, Mi-soo volunteers to be a paramedic to work alongside Kang-il and get closer to him.

Despite the initial cat-and-dog relationship, as they struggle through the dangerous rescue sites together, they gradually fall in love. But their relationship falls apart since Kang-il cannot let go of the memories of his late wife and furthermore when he finds out the real reason why Mi-soo approached him. Kang-il is driven once again into chasing after the most dangerous rescue sites, while Mi-soo can no longer stop him. Then one day, when Kang-il gets buried under a collapsed building, Mi-soo runs after him not knowing whether he will survive.[10][11][12]

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Banchanggyo (Love 911) (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
  2. ↑ Frater, Patrick (13 March 2012). "Finecut tends to Love 911". Film Business Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  3. ↑ "Finecut dials up Love 911". Korean Film Council. 14 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  4. ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (13 September 2012). "Ko Soo, Han Hyo-joo's Romance Movie Cranks Up". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  5. ↑ Ho, Stewart (7 November 2012). "Go Soo, Han Hyo Joo's Band Aid Movie Poster Released". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  6. ↑ Ho, Stewart (14 November 2012). "Go Soo and Han Hyo Joo Are a Lovey-Dovey Couple on Band Aid Set". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  7. ↑ Lee, Tae-ho (25 October 2012). "Ko Soo, Han Hyo-joo's New Melodrama Sets Opening Date". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
  8. ↑ Ho, Stewart (25 October 2012). "Go Soo, Han Hyo Joo's Movie, Band Aid to Premiere on December 19". enewsWorld. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  9. ↑ Lee, Hye-ji (22 November 2012). "Ko Soo, Han Hyo-joo Ask to Dial Love 911". 10Asia. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  10. ↑ "Love 911 (2012) - Synopsis". Finecut. Retrieved 2012-11-28.
  11. ↑ Lee, Claire (4 December 2012). "Love 911 heartwarming and touching". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-12-04.
  12. ↑ Lee, Eun-sun (21 December 2012). "True Love Story, Erotic Thriller and Youth Drama". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  13. ↑ "Ko Soo Out to Prove He's More Than Just a Pretty Face". The Chosun Ilbo. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-15.

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