Cast: Hyun Young, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Jeong-heon, Jeon Su-kyung, Jeong Jae-jin, Kim Jae-man, Kim Seung-min, Jang Hyun-sung (cameo) Directed: Kim Jeong-woo Genre: Comedy / Romance Country: Korea Language: Korean
Romance can bloom out of the strangest events. Sometimes even very embarrassing ones. Running after a pickpocket, Detective Kang Jae Hyuk (Lee Dong Wook, My Girl) finds out how pungent journalist Choi Soo Jin’s (Hyun Young, The Art of Seduction) personality can be when the fish stick she was eating magically ends up stuck to his rear end. Is it destiny, love at first sight? Not quite. But the two start to form a formidable alliance: he’s good looking, a great fighter, and a good detective. And she’s determined to change the world for the better by putting those who make it a filthy place behind bars. Together, they make The Perfect Couple. Understanding right from the start that what makes comedy work are gags and the actors who deliver them, Kim Jung Woo made his directorial debut in 2006 with the low-key high-returns comedy Oh! My God. Starring comic veterans Choi Sung Kook and Shin Yi, the film was a surprising success, with over 2.5 million admissions. Kim, who started his career as a screenplay writer alongside Taegukgi director Kang Je Gyu, comes back with The Perfect Couple, showing Lee Dong Wook in a new light and once again taking advantage of TV star Hyun Young’s explosive comic talent.