Girlfriends (2009 film)

Girlfriends
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Kang Suk-bum
Written by	Noh Hye-young Lee Ji-chang
Based on	Girlfriends by Lee Hong
Produced by	Hwang Pil-seon Seo Jeong
Starring	Kang Hye-jung Han Chae-young Huh E-jae Bae Soo-bin
Cinematography	Kim Jun-young
Edited by	Kyung Min-ho
Music by	Bang Jun-seok
Distributed by	Next Entertainment World (South Korea) Mirovision (International)
Release date	December 17, 2009 (2009-12-17)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	(admissions: 107,946)

Girlfriends (Korean: 걸프렌즈; RR: Gyeolpeurenjeu) is a 2009 South Korean romantic comedy film starring Kang Hye-jung, Han Chae-young, Huh E-jae and Bae Soo-bin.[1][2]

It is based on the 2007 chick lit novel of the same title by Lee Hong, which won the 31st Writer of Today Award.[3][4]

Plot

29-year-old Song-yi (Kang Hye-jung) starts dating her handsome co-worker Jin-ho (Bae Soo-bin). But when she suspects Jin-ho might be cheating on her, she sets out to meet the "other woman," only to learn that he has not one, but two, other "girlfriends": Jin (Han Chae-young), Jin-ho's first love, is a sexy and successful party planner, while Bo-ra (Huh E-jae) is a fearless, young college student. On one hand, Song-yi wants to keep Jin-ho all to herself, but strangely enough, she grows close to the two other women and their similar taste in men becomes the basis of a great friendship and a passionate, incestuous love affair.[5]

Cast

• Kang Hye-jung as Song-yi[6][7][8]
• Han Chae-young as Jin[9]
• Huh E-jae as Bo-ra
• Bae Soo-bin as Jin-ho
• Jo Eun-ji as Hyun-joo
• Kim Hye-ok as Mom
• Hong Gyo-jin as Representative Park
• Jung In-hwa as Team leader Jung
• Kim Joon-young as real doctor
• Shin Dae-seung as man at intersection
• Hwang Hyun-seo as woman at intersection
• Kim Bo-min as yoga instructor
• Kim Yong-woon as action man 1
• Han Dae-ryong as action man 2
• Kwak Jin-seok as action man 3
• Choi Gyo-sik as rice store owner
• 2NE1 as club party guests (cameo)
• Oh Dal-su as voice doctor (cameo)
• Choi Song-hyun as Soo-kyung (cameo)
• Lee Ho-seong as Dad (cameo)
• Kim Kwang-kyu as department head (cameo)
• Ji Dae-han as taxi driver (cameo)
• Gong Jung-hwan as Mikael (cameo)
• Hwang Hyeon-hee as Jae-hoon (cameo)
• Son Jeong-min as mistress (cameo)
• Park Sung-woong as Jin's husband (cameo)
• Son Ho-young as club party guest Yoo Myeong-nam (cameo)

References

1. Lee, Ji-hye (18 December 2009). "Press Conference - Movie Girlfriends". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
2. "Actresses pose for the new film Girl Friends in Yangyang, Gangwon Province". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
3. "Genre Literature In Pure Fiction". The Dong-A Ilbo. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
4. 남자 하나 여자 셋의 발칙한 연애소설 『걸프렌즈』의 이홍. Yes24 (in Korean). Retrieved 2014-04-05.
5. "Girlfriends (2009)". The Chosun Ilbo. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
6. "INTERVIEW: Kang Hye-jung - Part 1". 10Asia. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
7. "INTERVIEW: Kang Hye-jung - Part 2". 10Asia. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
8. "Kang Hye-jeong's Movie Picks". 10Asia. 18 February 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
9. "Han Chae-young's Song Picks". 10Asia. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Girlfriends at HanCinema
• Girlfriends at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Girlfriends at IMDb