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Almost Love is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Lee Han released in USA on 26 march 2006 with Kim Ha-neul
Almost Love (2006)
Cheongchun-manhwa
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Add to a movie listAlmost Love (Hangul: 청춘만화; RR: Cheongchun-manhwa; lit. "Youth Comic") is a 2006 South Korean film. It was directed by Lee Han, starring Kwon Sang-woo and Kim Ha-neul. Distributed by Showbox, it was released on March 23, 2006, and ran at 116 minutes.
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Ji-hwan is a taekwondo student with a part-time job as a stunt man, who dreams of becoming Korea's answer to Jackie Chan. Dal-rae is a drama student and aspiring actress, but tends to fail auditions because of her timid personality. The two are old friends who have grown up together, but their relationship becomes complicated when they each start dating other people.Actors
Kim Ha-neul
(Jin Dal-rae)
Kwon Sang-woo
(Ji-hwan)
Lee Sang-woo
(Moon Young-hoon)
Jang Mi-inae
(Ji-min)
Jung Min-ah
(Young Dal-rae)
Park Ji-bin
(Young Ji-hwan)
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