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Scent of Love is a film of genre Drama with Park Hae-il
Scent of Love (2003)
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Add to a movie listScent of Love (국화꽃 향기 lit. 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. Like her character, Jang Jin-young battled stomach cancer and died in 2009. The film received an around of 900,000 admissions nationwide and on May 16, 2003 the film was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
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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, Kang Seong-ho.Actors
Park Hae-il
(Seo In-ha)
Jang Jin-young
(Min Hie-jae)
Song Seon-mi
(Choi Jeong-rae)
Kim Yu-seok
(Kang Seong-ho)
Byun Hee-bong
(Bookstore Owner)
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