Crush and Blush (2008)

Profile

• Movie: Crush and Blush
• Revised Romanization: Misseu Hongdangmoo
• Hangul: 미쓰 홍당무

• Director: Lee Kyoung-Mi
• Writer: Lee Kyoung-Mi, Park Chan-Wook, Park Eun-Kyo
• Producer: Park Chan-Wook
• Cinematographer: Kim Dong-Young
• World Premiere: October 2008 (Pusan International Film Festival)
• Release Date: October 16, 2008
• Runtime : 101 min.
• Genre: Black Comedy
• Studio: Moho Films
• Distributor: Vantage Holdings
• Country: South Korea
• Language: Korean

Plot

29 year-old Me-sook is the most unpopular teacher at school. She used to be a Russian language teacher at a high school, but was relegated to a middle school to teach English which she can’t even understand. She also has a chronic blushing problem, often afraid to even lift her face up. But to top it off, she is in love with another married teacher, Mr Seo, and believes that he feels the same but is just to shy to show his feelings.

So when she finds out that he’s having an affair with an attractive Russian teacher who took her place in high school, Me-sook decides to take action. Hiding her true intentions, she forms an aliance with Mr. Seo’s daughter, Jong-hee, the most unpopular student at school. Jong-hee cooperates with Me-sook to save her father’s marriage. They plot ways to seperate the lovebirds, becoming friends in the process and also slowly falling into their own trap …