The Beast and the Beauty (2005)

Profile

Movie: The Beast and the Beauty
Revised romanization: Yasuwa Minyeo

Hangul: 야수와 미녀
Director: Lee Gye-Byeok
Writer: Han Jeong-Hyeop, Hwang Jo-Yoon
Producer: Lim Seung-Yong, Kim Yoo-Kyoung
Cinematographer Kwak Young-Min
Release Date: October 27, 2005
Runtime: 102 min.
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Distributor: Showbox
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Dong-Gun has a serious complex of sorts. He has low self-esteem about his appearance, particularly a scar that sits next to right eye-brow. His world changes when he drives down a street and is flagged down by a beautiful girl that gets into his car. The girl, named Hae-Joo, is blind and mistakes Dong-Gun’s car for a taxi cab and asks him to take drive her to another part of Seoul. He immediately falls for Hae-Joo and realizes that Hae-Joo’s blindness would be perfect for him and his low self-esteem. Dong-Gun soon becomes Hae-Joo’s eyes, taking her to various places and describes what everything looks like to her. When Hae-Joo asks Dong-Gun what he looks like, Dong-Gun inexplicably describes someone from his high school that he looked up to. His name ws Jun-Ha. They soon fall for each other and see each other day for 3 years. Everything changes once Hae-Joo receives a phone call from her doctor. The doctor tells her that a donor has been found and she can soon see again, once she has an operation. Dong-Gun again feels like the Beast and he doesn’t know what to do once the Beauty gets her vision back. Things are further complicated when Dong-Gun’s high school friend, Jun-Ha, randomly crosses path with Hae-Joo and falls for her as well.