Innocent Steps | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | 댄서의
純情 |
Revised Romanization | Daenseoui sunjeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Taensŏ ŭi sunjŏng |
Directed by | Park Young-hoon |
Written by | Park Gye-ok |
Produced by | Choi Sun-sik Heo Jae-cheol Lee Jae-hyeok Shin Jae-hyeon |
Starring |
Moon Geun-young Park Gun-hyung |
Cinematography | Kim Jong-yun |
Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
Music by | Choi Man-sik |
Distributed by | Show East |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Mandarin |
Box office | US$13,195,678 [1] |
Innocent Steps ( Korean: 댄서의 순정; Hanja: 댄서의 純情; RR: Daenseoui sunjeong; lit. "Dancer’s Purity") is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".
There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.
Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae ( Park Gun-hyung) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo ( Yoon Chan), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo ( Park Won-sang), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn ( Moon Geun-young), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.
The film received mixed to negative reviews. Variety reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to Dance with the Wind, citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water." [3] Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche," [4] and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect." [5]
In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake, which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan. [6]
Innocent Steps | |
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Korean name | |
Hangul | |
Hanja | 댄서의
純情 |
Revised Romanization | Daenseoui sunjeong |
McCune–Reischauer | Taensŏ ŭi sunjŏng |
Directed by | Park Young-hoon |
Written by | Park Gye-ok |
Produced by | Choi Sun-sik Heo Jae-cheol Lee Jae-hyeok Shin Jae-hyeon |
Starring |
Moon Geun-young Park Gun-hyung |
Cinematography | Kim Jong-yun |
Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
Music by | Choi Man-sik |
Distributed by | Show East |
Release date |
|
Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Languages | Korean Mandarin |
Box office | US$13,195,678 [1] |
Innocent Steps ( Korean: 댄서의 순정; Hanja: 댄서의 純情; RR: Daenseoui sunjeong; lit. "Dancer’s Purity") is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".
There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.
Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae ( Park Gun-hyung) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo ( Yoon Chan), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo ( Park Won-sang), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn ( Moon Geun-young), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.
The film received mixed to negative reviews. Variety reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to Dance with the Wind, citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water." [3] Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche," [4] and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect." [5]
In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake, which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan. [6]