Korean Movie - A Millionaire's First Love

Kang Jae-kyung (Hyun Bin) is your typical rich kid. He’s arrogant, drives sporty cars, attends the big clubs and rides through school corridors on his motorcycle. As his 18th birthday approaches he’s set to inherit his grandfather’s fortune, but first Jae-kyung is required to transfer to a new school in Gangwondo and graduate. Until then all access to his penthouse, cottage and credit cards is denied. Should he fail to graduate or drop out then he loses everything. With little choice he heads out to the countryside and a small town in which daily life is far removed from what he’s used to.

Shortly after settling into his new home he meets 18 year-old Choi Eun-whan (Lee Yeon-hee), who just happened to run into him back in Seoul. They don’t exactly hit it off; he’s far too stubborn and cool for school, while she sees hope for him and sets out to make him see it for himself. As they eventually draw closer, thanks to a set of coincidences and school projects they learn more about one another. Once during the rehearsal of a play at the school, Kang Jae-kyung notices that the play is actually like the incident that had happened in his life. His parents had died at an early age and Kang was temporarily kept at an orphanage at Gangwondo, from where his grand father had called him back to his home. Upon leaving, Kang had made a promise to his childhood friend (Choi Eun-whan) (also an orphan)that he would return again but hadn't until his grandfather's will read that he would have to go to a school in Gangwondo. But by now neither had he remembered his promise nor remembered that girl.

So Kang asks someone about the writer of the play and is shocked to hear the answer to be "Choi Eun-whan." and it is understandable from the movie that he figures out that he had made that promise of returning to Choi Eun-whan and didn't remember it all the while. They then grow closer when Kang Jae-kyung goes to meet Choi Eun-whan and the love story grows but soon a shattering revelation will change these people forever.

Hangul 백만장자의 첫사랑
RR Baekmanjangja-ui cheot-sarang
Directed by Kim Tae-gyun
Produced by Lee Joo-Ick
Written by Kim Tae-gyun
Starring Hyun Bin
Lee Yeon-hee
Music by Kim Tae-sung
Cinematography Choi Chan-min
Editing by Ko Im-Pyo
Distributed by Lotte Entertainment
Release date(s) 9 February 2006
Running time 116 min.
Country South Korea
Language Korean

by: hee-jun