Innocent Steps
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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.
Plot
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.
Cast
- Moon Geun-young as Jang Chae-min
- Park Gun-hyung as Na Young-sae
- Park Won-sang as Ma Sang-doo
- Yoon Chan as Jung Hyun-soo
Awards and nominations
- Nomination – Best Actress – Moon Geun-young
- Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
- Nomination – Best Costume Design – Lee Ji-young
- Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
- 2005 Korean Film Awards
- Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
Critical reception
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."[2] Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche,"[3] 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."[4]
Remake
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.[5]
References
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- 2005 romantic comedy films
- 2005 films
- 2000s Korean-language films
- 2000s Mandarin-language films
- 2000s dance films
- South Korean romantic comedy films
- Ballroom dancing films
- 2005 multilingual films
- South Korean multilingual films
- 2000s South Korean films