Bungee Jumping of Their Own

Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Korean: 번지점프를 하다; RR: Beonjijeompeureul hada) is a 2001 South Korean film starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju.[1] The film had 947,000 admissions, making it the 10th most attended film of the year.[2]

Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Poster for Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Hangul번지점프를 하다
Revised RomanizationBeonjijeompeu-reul hada
McCune–ReischauerPŏnjijŏmpŭ'rŭl Hada
Directed byKim Dae-seung
Produced byChoi Nak-kwon
Written byGo Eun-nim
StarringLee Byung-hun
Lee Eun-ju
Yeo Hyun-soo
Music byPark Ho-jun
CinematographyLee Hu-gon
Edited byPark Yoo-kyeong
Distributed byCineclick Asia
Release date
  • February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)
Running time
99 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

Seo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a fellow student at the same university, when she asks to share his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating after only a couple of weeks. Tae-hee dies suddenly when she is hit by a car.

17 years later, In-woo is a high school teacher, married with a child. He starts to notice similarities between a new student of his, Hyun-bin, and Taehee. In-woo struggles with the concept of falling in love with another man, and they get bullied by students at the school for appearing to be homosexual.

They overcome their fears with the realization that Hyun-bin is Tae-hee reincarnated, and they are eternal soulmates. The movie ends with a shot of them in New Zealand jumping off a bridge hand in hand. It is unclear whether they are bungee jumping or mean to end their lives together and be reincarnated again.

Cast

Awards
2001 Baeksang Arts Awards[3]
2001 Grand Bell Awards
  • Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Film festivals

It was selected to appear in the 2002 Frameline Film Festival and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.

Adaptation

A stage musical entitled Bungee Jump was produced in 2012, with lyrics by Hue Park and music by American composer Will Aronson.[4] The production was successful[5] and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards.[6]

It has been remake in Thai film titled DEW in 2019 by Chookiat Sakveerakul, lead role by Sukollawat Kanarot.[7]

References
  1. Paquet, Darcy. "Bungee Jumping of Their Own". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  2. "The Best Selling Films of 2001". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  3. "Bungee jumping of their own - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-08-31.
  4. Kwon Mee-Yoo, "'Bungee Jump' tells of complex love story", Korea Times, July 29, 2012.
  5. Patrick Healy, "Heartthrobs Rule the Korean Stage: K-Pop Stars Selling Stage Musicals in Korea", The New York Times, December 26, 2013.
  6. Winners of The 7th ‘Musical Awards’, K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26); "Musical ‘Bungee Jumping of Their Own’ to be Back", K-popculture (accessed 2016-08-26).
  7. "รู้ยัง? ดิว ไปด้วยกันนะ รีเมคจากหนังเกาหลีเรื่อง Bungee Jumping of Their Own" [Do you know? DEW remake from Korean film titled Bungee Jumping of Their Own]. Bright TV (in Thai). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-07.
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