Wedding Campaign is 2005 South Korean film about two aging bachelor farmers from Gyeongsang Province. Unable to find wives in Korea willing to move to the countryside, they go on a 10-day "campaign" in Uzbekistan, where local matchmakers attempt to pair them up with local ethnic Korean women.[2] It was the closing film of the 2005 Pusan International Film Festival.[3]
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| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 나의 결혼 원정기 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Naui Gyeolhon Wonjeonggi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Naŭi Kyŏrhon Wŏnjŏnggi |
| Directed by | Hwang Byung-guk |
| Written by | Yun Soon-yong Choi Jong-hyun Hwang Byung-guk Kim Eun-chae Lee Jeong-eun |
| Produced by | Choi Moon-soo |
| Starring | Jung Jae-young Soo Ae Yoo Jun-sang |
| Cinematography | Lee Doo-man |
| Edited by | Kim Hyeon |
| Music by | Kim Hong-jib |
Production companies | Tube Entertainment Tube Pictures |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$2,561,613[1] |
Plot
Hong Man-taek is a 38-year-old bachelor who at his age is still unable to meet eyes with a woman. Whenever his mother complains "Never had luck with men, never had luck with sons," he feels guilty about not having found a bride yet. Man-taek's old friend Hee-chul thinks he is a lady killer, but he's only a bit more experienced than his basket case friend. Urged on by his grandfather, the two bachelor buddies embark on a matchmaking journey to Uzbekistan to find wives. The trip to Uzbekistan begins with anxiety and hope. While Hee-chul musters all his suaveness and broken English to appeal to the women, Man-taek gets rejected again and again. Even more frustrated than Man-taek himself is Lara, their matchmaker-cum-interpreter. There is a special reason why she must find a bride for Man-taek, and she decides to give special private lessons on language and manners to achieve their common goal.
Cast
- Jung Jae-young - Hong Man-taek
- Soo Ae - Kim Lara
- Yoo Jun-sang - Hee-chul
- Kwon Tae-won - co. president
- Park Kil-soo - Doo-sik
- Kim Eung-soo - village elder
- Kim Jin-goo - Chun-bo's mother
- Kim Ji-young - Man-taek's mother
- Jeon Sang-jin - Sang-jin
- Shin Eun-kyun - Alona
- Kim Won-sik - young Man-taek
- Jung Tae-woo - young Hee-chul
- Kim Sung-kyum - Man-taek's grandfather
- Kim Ji-young - bride
