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Marrying the Mafia

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Marrying the Mafia
Poster to Marrying the Mafia
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGamunui yeonggwang
McCune–ReischauerKamunŭi yŏnggwang
Directed byJeong Heung-sun[1]
Written byJeong Heung-sun
Produced byChung Tae-won
StarringJung Joon-ho
Kim Jung-eun
Yoo Dong-geun
CinematographyKim Yun-su
Edited byGo Im-pyo
Music byPark Jeong-hyeon
Production
company
Taewon Entertainment
Distributed byCinema Service
Release date
  • September 13, 2002 (2002-09-13)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$28.9 million[2]

Marrying the Mafia (Korean: 가문의 영광; lit. "Family's Honor") is a 2002 South Korean film released on September 13, 2002, and the first installment of the Marrying the Mafia series.

The film sold 5,200,000 tickets, becoming 14th highest Korean films-ticket selling film. For the year of 2002 it was the highest-attended South Korean film, and the second highest-attended film (including international productions) in South Korea with 5,021,001 admissions nationwide.[3]

Plot

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The film is a gangster comedy about a businessman who becomes involved with the gangster underworld through the daughter of a crime boss.[1]

A businessman and a young woman wake up in bed together with no knowledge of how they got there. Next, the businessman is confronted by the young woman's brothers, who are members of the mafias. The brothers demand that the businessman make an honorable woman of their sister.

Cast

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English vocal cast

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  • John Gremillion as Park Dae-sun
  • Shelly Calene-Black as Jang Jin-kyung
  • Chris Ayres as Jang Jung-jong
  • John Swasey as Jang In-tae
  • Rob Mungle as Jang Seok-tae
  • Mike MacRae as Jang Kyung-tae
  • Jessica Boone as Lee Yoo-jin
  • Celeste Roberts as Mi-soon
  • Nancy Novotny as Won Hae-sook
  • Jason Douglas as Sang-pal
  • Andy McAvin as Dae-suh's Father
  • Jennie Welch as Dae-suh's Mother
  • Illich Guardiola as Manager
  • Vic Mignogna as Yeo Min-seok
  • Kim Prause as Jin-kyung's Friend
  • Max Issacson as Jang Young-min
  • David Born as Lawyer
  • Ty Mahany as Dae-suh's Friend A
  • Quinton Haag as Dae-suh's Friend B
  • Rachel Buchman as School Violence Mother
  • Rebekay Dahl as Yoo-jin's Mentor
  • Nam as Ty Mahany
  • David Born as TV Host Male
  • Kim Prause as TV Host Female
  • David Born as Security Guard
  • Ty Mahany as Radio DJ
  • Kim Prause as Hostess A
  • Nancy Novotny as Hostess B
  • Rebekay Dahl as Hostess C

English language and subtitled versions were presented by ADV Films.

Reception

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G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle said that "[the film is] a comedy that tries too hard to be funny, therefore it isn't".[4]

Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that "[the film's] unusual cultural details add a little color to the usual romantic turbulence, but it's otherwise as rote as its American counterparts".[5]

See also

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Sources

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  • Leong, Anthony (2003). "Marrying the Mafia Movie Review". mediacircus.net. Retrieved 2007-11-28.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Marrying the Mafia (Gamun-ui Yeonggwang)(2002)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  2. ^ "Marrying the Mafia". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  3. ^ "2002". koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  4. ^ "FILM CLIPS/Also opening today". San Francisco Chronicle. 2005-04-08. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
  5. ^ "Limited movie runs: 'The Nomi Song', 'Marrying the Mafia, 'Dot the I' and more". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. 2005-03-24. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
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