Scent of Love

Infobox Korean film
name = Scent of Love


caption = Theatrical poster
director = Lee Jeong-wook
producer = Jeong Tae-won
writer = Kim Hui-jae
Lee Jeong-wook
starring = Jang Jin-young
Park Hae-il
Song Seon-mi
Kim Yu-seok
music = Moon Dae-hyeon
cinematography = Lee Hu-gon
editing = Park Gok-ji
distributor = Cinema Service
released = February 28, 2003
runtime = 109 min.
country = South Korea
language = Korean
budget =
gross =
website =
amg_id = 1:289810
imdb_id = 0349517
hangul = 국화꽃 향기
hanja =
rr = "Gukhwaggot hyanggi"
mr =

"Scent of Love" (aka "Scent of Chrysanthemums") is a 2003 South Korean film, and the directorial debut of Lee Jeong-wook. The film is based on a novel of the same name by Kim Ha-in, and stars Jang Jin-young and Park Hae-il in the lead roles.

Plot

University student Seo In-ha meets a young woman on the subway and instantly falls in love. After joining a local book club, he is pleasantly surprised to find that the woman, Mun Hie-jae, is also a member. Although he makes a poor first impression, In-ha and Hie-jae eventually become friends, though he is left disappointed when she later rejects him, as she is more interested in another student, Kang Seong-ho.

Several years pass, with In-ha and Hie-jae going their separate ways. While Hie-jae and Seong-ho prepare to get married, In-ha, now a producer at a local radio station, still pines after his first love. When Hie-jae survives a car crash that kills her fiancé and parents, In-ha keeps a respectful distance. After a while he resumes his pursuit of her by reading out letters on his radio show, and finally winning her heart the couple get married.

However, their happiness is short-lived, as Hie-jae becomes pregnant only to discover that she has stomach cancer, and must choose between her own life and the life of her unborn child.

Cast

* Jang Jin-young ... Mun Hie-jae
* Park Hae-il ... Seo In-ha
* Song Seon-mi ... Choi Jeong-rae
* Kim Yu-seok ... Kang Seong-ho

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