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Sunny
Theatrical poster
Hangul	님은 먼곳에
RR	Nimeun Meongose
Directed by	Lee Jun-ik
Produced by	Jung Seung-hye Jo Cheol-hyeon
Written by	Choi Seok-hwan
Starring	Soo Ae Jeong Jin-yeong
Music by	Lee Byung-hoon Bang Joon-seok
Cinematography	Na Seung-yong
Editing by	Kim Sang-beom Kim Jae-beom
Distributed by	Showbox
Release date(s)	23 July 2008
Running time	126 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	$7 million
Admissions	1,804,223
Gross revenue	$11,093,277

Sunny (Hangul: 님은 먼곳에; RR: Nimeun Meongose) is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Lee Jun-ik. The film's Korean language title literally translates as "My Love is Faraway".^[1]

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Release
5 Awards
6 References
7 External links

Plot

Soo-ni is a young woman stuck in an arranged marriage to a man who still loves his college girlfriend. Her husband, Sang-gil, is a soldier in the Republic of Korea Army, and though she visits him regularly, he doesn't return her affections. After Sang-gil is sent to fight in the Vietnam War, Soo-ni resolves to follow him. She joins a band which is heading there, where she sings for the soldiers as "Sunny", with the hope of being reunited with her husband.

Cast

Soo Ae ... Soo-ni/Sunny
Jeong Jin-yeong ... Kim Jeong-man, band leader
Jeong Kyeong-ho ... Yong-deuk, bassist
Joo Jin-mo ... Seong-chan, guitarist
Sin Hyeon-tak ... Cheol-sik, drummer
Uhm Tae-woong ... Sang-gil, Sunny's husband
Park Yoon-ho ... Private Kim
Lee Joo-sil ... Mother-in-law
Jo Mi-ryeong ... Jeni
Sin Jeong-geun ... Commander

Production

Sunny was produced on a budget of ₩7.1 billion ($7 million). Director Lee Jun-ik based the story around a female character in response to criticism that his films were largely male-oriented. Lee cast Soo Ae in the lead role, saying, "No other actress in Korea has the distinctively pure image that [she] has". Soo Ae did two months of training to refine her singing and dancing skills, and admitted to being concerned over whether or not she could pull off the character.^[2]

Release

Sunny was released in South Korea on 23 July 2008.^[3] On its opening weekend it was ranked second at the box office with 480,144 admissions,^[4] and exceeded the one million mark on 29 July.^[5] As of 31 August, Sunny had received a total of 1,804,223 admissions nationwide,^[3] and as of 14 September grossed a total of $11,093,277.^[6]

Awards

Year	Awards group	Award category—Recipient	Result	Ref.
2008	Premiere Star Summit (PIFF)	Best actor—Jeong Kyeong-ho	Won	^[7]
	Premiere Star Summit (PIFF)	Rising female star—Soo Ae	Won	^[7]
	Buil Film Awards	Best Actress—Soo Ae	Won	^[8]

References

^ Lee Hyo-won. "Watch Sooni Become 'Sunny'". The Korea Times, 17 July 2008. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ Yang Sung-jin. "'Sunny' offers a woman's Vietnam War". HanCinema, 2 July 2008; originally published by The Korea Herald. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Sunny (2008) - 님은 먼곳에". HanCinema. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ "Korean Box Office" (Week-end 2008.07.25 ~ 2008.07.27). HanCinema. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ "‘My Love is Far Away’ Attracts 1 Mil. Movie-Goers in A Week". KBS World, 29 July 2008. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ "South Korea Box Office September 12–14, 2008". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ Yi Ch’ang-ho. "HA Jung-woo and SU Ae are tomorrow’s stars". Korean Film Council, 10 October 2008. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.
^ Yi Ch'ang-ho. "The Chaser extends awards lead". Korean Film Council, 24 October 2008. Retrieved on 29 November 2008.