Always (2011 film)

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Always
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Film poster
Hangul
오직 그대만
Revised Romanization Ohjik geudaeman
McCune–Reischauer Ochik kŭtaeman
Directed by Song Il-gon
Written by Song Il-gon
Roh Hong-jin
Story by Jang Hyun-sung
Produced byKim Jeong-hui
Moon Bo-mi
Starring So Ji-sub
Han Hyo-joo
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Edited by Nam Na-yeong
Music byChoe Cheol-su
Bang Jun-seok
Production
companies
Distributed by Showbox/Mediaplex
Release date
  • October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$6.9 million [1]

Always (Korean : 오직 그대만; RR : Ohjik Geudaeman; MR : Ochik kŭtaeman; lit. Only You) is a 2011 South Korean romantic action drama film directed by Song Il-gon and stars So Ji-sub and Han Hyo-joo in the lead roles. The film is about a romance between an ex-boxer, who has closed his heart to the world, and a telemarketer, who remains spirited despite slowly going blind. [2]

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It was released in theaters on October 20, 2011. [3] In South Korea, the film had a total of 1,027,614 admissions nationwide. [4] With online tickets selling out a 2,000-seat outdoor movie theater in a record seven seconds, [5] Always was the opening film of the 2011 Busan International Film Festival. [6]

Cast


Remake

The film was officially remade in 2014 in Turkish as Sadece Sen . It has also been remade in Kannada in 2015 as Boxer and in Hindi in 2016 as Do Lafzon Ki Kahani . [9] A Japanese remake, titled Your Eyes Tell , starring Ryusei Yokohama and Yuriko Yoshitaka, was released on October 23, 2020. [10] A Filipino remake, titled Always, starring Kim Chiu and Xian Lim was released on September 28, 2022.


YearFilmCountryDirector
2014 Sadece Sen TurkeyHakan Yonat
2015 Boxer India (Kannada) Preetham Gubbi
2016 Do Lafzon Ki Kahani'India (Hindi) Deepak Tijori
2020 Your Eyes Tell Japan Takahiro Miki
2022AlwaysPhilippines Dan Villegas

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