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| Directed by | Oh Seok-geun |
| Starring | Jeon Mi-seon Jang Hyun-sung |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Republic of Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Love is a Crazy Thing is a 2005 South Korean film. Mismarketed as a romantic comedy, the film follows the journey of a downtrodden woman with an incompetent husband, two young sons and a load of debt into the world of Korean norebangs .
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