Miracle on 1st Street

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Miracle on 1st Street
Miracle on 1st Street film poster.jpg
Korean name
Hangul
1번가의 기적
Hanja
Revised Romanization 1beongaui gijeok
McCune–Reischauer 1bŏn'gaŭi kijŏk
Directed by Yoon Je-kyoon
Written byYoo Seong-hyeob
Produced byYoon Je-kyoon
Heo Tae-gu
Starring Im Chang-jung
Ha Ji-won
CinematographyKim Young-chul
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music by Lee Byung-woo
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release date
  • February 15, 2007 (2007-02-15)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3.7 million
Box officeUS$16,062,566 [1]

Miracle on 1st Street is a 2007 South Korean comedy-drama film. Written and directed by Yoon Je-kyoon, it reunited him with actors Im Chang-jung and Ha Ji-won, the stars of his earlier film Sex Is Zero . With 2,750,457 admissions, Miracle on 1st Street was the 5th most popular Korean film of 2007. [2]

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Plot

Pil-je is a gangster who has been sent by his bosses to evict the residents of a poor neighborhood on the edge of Seoul, so that their homes can make way for some new luxury apartments. But after he befriends some of the locals, including female boxer Myung-ran and a group of young children, he starts to have a change of heart.

Release

It was a huge hit with 2.75 million viewers nationwide, and in the movie, the redevelopment area is shown as the first site of Cheongsong Village, which was actually filmed in the water valley of Busan. Since then, the village has become famous in its own way, with murals being painted. There are some people who are confused with the gift of Room 7.

Cast

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