The Greatest Expectation

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The Greatest Expectation
Greatest Expectation movie poster.jpg
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
위대한 유산
Hanja
Revised Romanization Widaehan yusan
McCune–Reischauer Widaehan yusan
Directed byOh Sang-hun
Written byLee Hyeon-cheol
Lee Won-hyeong
Lee Won-jae
Go Yun-gyeong
Produced byLee Kang-bok
Starring Im Chang-jung
Kim Sun-a
Shin Yi
Kim Soo-mi
CinematographyLee Seok-hyun
Edited byKyung Min-ho
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release date
  • 24 October 2003 (2003-10-24)
Running time
115 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

The Greatest Expectation is a 2003 South Korean romantic comedy film.

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Plot

Chang-sik (Im Chang-jung) lives strictly by the freeloader's handbook, doing the rounds of free samples in department store food sections and sponging off of his older brother. Mi-young (Kim Sun-a) nurtures grandiose dreams of becoming a TV actress but has failed every audition because she just can't act. Because the two are unemployed, live in the same neighborhood, and have similar schedules, they are bound to run into each other, and they do. One day, Chang-sik and Mi-young are walking around distractedly when they end up in a head-on collision. Chang-sik's coins spill out from his hands and scatter all over the ground. His precious coins! He chases after every single one but ends up 10 cents short. He viciously turns to the Mi-young but she refuses to give him 10 cents.

They become sworn enemies after this incident, but then come across the chance of a lifetime. By chance, they witness a hit-and-run involving old man Hwang together. The next day, to their amazement, they see a banner advertising a ₩5 million reward to eyewitnesses. Of course, each person eagerly offers to be a witness and ends up getting tangled up in something they hadn't bargained for. What have these two slackers gotten themselves into?

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