The Classic Part 1 (Korean Movie)

The movie begins with telling parallel love stories between a mother and daughter. The part of the story with the mother is told in multiple flashbacks. 

That classic starts with present day, the daughter, Ji-hye, cleaning up her house and she finds a box full of old letters and a detailed diary that told the story of her mother, Joo-Hee. Ji-Hye reads one of the letters and then it starts the flashback to her mother. The flashbacks are then interwined with her own story in which she falls in love with one of her fellow classmates, Sang-Min, who is involved with the school production.


Then the movie flashes back into the past with the mother visiting the countryside as a student and meets Joon-Ha. They both go exploring in the countryside, playing near a river. The river then became their special place. One day when a storm approaches Joo-Hee twists her ankle and they struggle to find a shelter place under a tree. After the storm passes, Joon-Ha then carries her on his back and they struggle home. When coming back home they encounter angry parents. Before they're forced to separate, Joon-Hee gives him a necklace, which he keeps close to him as a precious reminder of their time spent together.

Unfortunately, a third party prevents the deepening of their relationship. Joon-Hee has been promised to be a bride to bee to Tae-Soo, Joon-Ha's friend. But Tae-Soo finds out their attraction towards one another and helps them communicate in secret by using his name in place of Joon-Ha's in their letters back and forth. When Tae-Soo's father finds out, however he beats Tae-Soo. Tae-Soo tries to commit suicide so that will allow Joon-Hee and Joon-Ha to be together.


Back in the present, Ji-Hye falls for Sang-Min in which her best friend Soo-Kyeong is also interested in, but Sang-Min doesn't seem to notice. I remember in a cute scene that was similar to her mother's was that it begins to downpour and Sang-Min uses his coat to coverr both of them and escorts her to where she needs to go. Though the moment is precious she only believes that he helped her was only out of his generosity and not that he had any feelings for her on his part. (398 words)