20th Century Girl Movie Details:
Original Title | 20세기 소녀 |
Also known as | 20世紀 少女 ( RR: 20segi Sonyeo) |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Romance, Drama |
Release Date | October 6, 2022 (Busan) October 21, 2022 |
Running Time | 1hr 59min |
Certificate | 13+ |
Cast | Kim Yoo-jung Byeon Woo-seok Park Jung-woo Roh Yoon-seo |
Directed by | Bang Woo-ri |
Written by | Bang Woo-ri |
Produced by | Syd Lim |
Cinematography by | Jo Yeong-jik |
Music by | Dalpalan |
Production Company | Yong Film |
Distributor | Netflix |
20th Century Girl Movie Cast and Characters:
- Kim Yoo-jung as Na Bo-ra
- Han Hyo-joo as adult Na Bo-ra
- Byeon Woo-seok as Poong Woon-ho
- Park Jung-woo as Baek Hyun-jin
- Roh Yoon-seo as Kim Yeon-du
- Kim Sung-kyung as Bo-ra’s mother
- Jeong Seok-yong as Bo-ra’s father
- Yoon Yi-re as ‘Madam’, Bo-ra’s classmate
- Jeon Hye-won as ‘Darn it’, Bo-ra’s classmate
Storyline:
The film follows the first love and friendships of a high school student. Bo-Ra is a 17-year-old high school student. She is good at taekwondo and has a bright and positive personality. She is also a member of the broadcasting club at her school. Woon-Ho is a member of the same broadcasting club. Bo-Ra is best friends with Yeon-Du , who attends the same school. Yeon-Du has a crush on Hyun-Jin. She asks Bo-Ra to find out everything about Hyun-Jin and goes to the U.S. to have heart surgery. After that, Bo-Ra begins to observe Hyun-Jin closely and she falls in love with him.
About 20th Century Girl Movie:
- 20th Century Girl is directed by Bang Woo-ri in her feature film debut.
- Director Bang Woo-ri wrote the script based on her personal experience of exchanging diaries with her friend. The film is set in Cheongju, the director’s hometown.
- Filming took place in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province from October 2021 to January 2022.
- The film was invited to the 27th Busan International Film Festival and premiered at the ‘Korean Cinema Today – Special Premiere’ section on October 6, 2022.
- A day later after its release, 20th Century Girl ranked 7th globally in Netflix’s movie category. Subsequently, on 24 October, it ranked 5th in the same category. Within three days of its release, it debuted at 2 on Netflix’s global chart of Top 10 non-English movie category for the week of October 17 to 23, with eight million hours viewed.