Bungee Jumping of Their Own

Bungee Jumping of Their Own (Korean: 번지점프를 하다) is a 2001 South Korean romantic drama film starring Lee Byung-hun and Lee Eun-ju.^[1] The film had 947,000 admissions, making it the 10th most attended film of the year in South Korea.^[2]

Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Poster for Bungee Jumping of Their Own
Hangul	번지점프를 하다
RR	Beonjijeompeureul hada
MR	Pŏnjijŏmp'ŭrŭl hada
Directed by	Kim Dae-seung
Written by	Go Eun-nim
Produced by	Choi Nak-kwon
Starring	Lee Byung-hun Lee Eun-ju Yeo Hyun-soo
Cinematography	Lee Hu-gon
Edited by	Park Yoo-kyeong
Music by	Park Ho-jun
Distributed by	Cineclick Asia
Release date	February 2, 2001 (2001-02-02)
Running time	99 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Plot

Seo In-woo (Lee Byung-hun) unexpectedly falls in love with In Tae-hee (Lee Eun-ju), a fellow student at the same university, when she asks to share his umbrella in a rainstorm. It is love at first sight for In-woo, and they start dating. After only a couple of weeks, Tae-hee dies unexpectedly when she is hit by a truck while crossing the street.

17 years later, In-woo is a high school teacher, married with a daughter. He starts to notice similarities between a new student of his, Hyun-bin, and Tae-hee. In-woo struggles with the concept of falling in love with another man, and they get bullied by students at the school for appearing to be homosexual.

They overcome their fears with the realization that Hyun-bin is Tae-hee reincarnated, and they are eternal soulmates. The film ends with a shot of them in New Zealand jumping off a bridge hand in hand. It is unclear whether they are bungee jumping or mean to end their lives together and be reincarnated again.

Cast

• Lee Byung-hun as Seo In-woo
• Lee Eun-ju as In Tae-hee
• Yeo Hyun-soo as Im Hyun-bin
• Hong Soo-hyun as Yeo Hye-su
• Lee Beom-soo as Lee Dae-geun
• Jeon Mi-seon as In-woo's wife
• Namkoong Min as Kim Sung-chul
• Park Chul-min as P.E. teacher
• Go Jun as Shin Yeong-ho
• Kim Jung-young as English teacher
• Kim Kap-soo as sculpture professor (cameo)

Awards

2001 Baeksang Arts Awards^[3]

• Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
• Best New Actor: Yeo Hyun-soo

2001 Grand Bell Awards

• Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim

2001 Blue Dragon Film Awards

• Best Screenplay: Go Eun-nim
• Best New Director: Kim Dae-seung

Film festivals

It was selected to appear in the 2002 Frameline Film Festival and the 2004 Korean Film Festival DC.

Adaptations

A stage musical entitled Bungee Jump was produced in 2012, with lyrics by Hue Park and music by American composer Will Aronson.^[4] The production was successful^[5] and won the award for best score at the 7th Musical Awards and the 18th Korea Musical Awards.^[6]

It has been remade in Thai film titled Dew in 2019 by Chookiat Sakveerakul, with lead role by Sukollawat Kanarot.^[7]

On November 2, 2021, it was announced that Jeong Yun o and Lee Hyun-wook will appear in the OTT drama remake of the movie in the roles of Im Hyun-bin and Seo In woo.^[8] On December 9, it was announced that the remake had bene cancelled due to concerns from the original screenwriter.^[9] The original screenwriter opposed the remake due to his newly found Christian beliefs, which are against the theme of homosexuality, suicide and rebirth which are main plot points in the film.^[10]