Crush and Blush

Crush and Blush (Korean: 미쓰 홍당무; RR: Misseu Hongdangmu; lit. 'Miss Hongdangmu; Miss Carrot') is a 2008 South Korean comedy film. It is the feature film debut of director Lee Kyoung-mi.^[3]

Crush and Blush
Theatrical poster
Hangul	미쓰 홍당무
RR	Misseu hongdangmu
MR	Missŭ hongdangmu
Directed by	Lee Kyoung-mi
Written by	Lee Kyoung-mi Park Eun-kyo Park Chan-wook
Produced by	Park Chan-wook
Starring	Gong Hyo-jin Seo Woo Lee Jong-hyuk Hwang Woo-seul-hye
Cinematography	Kim Dong-young
Edited by	Shin Min-kyung
Music by	Jang Young-gyu
Distributed by	Vantage Holdings
Release date	October 16, 2008 (2008-10-16)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	₩1 billion[1]
Box office	US$2.6 million[2]

Crush and Blush premiered at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival,^[4] and went on general release in South Korea on October 16, 2010.

Plot

Yang Mi-sook^[5] is an unpopular and frumpy high school Russian teacher who has a habit of going red in the face. For ten years she has been harbouring a crush on Seo Jong-cheol, her former teacher and now married colleague, though he is more interested in pretty new teacher Lee Yoo-ri. Mi-sook tries to put a halt to this blossoming romance, forming an unlikely alliance with Jong-cheol's daughter, Jong-hee.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Cast

• Gong Hyo-jin as Yang Mi-sook
• Seo Woo as Seo Jong-hee
• Lee Jong-hyuk as Seo Jong-cheol
• Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Lee Yoo-ri
• Bang Eun-jin as Seong Eun-gyo
• Bong Joon-ho as teacher (cameo)

Awards and nominations

Award	Category	Recipients	Result	Ref
Blue Dragon Film Awards	Best Actress	Gong Hyo-jin	Nominated	[13][14]
	Best New Director	Lee Kyoung-mi	Won
	Best Screenplay		Won
	Best New Actress	Seo Woo	Nominated
		Hwang Woo-seul-hye	Nominated
Korean Film Awards	Best Actress	Gong Hyo-jin	Won	[15][16]
	Best New Actress	Seo Woo	Won
	Best New Director	Lee Kyoung-mi	Nominated
Director's Cut Awards	Best Actress	Gong Hyo-jin	Won	[17][18]
	Best New Actress	Seo Woo	Won
	Best Producer	Park Chan-wook	Won
Women in Film Korea Awards	Best Director	Lee Kyoung-mi	Won	[19]
	Best Actress	Gong Hyo-jin	Won
	Best Screenplay	Lee Kyoung-mi	Won
Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress	Gong Hyo-jin	Nominated
	Best New Director	Lee Kyoung-mi	Nominated
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
	Best New Actress	Seo Woo	Nominated
		Hwang Woo-seul-hye	Nominated
New York Asian Film Festival	Rising Star Award	Gong Hyo-jin	Won	[20][21][22][23]
Buil Film Awards	Best New Actress	Seo Woo	Won

Release

Crush and Blush made its world premiere at the 13th Pusan International Film Festival, which ran from October 2–10, 2008.^[4] After its theatrical release on October 16, 2008, it attracted 532,323 admissions,^[24] and grossed a total of US$2,628,300.^[2]