Innocent Steps

Innocent Steps (Korean: 댄서의 순정; RR: Daenseoui sunjeong; lit. 'Dancer's Purity') is a 2005 South Korean comedy drama film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".

Innocent Steps
Hangul	댄서의 순정
Hanja	댄서의 純情
RR	Daenseoui sunjeong
MR	Taensŏŭi sunjŏng
Directed by	Park Young-hoon
Written by	Park Gye-ok
Produced by	Choi Sun-sik Heo Jae-cheol Lee Jae-hyeok Shin Jae-hyeon
Starring	Moon Geun-young Park Gun-hyung
Cinematography	Kim Jong-yun
Edited by	Shin Min-kyung
Music by	Choi Man-sik
Distributed by	Show East
Release date	28 April 2005 (2005-04-28)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean Mandarin
Box office	US$13,195,678[1]

There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.

Plot

Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae (Park Gun-hyung) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo (Yoon Chan), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo (Park Won-sang), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn (Moon Geun-young), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.

Cast

• Moon Geun-young as Jang Chae-min
• Park Gun-hyung as Na Young-sae
• Park Won-sang as Ma Sang-doo
• Yoon Chan as Jung Hyun-soo

Awards and nominations

2005 Grand Bell Awards^[2]

• Nomination – Best Actress – Moon Geun-young
• Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
• Nomination – Best Costume Design – Lee Ji-young

2005 Blue Dragon Film Awards

• Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung

2005 Korean Film Awards

• Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung

Critical reception

The film received mixed to negative reviews. Variety reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to Dance with the Wind, citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water."^[3] Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche,"^[4] and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect."^[5]

Remake

In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake, which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan.^[6]