| Director | Lee Sung-gang |
|---|---|
| Producer | Cho Sung-won |
| Writer | Kang Su-jeong Lee Sung-gang Seo Mi-ae |
| Music | Lee Byung-woo |
| Cinematography | Kwon Geun-wook |
| Editing | Park Gok-ji |
| Studio | Daewoo Entertainment Kuk Dong Siz Entertainment |
| Distributor | Chungeorahm Film ADV Films |
| Released | January 18, 2002 |
| Runtime | 80 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
My Beautiful Girl, Mari (Korean: 마리이야기; lit. 'The Story of Mari') is a 2002 South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences. The English-language dub was directed and produced by Carl Macek and licensed by A.D. Vision.
Plot
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
Cast
| Character | Korean voice actor | English voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Nam-woo | Ryu Deok-hwan | Alejandro Fallick |
| Adult Nam-woo | Lee Byung-hun | Jay Hickman |
| Jun-ho | Sung In-gyu | Clint Bickham |
| Adult Jun-ho | Gong Hyung-jin | Chris Patton |
| Nam-woo's Mom | Bae Jong-ok | Christine Auten |
| Nam-woo's Grandma | Na Moon-hee | Shelley Calene-Black |
| Jun-ho's Father | Jang Hang-sun | John Swasey |
| Soog-Y | Lee Nari | Kira Vincent-Davis |
| Kyung-min | Ahn Sung-ki | Andy McAvin |
Awards
- Grand Prix Winner (Best Feature Film) at the 26th Annecy International Animation Film Festival (Annecy, France)
External links
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari at IMDb
- My Beautiful Girl, Mari: The blossoming of Korean animation—frames per second magazine