Two years have passed and on the agreed date, he travels to the tree on the mountain-top, but the Girl does not show up. He does not hear from her for quite some time and his life without her begins. She needs time apart to heal and move on from her ex alone. During their conversation the old man reveals the secret of the tree, that it is not the same tree; the original tree had been struck and killed by lightning a year before and a similar tree had been planted by a young man so that his special someone would not be sad. Once he helps her, Kyun-woo develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerate somehow the girl's abuses. All three feature the same common thread: the Girl is from the future. She abruptly leaves her date and searches for Gyeon-woo at the subway station.
A year after Gyeon-woo visits the tree, the Girl finally arrives. The second is a wild perversion of a Korean short story— —in which the Girl, having died, asks that her lover be buried along with her—even though he's still alive. He presents her the rose and the two hug while the classmates applaud in approval at his romantic gesture. There were also a large number of pirated copies in circulation, particularly in Asia. One day, at dinner and drinks with his college friends, Gyeon-woo is interrupted by a call from his mother, telling him to visit his aunt and meet a potential date. While the blind date recites these rules to her, she realizes how well Gyeon-woo understands her and realizes her love for him.
When My Sassy Girl was released across , it became a blockbuster in the region, becoming a hit in , and. Her father demands the two to break up. They agree to meet again at the tree after two years to read the letters together. My Sassy Girl sparked an international breakthrough for , and it played a key role in the spread of the. Eventually, he opens the time capsule and reads her letter and learns the root of her angst and behavior: Gyeon-woo reminds her of her previous boyfriend who, rather than breaking up with her, actually died before she met Gyeon-woo.
The Girl's mood swings wildly from joyful to downright violent, but Gyeon-woo puts up with it and lets her abuse him for her amusement. His stories gain so much notoriety that he is approached by movie producers to turn his letters into a movie; he is ecstatic because the Girl's life-long dream was to have one of her screenplays made into a film. She excuses herself to the washroom and appears to not be handling the break-up so well. Because of her chance meeting with Gyeon-woo, part of her feels that it was her ex that brought them two together and she develops guilt for falling in love with him. Its release also drew a large international cult following, particularly in , , and parts of. The mother offers reasons as to why they'd be a great match for one another, but Gyeon-woo and the Girl are too busy gazing into each other's eyes. The Girl does not contact him again and Gyeon-woo naturally thinks they have broken up, until one day seemingly out of the blue, she calls Gyeon-woo to meet her for dinner as she is on a blind date.
The film was very successful in South Korea, where it was the highest-grossing comedy of all time, and one of the top five ever at the time. After a day of hanging out, he walks her home in the pouring rain and she demands he meet her father, who is a habitual drinker. Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. She reveals that she was supposed to meet someone at the tree a year ago, but lacked the courage to do so. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely. She visits Gyeon-woo in school and pulls him out of class, telling the teacher that Gyeon-woo is the father of her soon-to-be-aborted baby. At the train station on his way to his aunt's, he observes a drunk girl, standing precariously close to the edge of the train platform as the train approaches; he pulls her to safety just in time.
Sitting under the tree is an old man. Description: Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. She believed that if she was truly meant to be with him, destiny would bring them together. While an employee makes an announcement in the microphone, she yells his name; he hears and they re-unite at the office. A Japanese drama adaptation with and actress as the leads started broadcasting in April 2008. They fail to cross paths again. As it turns out, the Girl is on her way to lunch with her deceased boyfriend's mother, where she plans on introducing her to her nephew for a blind date.
She is an aspiring scriptwriter and throughout the movie gives Gyeon-woo three different from different. The film is based on a true story told in a series of posts written by , who later adapted them into a fictional. On the day they met on the train platform, she was supposed to go on a blind date set up by the mother of her deceased ex-boyfriend, with whom she kept a close bond with. The first is an action movie— The Demolition Terminator—which switches gender roles, symbolically having the Girl save her helpless lover Gyeon-woo. Gyeon-woo just cannot seem to catch a romantic break.
Once reunited the two realize they are at a turning point in their relationship, but, for some unspeakable reason, the Girl decides it is time for them to part. To pass the time, he also began writing about his dating experiences with the Girl on the internet as a means to cope. One day however, the Girl calls him and tells him to bring her a rose during class the Girl attends an all-girls college to commemorate their 100th-day anniversary. The Girl returns to the table to see Gyeon-woo gone; he left while she was in the bathroom, but not before offering the blind date ten rules to follow to ensure her happiness; only order coffee at cafes, prevent her from over-drinking, give in to her at every circumstance, when she hits you pretend it hurts when it doesn't and vice versa, surprise her with roses, learn and , and more. She sees him standing close to the edge of the platform just like she was in the beginning.
This article's plot summary may be. Some time later, the Girl is on the train and the door closes right before a man tries to board. After the girl reads his letter, she tries to call Gyeon-woo repeatedly, but is unable to contact him. He decides to surprise her on her birthday and takes her on a nighttime trip to an which ends up quite differently from how he planned: the pair encounter an soldier who holds them hostage and rants about his misery after being jilted. The song has been translated to different Asian languages such as , and. The movie was not as well-received as its original. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend.
He comes day after day without opening the time-capsule in hopes that she would appear, but she never does. There is also a adaptation of My Sassy Girl, as well as Indian, Chinese and Nepali film remakes. They cross paths several times, but never run into each other, so she goes into the subway security office to see the security monitors. Thus begins his comically ill-fated relationship with the Girl. The film's success in Asia drew comparisons to.