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The Beauty Inside

2015 · 127 min

A gentle, bittersweet romance about being loved for who you are inside, told with warmth, whimsy and a quiet ache of loneliness.

Directed by
Baek Jong-yeol
Genres
Fantasy, Romance
Starring
Han Hyo-joo, Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han
Tagline
Love has many faces.
Overview
Woo-jin, a furniture designer who wakes up in a different body every day, falls for Yi-soo, a woman he meets through his work.

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Directed by
Baek Jong-yeol
Genres
Fantasy, Romance
Starring
Han Hyo-joo, Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour5
Realism3
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
fantasy, romance
Directed by
Baek Jong-yeol
Written by
Kim Seon-jeong, Park Jeong-ye
Starring
Han Hyo-joo, Kim Dae-myung, Do Ji-han, Bae Sung-woo, Park Shin-hye, Lee Beom-soo, Park Seo-jun, Kim Sang-ho
Music
Cho Young-wuk
Cinematography
Kim Tae-kyeong
Runtime
127 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Japanese, English, Korean

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