You Are My Sunshine is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Jin-pyo and starring Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon

Jeon Do-yeon is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival...

 and Hwang Jung-min in the lead roles. Released in Korea on 23 September, it was the ninth most successful domestic film of the year, selling more than three million tickets nationwide.

The official English title is named after a Jimmie Davis

Jimmie Davis

James Houston Davis , better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted singer of both sacred and popular songs who served two nonconsecutive terms as the 47th Governor of Louisiana...

 song, You Are My Sunshine

You Are My Sunshine

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, which is used on the soundtrack

Soundtrack

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Plot

Seok-joong, a farmer in his mid thirties, is desperate to find a wife and settle down. After backing out of a scheme to set him up with a Filipino

Philippines

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 bride

Mail-order bride

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, he falls head over heels in love with local tabang

Tabang

A dabang refers to a Korean establishment which primarily serves prepared coffee, tea or other beverages. It is called coffee house, coffee shop, dasil, dajeom, or chatjip.-History:...

 delivery girl Eun-ha, and starts showering her with gifts. Although Eun-ha is initially unimpressed, she is eventually won over by his kindhearted nature, and the two get married. The couple's marital bliss is short lived, however, as Eun-ha tests positive for HIV

HIV

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, and is then tracked down by her abusive ex-husband, who takes her away and forces her back into prostitution

Prostitution

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Cast

• Jeon Do-yeon
  Jeon Do-yeon
  Jeon Do-yeon is a highly-acclaimed South Korean actress who has won many awards including best actress at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival...
  
   ... Eun-ha
• Hwang Jung-min ... Seok-joong
• Nah Moon-hee ... Seok-joong's mother
• Ryoo Seung-soo ... Chul-kyu
• Seo Joo-hee ... Kyu-ri
• Jeong Yu-seok
• Yoon Je-moon
• Go Soo-hee
  Go Soo-hee
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• Kim Sang-ho
• Kim Boo-seon

External links

• Official site
• You Are My Sunshine at HanCinema
• Review at Koreanfilm.org