My Beautiful Girl, Mari

My Beautiful Girl, Mari

5.8

Jan 11 2002

1h 26m

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

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.

Ryu Deok-hwan

Ryu Deok-hwan

Nam-woo

Gong Hyung-jin

Gong Hyung-jin

Jun-ho

Ahn Sung-ki

Ahn Sung-ki

Kyung-min

Bae Jong-ok

Bae Jong-ok

Nam-woo's mother

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