Saibogujiman kwenchana (2006)

Director:

Chan-wook Park

Writers:

Seo-Gyeong Jeong (writer)
Chan-wook Park (writer)

Release Date:

7 December 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A girl who thinks she is a combat cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics. Eventually, she falls for a man who thinks he can steal people's souls.

Plot Keywords:

Mental Hospital | Cyborg | Mental Institution | Electric Shock Therapy | Blue Hair

Awards:

5 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Su-jeong Lim	...	Cha Young-goon
Rain	...	Park Il-sun
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hie-jin Choi	...	Choi Seul-gi
Byeong-ok Kim	...	Judge
Yong-nyeo Lee	...	Young-goon's mother
Dal-su Oh	...	Shin Duk-cheon
Ho-jeong Yu	...	Il-sun's mother

Directed by
Chan-wook Park

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Seo-Gyeong Jeong		writer
Chan-wook Park		writer

Produced by
Chun-yeong Lee	....	producer
June Lee	....	associate producer
Miky Lee	....	executive producer
Tae-hun Lee	....	executive producer
Chan-wook Park	....	producer

Original Music by
Yeong-wook Jo

Cinematography by
Chung-hoon Chung

Film Editing by
Jae-beom Kim
Sang-Beom Kim

Visual Effects by
Jeon-hyeong Lee	....	visual effects

Production Companies

• Moho Films

Distributors

• CJ Entertainment (2006) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Encore Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Golden Scene (2007) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2008) (Germany) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Tokyo Theaters Company (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Wild Side Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• AmaFilms (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Evokative Films (2009) (Canada) (all media)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Versus Entertainment (2007) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• HFR  digital cinema
• HFR  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (International: English title) (USA)
I'm a Cyborg (UK)

Runtime:

South Korea:105 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12 | Germany:12 | France:U | UK:15 | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-13

Company:

Moho Films

Trivia:

Su-jeong Lim had to get her weight down to just 39 kg to shoot this film.

Another great film from Park

I have to say, I really don't see where all the dislike and criticisms come from. Granted, Cyborg is a far different film from all of Park's other works, and especially in the world of romantic comedies falls into the really freaking weird category, but I found it to be really entertaining. It was very sweet, but in a good way. No excessive cuteness, no magical cure to being crazy. The crazy people are crazy, and that ain't gonna change anytime soon. The cinematography and visuals were great. I really loved the set design of the hospital. And all of the side characters were a great cast of crazies. I have not watched a great deal of Korean cinema, and have never seen the leads in anything before. I live in Korea, so I'm very aware of Rain (or Be, as its pronounced here), but I thought that both pulled off their rolls very well, especially the girl. If you are looking for something fun, light hearted and a little bizarre, check this out. Just know that it is not your normal Park Chan Wook film.