Innocent Steps

Innocent Steps
Innocent Steps
Korean name
Hangul	댄서 의 純情
Hanja	댄서의 純情
Revised Romanization	Daenseoui sunjeong
McCune?Reischauer	Taens? ?i sunj?ng
Directed by	Park Young-hoon
Written by	Park Gye-ok
Produced by	Choi Sun-sik ; Heo Jae-cheol ; Lee Jae-hyeok ; Shin Jae-hyeon
Starring	Moon Geun-young ; Park Gun-hyung
Cinematography	Kim Jong-yun
Edited by	Shin Min-kyung
Music by	Choi Man-sik
Distributed by	Show East
Release date	28 April 2005 ;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean ; Mandarin
Box office	US$13,195,678

Innocent Steps ( Korean : 댄서의 純情 ; Hanja : 댄서의 純情 ; RR : Daenseoui sunjeong ; lit. "Dancer’s Purity") is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".

There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.

Plot [ edit ]

Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae ( Park Gun-hyung ) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo ( Yoon Chan ), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo ( Park Won-sang ), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn ( Moon Geun-young ), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.

Cast [ edit ]

Moon Geun-young as Jang Chae-min
Park Gun-hyung as Na Young-sae
Park Won-sang as Ma Sang-doo
Yoon Chan as Jung Hyun-soo

Awards and nominations [ edit ]

2005 Grand Bell Awards ^[2]

Nomination ? Best Actress ? Moon Geun-young
Nomination ? Best New Actor ? Park Gun-hyung
Nomination ? Best Costume Design ? Lee Ji-young

2005 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Nomination ? Best New Actor ? Park Gun-hyung

2005 Korean Film Awards

Best New Actor ? Park Gun-hyung

Critical reception [ edit ]

The film received mixed to negative reviews. Variety reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to Dance with the Wind , citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water." ^[3] Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche," ^[4] and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect." ^[5]

Remake [ edit ]

In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake , which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan . ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ "Daenseo-ui Sunjeong (Innocent Steps)" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .
^ "Innocent Steps - Awards" . Cinemasie . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .
^ Elley, Derek (15 June 2005). "Innocent Steps" . Variety . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .
^ Giammarco, Tom. "Critics Poll" . Koreanfilm.org . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .
^ Paquet, Darcy (7 May 2005). "Innocent Steps" . Koreanfilm.org . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .
^ Kim, Su-yeon (11 February 2015). "DANCING PRINCESS Remake in the Works" . Korean Film Biz Zone . Retrieved 2015-02-15 .

External links [ edit ]

Innocent Steps at the Korean Movie Database
Innocent Steps at IMDb
Innocent Steps at HanCinema

[1] "Daenseo-ui Sunjeong (Innocent Steps)" . Box Office Mojo . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .

[2] "Innocent Steps - Awards" . Cinemasie . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .

[3] Elley, Derek (15 June 2005). "Innocent Steps" . Variety . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .

[4] Giammarco, Tom. "Critics Poll" . Koreanfilm.org . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .

[5] Paquet, Darcy (7 May 2005). "Innocent Steps" . Koreanfilm.org . Retrieved 2012-11-12 .

[6] Kim, Su-yeon (11 February 2015). "DANCING PRINCESS Remake in the Works" . Korean Film Biz Zone . Retrieved 2015-02-15 .

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