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More Than Blue (2009)

More Than Blue poster
Original title
슬픔보다 더 슬픈 이야기
Directed by
Won Tae-yeon
Genre
romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
15
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 71 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man with a terminal illness hides his condition from the woman he loves. He tries to arrange for her to find happiness with someone else before he dies.

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What happens

More Than Blue (Korean: 슬픔보다 더 슬픈 이야기) is a 2009 South Korean romantic drama film. The directorial debut of poet Won Tae-yeon, it stars Kwon Sang-woo, Lee Bo-young and Lee Beom-soo in the lead roles. The film's Korean title translates as "A Story Sadder Than Sadness". In 2018, a Taiwanese remake of the same name was released. Later, in 2021 a Taiwanese remake was released on Netflix into a ten-episode series More than Blue: The Series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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