{ "id": "ep6cn6xy01", "slug": "windstruck", "title": "Windstruck (내 여자 친구를 소개합니다)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance", "label": "Comedy and romantic films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance.comedies-of-2003-to-2004", "label": "Comedies of 2003 to 2004", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance.comedies-of-2003-to-2004" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance.comedies-of-2003-to-2004.alpha-m-to-y", "label": "Titles M to Y", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance.comedies-of-2003-to-2004.alpha-m-to-y" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020: Comedy and romantic films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance", "path": [ { "id": "geo.asia", "label": "Asia (other)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001", "label": "Asia (other) · 2001 to 2020", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films", "label": "Films and standalone screen works", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works", "label": "Individual films by title and year", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works" }, { "id": "geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance", "label": "Comedy and romantic films (individual works)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.asia.t2001.culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다, Nae yeojachingureul sogae habnida) is a 2004 South Korean romantic drama by Kwak Jae-yong starring Jun Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk; a police officer falls in love with a teacher who dies mid-film, released June 3, 2004, companion to My Sassy Girl.", "snippet": "Windstruck (내 여자친구를 소개합니다, Nae yeojachingureul sogae habnida) is a 2004 South Korean romantic drama by Kwak Jae-yong starring Jun Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk; a police officer falls in love with a teacher who dies mid-film, released June 3, 2004, companion to My Sassy Girl.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.films.films.individual-works.comedy-romance.comedies-of-2003-to-2004.alpha-m-to-y", "markdown": "# Windstruck (내 여자 친구를 소개합니다)\n\n**Windstruck** (내 여자친구를 소개합니다; revised romanization *Nae yeojachingureul sogae habnida*) is a 2004 South Korean romantic drama directed and written by Kwak Jae-yong, starring [Jun Ji-hyun](https://www.edgepedia.org/jun-ji-hyun) (also billed internationally as Gianna Jun) as police officer Yeo Kyung-jin and [Jang Hyuk](https://www.edgepedia.org/jang-hyuk) as physics teacher Ko Myung-woo.[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) It reunites the director and star of *[My Sassy Girl](https://www.edgepedia.org/my-sassy-girl)* (2001) and is often discussed as a companion piece to that film, though it tells a separate story that shifts from romantic comedy into tragedy.[2](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Director and writer | Kwak Jae-yong (곽재용), who also wrote the screenplay; story credit to Jeong Hoon-tak[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) • [3](https://www.filmmakers.co.kr/movies/en/20040568) |\n| Stars | Jun Ji-hyun as Yeo Kyung-jin; Jang Hyuk as Ko Myung-woo[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) |\n| South Korean release | June 3, 2004; rated 15 and over[4](https://watch.afi.com/movie/--1368-) • [1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) |\n| Day-and-date release | Opened simultaneously in South Korea, China, and Hong Kong on June 3, 2004, a first for a South Korean film[5](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0%2C33009%2C501040607-644221%2C00.html) |\n| Admissions | 2,199,359 nationwide (Korean Film Council), the 8th best-selling Korean film released in 2004[6](https://mobile.koreanfilm.org/kfilm04.html) |\n| Production and distribution | Produced by iFilm Co. Ltd. with Hong Kong financing; distributed by CJ Entertainment; international sales by Edko Films[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) • [7](https://koreafilmfest.com/en/film/windstruck/) |\n| Music | Score by Choi Seung-hyun; theme song \"Tears\" by Yoshiki, performed by X Japan[3](https://www.filmmakers.co.kr/movies/en/20040568) • [8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Plot\n\nKyung-jin, an ambitious officer on the Seoul police force, chases a purse snatcher while off duty and arrests the wrong man: Myung-woo, a timid high school physics teacher who was himself trying to catch the thief.[2](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810) • [8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004) After the hostile first encounter, the two are paired to patrol a district popular with underage students, and love grows between them.[9](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Windstruck) In one comic sequence, handcuffed to Myung-woo, Kyung-jin interrupts a meeting between [Russian mafia](https://www.edgepedia.org/russian-mafia) figures and Korean gangsters and takes on both groups.[8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004)\n\nThe film changes direction at its midpoint. Myung-woo is fatally stabbed by a serial killer after rushing to help Kyung-jin during a pursuit.[2](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810) The remainder of the story follows Kyung-jin's flashbacks to their time together and her reunions with Myung-woo's ghost; throwing herself into perilous situations after his death, she feels a strange but familiar presence in the wind helping her out of danger.[2](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810) • [1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) The tagline used in English-language marketing, \"If only I can feel you... even as the wind,\" reflects this premise.[10](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/windstruck/eMm5E9hdiaRWTfSIClXSP2/main/)\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe film was produced by iFilm Co. Ltd., with Jeong Hoon-tak, Bill Kong, Teddy Jung, and Choi Su-young among the producers and Philip Lee as executive producer.[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) • [4](https://watch.afi.com/movie/--1368-) Hong Kong's Edko Film covered the entire production budget of US$3.5 million, and the film held its world premiere in Hong Kong.[11](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2004/06/04/20040604024001) That premiere took place on May 28, 2004, with Jang Hyuk and Jun Ji-hyun attending, making *Windstruck* the first Korean film to hold its premiere in Hong Kong.[8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004) On June 3 it opened simultaneously in South Korea, China, and Hong Kong, which *TIME* reported as a first for a South Korean film.[5](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0%2C33009%2C501040607-644221%2C00.html)\n\n**Music.** Choi Seung-hyun composed the score.[3](https://www.filmmakers.co.kr/movies/en/20040568) The theme song \"Tears,\" composed by Yoshiki and performed by [X Japan](https://www.edgepedia.org/x-japan), has been described as the first Japanese song featured in a Korean film after World War II.[8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004)\n\n## Box office\n\nAccording to Korean Film Council figures compiled for 2004, *Windstruck* sold 2,199,359 tickets nationwide (659,380 in Seoul) and ranked 8th among Korean films released that year, behind titles including *Taegukgi*, *My Little Bride*, and *A Moment to Remember*.[6](https://mobile.koreanfilm.org/kfilm04.html) The KOFIC film database separately lists 1,298,666 total admissions on 185 screens and a gross of US$6,198,349.[1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) International trackers put worldwide gross at about US$25 million.[8](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004)\n\n## Reception and relation to My Sassy Girl\n\nContemporary Korean reviews were mixed. The *Korea JoongAng Daily* called the film slipshod while crediting Jun Ji-hyun's star power, noting that it was produced for her fans and that director Kwak's *My Sassy Girl* had made her an Asian superstar.[2](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810) The *Taipei Times* quoted a Korean Times critic describing the film as music videos and commercials strung together on a paper-thin plot, while observing that its leads recall the famous pair from *Sassy Girl*, a bit older and out of college.[12](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/08/27/2003200495) Later genre writing has treated the film's turn from romantic comedy into full melodrama as more powerful, if more melodramatic, than *My Sassy Girl*.[13](https://fareastfilms.com/review/windstruck/)\n\nBecause it shares its director, writer, and star with *My Sassy Girl*, viewers frequently describe *Windstruck* as an unofficial prequel or spinoff of the 2001 film; AsianWiki lists the two as related titles, and the connection is a recurring point in audience discussion, though the films follow different characters and stories.[9](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Windstruck) An academic survey of 2000s Korean romance cinema cites the film as an early example of genre hybridization in the period's Korean romance output.[14](https://www.cinematheque.co.kr/cine/20040568)\n\n## Versions and runtime\n\nReported runtimes differ by source: the [American Film Institute](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-film-institute) lists 123 minutes, the KOFIC database 118 minutes, Cine21 120 minutes, and HanCinema and the Florence Korea Film Fest 108 minutes.[4](https://watch.afi.com/movie/--1368-) • [1](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568) • [15](https://cine21.com/movie/info/?movie_id=8378) • [16](https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Windstruck.php) • [7](https://koreafilmfest.com/en/film/windstruck/) The film was released in Japan on December 11, 2004 under the title *Boku no Kanojo o Shoukai Shimasu* (僕の彼女を紹介します).[17](https://secure.eiga.com/movie/1749/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Windstruck (2004), Korean Film Council (KOFIC) film database](https://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/eng/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20040568)\n2. [A slipshod movie, with a genuine star, The Korea JoongAng Daily, June 3, 2004](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/lifestyle/a-slipshod-movie-with-a-genuine-star/10760810)\n3. [Windstruck (2004) cast and crew, Filmmakers.co.kr](https://www.filmmakers.co.kr/movies/en/20040568)\n4. [Windstruck, American Film Institute](https://watch.afi.com/movie/--1368-)\n5. [Movies: Windstruck, TIME, May 31, 2004](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0%2C33009%2C501040607-644221%2C00.html)\n6. [Korean Movie Reviews for 2004, Koreanfilm.org (KOFIC box office tables)](https://mobile.koreanfilm.org/kfilm04.html)\n7. [Windstruck, Florence Korea Film Fest](https://koreafilmfest.com/en/film/windstruck/)\n8. [Windstruck (2004), NetflixMovies.com](https://www.netflixmovies.com/windstruck-2004)\n9. [Windstruck, AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/index.php?title=Windstruck)\n10. [Windstruck: Where to Watch, Cast & Trailer, Moviefone](https://www.moviefone.com/movie/windstruck/eMm5E9hdiaRWTfSIClXSP2/main/)\n11. [영화 '내 여자친구를 소개합니다', Seoul Shinmun, June 4, 2004](https://www.seoul.co.kr/news/life/2004/06/04/20040604024001)\n12. [Even a sassy girl can't make much of this concoction of sweetness and tragedy, Taipei Times, August 27, 2004](https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/08/27/2003200495)\n13. [Windstruck (2004) Review, Far East Films](https://fareastfilms.com/review/windstruck/)\n14. [내 여자친구를 소개합니다 (Windstruck), Cinematheque](https://www.cinematheque.co.kr/cine/20040568)\n15. [내 여자친구를 소개합니다 (Windstruck) 상세정보, Cine21](https://cine21.com/movie/info/?movie_id=8378)\n16. [Windstruck (Korean Movie, 2004), HanCinema](https://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Windstruck.php)\n17. 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