The Greatest Expectation

Here's a film that knows its leads are going nowhere. Two feckless dreamers, Chang-sik and Mi-young, meet cute (sort of) over a matter of literal pocket change. It's a rom-com premise that knows exactly what it is.

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Oh Sang-hun directed The Greatest Expectation in 2003. See Oh Sang-hun's full filmography, where to start with Oh Sang-hun, or where to go after you've seen everything by Oh Sang-hun.

The Greatest Expectation was released in 2003 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 117 minutes.