Korean movie ‘Don’t Forget Me’ to be released in US this weekend

January 13, 2016
"Don't forget me" poster (Newsis)

“Don’t forget me” poster (Newsis)

(Yonhap) — “Don’t Forget Me,” a newly released South Korean movie, will hit American screens starting this week, its distributor said Wednesday.

The love story featuring actor Jung Woo-sung and actress Kim Ha-neul will be released in Los Angeles on Friday and Dallas on Jan. 22, CJ Entertainment said in a release.

The movie has drawn nearly 332,000 viewers since opening on Jan. 7 in South Korea.

It tells a story of a man who loses his memory of the past 10 years after getting in a car accident and then falls in love with a woman whom he meets in the hospital.

The film is the longer version of the 2010 short film “Remember You” by the same director, Lee Yoon-jung. It is also the actress Kim’s first appearance on the silver screen in five years.