Marrying the Mafia

2002 South Korean film

Marrying the Mafia
Poster to Marrying the Mafia

Hangul	가문의 영광
Hanja	家門의 榮光
Revised Romanization	Gamunui yeonggwang
McCune–Reischauer	Kamunŭi yŏnggwang
Directed by	Jeong Heung-sun^[1]
Written by	Jeong Heung-sun
Produced by	Chung Tae-won
Starring	Jung Joon-ho Kim Jung-eun Yoo Dong-geun
Cinematography	Kim Yun-su
Edited by	Go Im-pyo
Music by	Park Jeong-hyeon
Production company	Taewon Entertainment
Distributed by	Cinema Service
Release date	September 13, 2002 (2002年09月13日)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US28ドル.9 million^[2]

Marrying the Mafia (Korean: 가문의 영광; lit. "Family's Honor") is a 2002 South Korean film released on September 13, 2002, and the first installment of the Marrying the Mafia series.

The film sold 5,200,000 tickets, becoming 14th highest Korean films-ticket selling film. For the year of 2002 it was the highest-attended South Korean film, and the second highest-attended film (including international productions) in South Korea with 5,021,001 admissions nationwide.^[3]

Plot

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The film is a gangster comedy about a businessman who becomes involved with the gangster underworld through the daughter of a crime boss.^[1]

A businessman and a young woman wake up in bed together with no knowledge of how they got there. Next, the businessman is confronted by the young woman's brothers, who are members of the mafias. The brothers demand that the businessman make an honorable woman of their sister.

Cast

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Jung Joon-ho as Park Dae-seo
Kim Jung-eun as Jang Jin-kyeong
Yoo Dong-geun as Jang In-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother)
Sung Ji-ru as Jang Seok-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother)
Park Sang-wook as Jang Kyeong-tae (Jin-kyeong's brother)
Park Geun-hyung as Jang Jeong-jong (Jin-kyeong's father)
Jin Hee-kyung as Won Hye-suk

English vocal cast

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John Gremillion as Park Dae-sun
Shelly Calene-Black as Jang Jin-kyung
Chris Ayres as Jang Jung-jong
John Swasey as Jang In-tae
Rob Mungle as Jang Seok-tae
Mike MacRae as Jang Kyung-tae
Jessica Boone as Lee Yoo-jin
Celeste Roberts as Mi-soon
Nancy Novotny as Won Hae-sook
Jason Douglas as Sang-pal
Andy McAvin as Dae-suh's Father
Jennie Welch as Dae-suh's Mother
Illich Guardiola as Manager
Vic Mignogna as Yeo Min-seok
Kim Prause as Jin-kyung's Friend
Max Issacson as Jang Young-min
David Born as Lawyer
Ty Mahany as Dae-suh's Friend A
Quinton Haag as Dae-suh's Friend B
Rachel Buchman as School Violence Mother
Rebekay Dahl as Yoo-jin's Mentor
Nam as Ty Mahany
David Born as TV Host Male
Kim Prause as TV Host Female
David Born as Security Guard
Ty Mahany as Radio DJ
Kim Prause as Hostess A
Nancy Novotny as Hostess B
Rebekay Dahl as Hostess C

English language and subtitled versions were presented by ADV Films.

Reception

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G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle said that "[the film is] a comedy that tries too hard to be funny, therefore it isn't".^[4]

Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that "[the film's] unusual cultural details add a little color to the usual romantic turbulence, but it's otherwise as rote as its American counterparts".^[5]