MY WIFE IS A GANGSTER

MY WIFE IS A GANGSTER
Jopok Manura

Director: Jin-gyu Cho
Starring: Eun-Kyung Shin as pretty gangster wife Cha Eun-jin, Sang-Myeon Park as the husband Kang Su-il, Jae-mo Ahn as the comical new recruit Bada and In-kwon Kim as his friend – or the other way around.
Screen date (Kor): 2001

Date seen: 17.07.08
Reviewed by: neko

Trailer (Korean):

Review: We get introduced to Eun-jin trough a legend about the “company” told to a new recruit. She comes forth as an untouchable woman – the boss of 50 gangsters, and goes by the name “big brother”. But fortunately, the serious beginning of this film isn’t there to set the theme for the day. This is a mild comedy with a small mix of martial art. Before we get to even know Eun-jin, some of her gangsters has finally found her long lost sister, and Eun-jin goes to see her in the hospital. It becomes clear that she is dying, and has a final wish for her younger sister. She wants her to get married.

Let the fun begin! Let’s be honest, it’s not that much fun. The story is quite simple – strong, tough mob leader has to marry normal salary man, brings trouble to work, won’t have sex, don’t know wifely duties, disappear to fight rival gangs and abuses husband. And it’s not getting harder to follow. Altough the older sisters demands become even worse during the film, they only create a bigger frame to play around with. There’s a few twists and turns in the story to look for, but they’re just relating to the inevitable results of karma, with not much deeper meaning than that. This is a basic romantic comedy with some heavy fighting scenes, lot’s of pranks and low humor, and it’d be safe to advice it to anyone looking trough their film rack on a Tuesday night.

In words: gangsters, marriage, comedy, martial art, mafia, fighting, love, family, loss

Reminds me of: One of those simple comedies that frequent my local TV channel once a week.

Quote: Cha Eun-jin : Where have all the good men gone? Why is it so difficult to get married?

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