Windstruck 

(Hangul: 내 여자친구를 소개합니다; lit. "Let me introduce (you to) my girlfriend") is a

2004 South Korean romantic comedy. It stars Jun Ji-hyun, Jang Hyuk, and was directed by Kwak
Jae-yong.[1] The film held its premiere in Hong Kong, attended by Jang and Jun, on 28 May 2004,
being the first Korean film to do so.[2] It was released on June 3, 2004 by CJ Entertainment and ran at
123 minutes.

Plot[edit]
The film stars Jun Ji-hyun as Officer Yeo Kyung-jin, an ambitious young female police officer serving
on the Seoul police department. One day while chasing a purse snatcher, she accidentally captures
Go Myung-woo (played by Jang Hyuk), a physics teacher at an all-girls school, who was actually
trying to catch the thief. Later, Myung-woo discovers the stolen purse, but just as he picks it up,
Kyung-jin spots him and tries to arrest him again. Kyung-jin is then given the job of escorting Myung-
woo through a dangerous district, only to be distracted when she tries to break up a meeting
between Russian Mafia and Korean gangsters. With Myung-woo handcuffed to her, Kyung-jin almost
single-handedly brings down the two rival gangs (although she is helped when she accidentally
causes the groups to start shooting at each other).
The first half of the film, told from Myung-woo's point of view, details the couple's growing attraction
and love for each other, which climaxes with a trip to the countryside where Myung-woo tells Kyung-
jin that if he were ever to die, he wanted to come back to earth as the wind. Soon after, he is almost
killed in a freak automobile accident, but Kyung-jin saves his life.
The film takes a turn into the fantasy genre in its second half after Myung-woo is accidentally shot
and killed by another officer (although the situation is such that Kyung-jin thinks that it was her shot
that killed him) as Kyung-jin chases after a criminal. Kyung-jin falls into a suicidal depression over
his death and attempts to kill herself several times, almost succeeding when she throws herself off a
building, only to be saved when a giant balloon floats under her. Soon after, she experiences
visitations from Myung-woo, who appears as the wind, sending her messages and, at one point, he
even appears in her dreams in order to give her the will to live after she is nearly shot to death by a
criminal.
Ultimately the film follows a similar path set out by the American film Ghost with Myung-woo and
Kyung-jin communicating and sharing one final gesture of love before he moves on to the afterlife.
Myung-woo said that he will whisper, when she hears him whisper in the wind, she will meet
someone with a soul like him. Myung-woo told Kyung-jin that he will always be beside her inside a
book with a photo left by Myung-woo in the restaurant before he rushed to meet Kyung-jin who was
chasing the insane criminal.
In the first half of the film, Myung-woo told that his only memory of high school was his high school
trip. The book and the photo is found and returned to Kyung-jin in the police station. The photo
showed that on Myung-woo's trip, Kyung-jin was nearby. This proved Myung-woo's "I'm always
beside you" was true to Kyung-jin. Kyung-jin rushed out to locate the finder of the book, ultimately
ending up in the train station, where she is saved by Cha Tae-hyun's character (credited as The
Guy). Myung-woo whispered that The Guy is the one with the soul like him. Kyung-jin whispers that
"he is always beside her."

Cast[edit]
 Jun Ji-hyun as Officer Yeo Kyung-jin
 Jang Hyuk as Go Myung-woo
 Kim Jung-tae as Kim Young-ho
 Kim Su-ro as hostage taker
 Lee Ki-woo as Prince
 Im Ye-jin as female cop of police substation
 Kim Chang-wan as chief of police substation
 Jung Ho-bin as criminal Shin Chang-soo
 Jung Dae-hoon as runaway boy 1
 Jeon Jae-hyung as runaway boy 2
 Oh Jung-se as police corporal Jo / prince
 Jeon Sung-ae as police deputy
 Kim So-yeon as female student
 Woo Ki-hong as gangster
 Son Young-soon as old woman
 Kim Kwang-kyu as undercover cop / prince 3
 Lee Sang-hoon as Detective Min
 Seo Dong-won as Moon-ho
 Kim Jin-soo as high school student
 Min Young as hostage
 Lee Jung-hoon as doctor
 Kim Jong-min
 Cha Tae-hyun as man on train platform (cameo)

Connections to My Sassy Girl[edit]

Windstruck shares the same leading actress and director as an earlier popular South Korean
film, My Sassy Girl. As a result, Windstruck contains several subtle references to the previous film.
For example, a photo of Jun Ji-hyun from My Sassy Girl is visible on Kyung-jin's piano (while playing
the piano). Plus the final scene of Windstruck, in which Kyung-jin meets her new soul mate (played
by Cha Tae-hyun, the male lead from My Sassy Girl) on a train platform, is similar to the beginning
of My Sassy Girl and her character from My Sassy Girl is distraught over the death of her true love. It
is also worth noting that Jun Ji-hyun has an overall cheerful and sassy personality throughout both
movies. As both movies progress, however, she tends to reveal a more sad and emotional
character.
Also, when Kyung-jin is chasing Sin Chang-su she tells a random citizen to act as a steppingstone to
climb over the wall just like when she accidentally steps on a runaway soldier (played by the same
actor) when she and Tae-hyun visited the amusement park during her birthday.
Jun Ji-hyun also plays the piano in both movies.
In My Sassy Girl she say that she had a boyfriend that died before meeting Cha Tae-hyun and
in Windstruck her boyfriend (Myung-woo) died due to hunting Sin Chang-su and in My Sassy Girl the
reason why he died was never told.
However, despite all these similarities, "Windstruck" is not a full 'prequel' to "My Sassy Girl" in the
literal sense of the term.

Soundtrack listing[edit]
There are several editions of the OST CD made for release in Korea, Japan, and other countries.
The original 2005 Korea & Japan versions issued by Trax contains 23 tracks, 17 on disc 1 and the 5
by YouMe on disc 2. Other versions may not have all tracks.
 1. 재회의 테마 [Reunion Theme]
2. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (Orchestra Ver.)
3. 명우의 수난 [The Passion of Myung-woo]
4. 옷 바꿔입기 [Changing Clothes](Stay Pizzicato Ver.)
5. 일하자 [Let's Begin!](Le Piccadilly) - Erik Satie
6. 까페에서 [At the Cafe]
7. Stay - Maurice Williams & Zodiacs
8. 오프로드 [The Road Trip](Stay String Version)
9. 다섯 번째 청혼자 [The Fifth Suitor]
10. 새끼손가락의 전설 [Legend of Joining Pinkies]
11. 강물 속으로 [Into The River]
12. 거기 어디야? [Where are you?]
13. BK Love - MC Sniper
14. Tears - X Japan
15. 애드벌룬 - 그의 손 [An Ad-balloon - His Hand]
16. 종이비행기 [Paperplane]
17. 재회의테마 [Reunion Theme](Fast Ver.)
On CD2:

1. 바람이라도 좋아 - 유미 (YouMe)
2. Knockin' On Heaven's Door (ノッキン・オン・ヘブンズ・ドア)/ ユミ (YouMe)
3. 시계를 돌리면 - 유미 (YouMe)
4. Wind Of Soul [I Will Stay For You] - 유미 (YouMe)
5. Going Back To The ... [Piano ver.] - 유미 (YouMe)

Reception[edit]
The film was ranked 8th best-selling Korean film of 2004, selling 2,199,359 tickets.[3] In Japan, the
film was released on November 12, 2004 and grossed US$17,773,061.