Yesterday the Korean media was rife with news that Park Sihoo-ssi’s long delayed movie “Love After Love” would hit the cinemas in April 2018.
With two weeks to the end of April 2018 and no marketing or ticket sales in sight, even the best marketeers will find it a stretch, let alone this movie’s poor marketing track record! Considering their past, I hope they will do a proper job this time and not rush in haste! Even if they go on air in May or June 2018, fans of Park Sihoo-ssi and Yoon Eunhye-ssi will wait. What’s a slight delay of a few weeks when they have waited years?
Anyway, whatever the case, I am sure we will go all out in support!
Last night, I dug out and revisited my treasures collected of this movie. Flyers, folders, photos, and my coveted Japan premiere tickets! They brought back so many memories! Treasures I thought would be all that is left of memories of “Love After Love”!
And in my memories too was the on-location filming event in Jeju I attended at the end of 2014, when the movie first started filming! I remember perching on a cliff, braving strong winds, light drizzling rain and looking down to watch Park Sihoo-ssi cycling up and down along the Jeju coastline as he did take-after-take to perfect the scene!
And of another Park Sihoo-ssi Chinese fan event held in November 2016 when hopes were high that the movie would finally see the light of day! Tangerine sweetness was what I titled my article. Read all about it!
My treasures revisited!
My Treasures Revisited! 我的珍藏重温!
珍藏重温
昨天韩国媒体充斥着新闻,报道施厚君长期延迟的电影“思念爱”将于2018年4月在电影院上映。
2018年4月只剩下两周的时间,到现在还没有开始任何营销或门票销售,即使是最有效的市场营销人员也会感到困难,何况这部电影之前已有特糟的营销记录!考虑到他们的过去,希望他们这次能把工作做好,而不是急于仓促!即使他们把放映推迟到2018年5或6月,施厚君和尹恩惠的粉丝们也会等待。延迟几个星期不是什么大碍,毕竟已经延迟和等待了好几年了!
无论如何,我相信大家都会全力的去支持这部电影的!
昨晚,我挖掘并重温了我的这部电影的珍藏。传单,文件夹,照片和特别珍惜的日本首映入门票!它们给我带来如此多的酸甜苦辣的回忆!都是我会一直保存着的“思念爱”宝藏!
在我的回忆中也有在2014年年底在济州岛探班的活动。当时电影刚开始拍摄! 栖息在悬崖上,冒着强风微雨,俯视着施厚君沿着济州海岸线上下骑自行车的拍摄,因为他要达到完善的场景!
还有2016年11月举办的另一场施厚君的活动 — 中国粉丝见面会。当时对这部电影终于可以见到光芒的期望很高!柑橘的甜蜜是我给活动后记取的名字。请阅读关于活动的情况!
这些的确是珍藏重温!
Photo Credits – “Love After Love” – The Movie, Park Sihoo Weibo, ParkSihooSsi.com, Weibo
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Thank you for sharing with us your treasured memories surrounding the much awaited for but direly delayed gem of a movie starring Park Sihoo-ssi. What you have displayed here are already so appealing to the senses. Visually stunning images of our famous lead actor and the beautiful lead actress, plus scenery galore of beautiful Jeju island, etc, all speak of a very watch worthy movie. However its been delayed for well over 2 years so much so that some of his new fans are not even aware of the existence of this movie. Can’t blame his newbie fans for being confused. Hence I agree that the sudden announcement yesterday of its release in April but restricted to audience in Korea ( China too?) without allowing more time to pack in necessary well thought out marketing initiatives to promote it more aggressively to reach feverish heights is not doing justice to what can be a great movie with big box office potentials. So a slight delay of few weeks to release it for screening in May or June makes good business sense. Unless of course the hurry to release the movie follows the “once bitten twice shy” lesson due to the past checkered records of repeated delays surrounding the movie release date for various reasons – thus the prevailing strategy of earlier the release date the better ( and safer ) option.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후-씨 朴施厚君 sad 😔 😞 just to read your account that his hard work efforts in LAL with the associated headaches and troubles that go along with filming in punishing weather conditions have yet to be paid off after these 2 to 3 years. But you know what, through these trying times of his, it once again demonstrates he is a man of great substance —- embracing the values that most obstacles will melt away when one makes up his mind to boldly walk through them. So PSH has smiled bravely and moved on boldly, to where he is today……
So long awaited and anticipated for me as I saw him hard at work braving the cold wind and rain cycling up and down that coastline. Not only that, seeing him go out early in the morning filming all day long and returning in the wee hours of the morning. Hard work and heartache that his efforts have not seen the light of the day as yet! So far, indication is for a Korea release, no news of China or Japan release as yet. Not easy for a Chinese release given the number of movie and
Gud Morning park sihoo
I have just been wondering if anyone had ever seen this. Because I don’t speak any Asian language, I thought I might have missed something. Thank you for this timely post.
You are most welcome Mary. While the movie has not been aired, there were some fans who have watched a preview that was arranged prior to the premiere in Japan. If I remember correctly, it was about a couple of weeks before they yanked it from release in Japan. Those who watched it were very privileged indeed! And I heard that tons of tissue will be required when you finally get to watch the movie!