Surprise Party

Jul 5, 2002

1h 38m

★ 6.7

Overview

How do you go about detaining a total stranger for 12 hours? This is what Ha-young (Lee Yo-won) has to do for her best friend, Mi-ryung (Kim Min-hee). Mi-ryung has been planning for a surprise party for her overseas boyfriend Jun-woo (Shin Ha-gyun), but her plans are stopped short when her father finds out that Jun-woo is half-Hawaiian, and forbids the party from being held. Mi-ryung is put under even greater pressure when Jun-Woo tells her that he would arrive early, and she pleads with Ha-Young to intercept Jun-Woo at the airport, and to keep him from turning up at Mi-ryung's place before she can iron things out.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

CJ Entertainment

Cine2000

Surprise Party Trailers

Cast

Kim Jung-woo

Shin Ha-kyun

Wang Ha-young

Lee Yo-won

Hwang Mi-ryeong

Kim Min-hee

Kim Jung-woo

Lee Sun-kyun

In-ju

Gong Hyo-jin

Mi-jeon

Park Seon-a

Mi-ryeong's husband

Kim Hak-cheol

Cop 1

Yum Dong-hun

Cop 2

Ryu Sung-hyun

Lee Yeong-jin

Ryu Seung-su

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