I Can Speak

Sep 21, 2017

1h 59m

★ 7.9

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Overview

A grumpy old woman befriends a young civil servant and learns English from him. She then reveals to him her shocking past.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Myung Films

LiTTLE BiG PiCTURES

Lotte Entertainment

I Can Speak Trailers

Cast

Na Ok-boon

Na Moon-hee

Park Min-jae

Lee Je-hoon

Young-jae

Sung Yoo-bin

Jinjoo-daek

Yeom Hye-ran

Hye-jung

Lee Sang-hee

A-young

Jeong Yeon-joo

Jong-hyun

Lee Ji-hoon

Team Leader Yang

Park Cheol-min

Jung-sim

Son Sook

Geum-joo

Kim So-jin

Young Na Ok-boon

Choi Soo-in

Young Jung-sim

Lee Jae-in

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