| You're My Pet | |||||||||
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| Director: | Kim Byeong-kon | ||||||||
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| Distributor: | Lotte Entertainment Toho (Japan) | ||||||||
| Runtime: | 110 minutes | ||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||
| Gross: | [1] | ||||||||
You're My Pet is a 2011 South Korean romantic comedy film based on the manga Tramps Like Us (known in Japanese as You're My Pet) by . It co-stars Kim Ha-neul and Jang Keun-suk[2] and directed by Kim Byeong-kon.[3] It is released on 10 November 2011 by Lotte and ran at 110 minutes.[4]
The film centers around a young and ambitious woman named Ji Eun-yi (Kim Ha-neul) and her human pet (Jang Keun-suk).
After her fiancé leaves her for his mistress and Ji Eun-yi is demoted at work, she stumbles across a young injured homeless man in a box outside her condominium. She takes him in and becomes attached to him. As a joke, she says she wants to keep him as a pet, and to her surprise, the young man agrees. She names him Momo, after her beloved dog from her childhood. Ji Eun-yi provides room and board, and Momo provides unconditional love and loyalty. Momo, whose name is Kang In-ho, is a dance child prodigy who gradually brings happiness to his master's life.
Despite his growing affection for her, Ji Eun-yi says there is no romance of any sort in their relationship. However, sexual tension gradually arises as the two spend more time together. But not only does Ji Eun-yi struggle with her feelings for the young guy, she also needs to keep him a secret from her co-workers, especially her former college classmate and new romantic interest Woo-seong.
In Korea, the film sold 209,318 tickets in the first five days,[5] ranked fourth and grossed in its first week of release[6] and grossed a total closed to after four weeks of screening.[7]
In Japan, the film was released on 21 January 2012 by Toho. It ranked fifth and grossed in its first week of release[8] and grossed a total of after three weeks on 92 screens.[9]