Waiting for Rain
Waiting for Rain is a 2021 South Korean romantic drama film directed by Jo Jin-mo and written by Yoo Seong-hyub. The film starring Kang Ha-neul and Chun Woo-hee, is a love story between a man and a woman who have yearned for each other for a long time but could not meet due to certain circumstances.
Waiting for Rain was released in South Korea on April 28, 2021.
Synopsis
Waiting for Rain follows the romance between Young-ho and So-hee. The two become each other's sources of comfort through the connection of a chance letter and make the unlikely promise of meeting up on a rainy December 31. The movie has an "analog" vibe through its depiction of the exchange of handwritten letters rather than phone calls or text messages.Cast
- Kang Ha-neul as Park Young-ho, a young student taking his second gap year
- Chun Woo-hee as Gong So-hee, a woman who receives the letter in place of her older sister So-yeon
- * Choi Myung-bin as Young Gong So-hee
- Lee Seol as Gong So-yeon, So-hee's older sister
- Kang Young-seok as Bookworm, is a man who likes books better than people
- Lim Ju-hwan as Park Young-hwan, Young-ho's older brother
- Lee Yang-hee as Young-ho's father
- Lee Hang-na as So-hee's mother
- Ryu Hye-rin as Assistant teacher
- Go Geon-han as Jong-gook
- Kang So-ra as Soo-jin, Young-ho's motive for re-study
Production
On December 12, 2019, it was reported that Kang Ha-neul and Chun Woo-hee received an offer to appear in the film and both were accepted.Filming began in March 2020. Filming was completed in July 2020.