A Werewolf Boy

A Werewolf Boy

Love was the first human language he'd ever learned

A Werewolf Boy is a Korean movie. There was a time that whenever I ask my students "What did you do last weekend?", like almost everyone of them said "I watched the Wolf Boy." And of course, being so curious about it and the fact that I want to be "in" with them and so that we can talk about it, too, I actually waited for it to have subtitles. And today's the day...

This is Chul Soo. The wolf boy. This picture was taken from the movie itself. 

It was played by  Song Joong-ki.

And this is really him! He's so handsome! Like, I've never had a crush on a Korean movie actor before (Yeah! Really! Even with Lee Min Ho!) But with him and his acting skills, I could say that he could go a long way and I could say that I'm already one of his Filipino fans! 

She's the main actress and the leading lady of the wolf boy. Suni is her character's name but she's Park Bo Young in real life. She's young but she has a great acting skills, too. And she's pretty, too!

She's pretty, isn't she? I think I like her, too. 

They're tandem as love team was really great. I think they've picked the right ones to do the movie. I love their tandem. And being one of their fans now, I do hope that they'll gonna have a lot of movies and projects together still.

Being a Korean English teacher, I was actually used to seeing Koreans and their traditions, their holidays, their "almost" everyday deed. What I mean is, when Koreans really make a movie, they're not just making a movie, but they're actually doing a great one. Hail to Koreans for this! Good job!

Here's a little summary if it....

Kim Suni, an elderly woman in her sixties living in the US, receives a phone call about the sale of her old family home back in South Korea. Returning to her homeland, she's met by granddaughter Eun-joo, and they drive to the house in the country and stay the night. Suni recalls how 47 years ago when she was a teenage girl in 1965, she moved from Seoul along with her widowed mother and sister Sun-ja to a remote valley to undergo a period of convalescence after suffering problems with her lungs. The Kims lived in genteel poverty at the mercy of their arrogant and foppish landlord, Ji-tae, son of the business partner of Suni's late father. Because of her delicate health, the beautiful yet introverted Suni lives an isolated life in the country home, without any friends her age.

One night, Suni glimpses a shadow in the outhouse; the next day, she discovers a feral boy of about 19 crouching in their yard. The boy's body temperature is 46 degrees Celsius, his blood type unidentifiable, and he can neither read nor speak. Even though he behaves like a wild beast, Suni's kindhearted mother adopts him and names him Chul-soo, assuming he's one of more than 60,000 children orphaned in the Korean war.

At first Suni considers him a nuisance, but eventually has fun taming him according to a dog-training manual. She teaches him how to wait patiently before a meal, how to wear clothes, how to speak, how to write and other human behavior so that he could one day live like a normal man. Chul-soo demonstrates unswerving loyalty and superhuman brawn, thus inspiring the envy of Ji-tae, who lusts after Suni.

As Suni attempts to "civilize" the beast, the two eventually become very close. Suni opens her heart to Chul-soo, and he in turn falls in love with her, the only person to ever show him affection. But their relationship is fraught with difficulties, as Ji-tae begins to cause trouble. Feeling threatened, Chul-soo lets loose his bestial instincts, and in their fear the town villagers turn on him. In order to save the life of the boy who risked his to be by her side, Suni leaves him with a promise: 

"Wait for me. I’ll come back for you."