My Beautiful Girl, Mari (2002)

overview : Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.

Release Date : Jan 11, 2002

Runtime : 1h 26m

Genre : Animation  Drama  Fantasy  

Companies : Siz Entertainment, iPictures, Muhan Investment, Korean Film Council, Barunson E&A, Chungeorahm Film

Countries : South Korea

Keywords : friendship, brother, coming of age, slice of life, dog, parallel world, adult animation, anime