'Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight' shows romance building daily despite memory loss

The upcoming teen romance film “Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight” focuses on the delicate process of how love builds over time, carrying a brighter tone than the original novel, according to its director Kim Hye-young. "I enjoyed the original novel. Especially the line that 'the feeling of liking someone is rooted in the senses' really resonated with me. I loved the idea that even if memories fade, the sensory experience of falling in love is never truly forgotten," Kim said following the movie's premiere at a theater in Seoul, Monday. Based on Japanese author Misaki Ichijo's 2020 novel of the same title, the film tells the story of Seo-yoon (Shin Si-a), who loses her memory every day, and Jae-won (Choo Young-woo), who replaces her lost memories every day. The novel was first adapted into a Japanese film in 2022, which also became a hit in Korea, garnering 1.21 million admissions. A musical adaptation also graced Korean stages earlier this year. The director said she felt pressured because the original story was so famous, but she really wanted to tell it from a KoWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times