Do you want to be the main
character in a movie? That may be impossible, but at least you can visit famous
movie settings and imagine yourself living that dream. We report on the
settings for three famous movies that fans love to visit. Learn how to join
them.
The house of Seo-yeon in Architecture 101
On
Je-ju Island, there is a café which was the setting of the latter part of the
movie titled Architecture 101. In the
movie, this café was a house for the main woman character. Now the café has become
a new sightseeing spot in Je-ju.
The Architecture 101 is story about a
college couple. When they were students they did not confess their feelings because
of little misunderstandings between them. But a few years later after
graduating they fall in love again.
The
love rekindles when they meet at the male actor’s architecture office
coincidentally, and work together on a new house. This house has been turned
into the café. Many tourists come here to experience the feeling that the main
characters felt when then met again. This café is located in 2975, We-mi ri,
Nam wong eup, Seo Gui po si, Je-Ju Island.
Is
is not hard to find this location once you are in Je-ju.
The Time Capsule Park in My Sassy Girl
The
second place is The Time Capsule Park in Jeongseon, Gangwon province. If you
watched My Sassy Girl, you would
probably remember the tree where Tae-Hyun Cha and Ji-Hyun Jeon buried a time
capsule. This movie was very successful with almost 5 million viewers when it was
released in 2001. Therefore, many people have been curious about the tree and
where it is situated. Now the tree is called The Sassy Pine which is named after the movie. Unfortunately,
today’s The Sassy Pine is very
different from 10 years ago because of remodeling. However you can always visit
the park and make special memories with your family or friends. The Time
Capsule Park offers you some facilities. First, you can get your own time
capsule and bury it in the square around the tree for several years. Second,
there is another plaza where you are able to scribble on each tile. Last, the
park environment and features provide the backdrop for great photos, including
this famous tree and other beautiful landscapes.
Dam Yang metasequoia tree-lined street in May 18
The Dam Yang metasequoia tree-lined
street provided the background for the movie May 18, which brought 7.3 million viewers. In May 18, the road where the hero, Kim Sang-Kyeong, drives his taxi
became famous. The beautiful and peaceful scenery in afternoon makes the hero
appear pitiful because of the ordeal that he will confront. As this road has
become popular, it received the ‘2002 beautiful road forest’ grand prize, which
was hosted by the Korea Forest Service. Also, it was selected as Korea’s most
beautiful road. There are 487 metasequoia trees, so it looks like a ‘green
cave’ or ‘green tunnel’, when we walked this road. If you don’t want to walk,
it is possible to drive and pass this way because the metasequoia tree-lined
street is constructed alongside Route 24.
In
conclusion, we talked about Architecture
101 in Je-ju Island, where you can enjoy the time and pretend to be movie
stars. Second, you make your unforgettable memories in Jeongseon, like My Sassy Girl. Finally, if you visit Dam
Yang, you can see the great scenery, which is the setting for May 18.