About This Film
Having a body-swap movie in ’50s Korea may seem as unlikely as the actual concept, but Han Hyeong-ho managed just that, although in a whole other fashion that is usually the case.
Synopsis
After one of many misplaced musical-style sequences, we are introduced to the two protagonists of the story: extremely poor, middle school teacher Myeong-ho and extremely rich, son of the president of a trading company (which is actually his “occupation”) Boo-nam, both of which are visiting the same doctor, with problems with their stomach. However, their sicknesses are completely antithetical, since the former suffers from malnutrition and the latter from eating too much. The doctor suggests that their problems should be solved if they two switch (swap if you prefer) lives for two weeks, and thus a situational comedy begins that ends up with Boo-nam living in the shack Myeong-ho’s family inhabits, and Myeong-ho in Boo-nam’s estate, the bigger house in the area as the latter nonchalantly informs him. However, what neither of them expected was to fall in love with each other’s sisters, poor Jeong-ok and spoiled and rich Mi-ja, who is already betrothed, however.
