Century Girl Ending Explained. The Century Girl is a South Korean romance drama film directed and written by Bang Woo-ri in her feature directorial debut, starring Kim Yoo-jung, Byeon Woo-seok, Park Jung-woo and Roh Yoon-seo. The film depicts the friendship and freshness of first love based in the backdrop of 1999. It is slated to release on October 21, 2022 on Netflix.
Synopsis of Century Girl
Century Girl Ending Explained. Set in 1999, a year before the end of the 20th century, the story centers around Na Bo-ra (Kim Yoo-jung), a 17-year-old high school student with an athletic and bright personality. Bo-ra’s best friend Yeon-du (Roh Yoon-seo) has a crush on Baek Hyun-jin (Park Jung-woo), a boy from the same school whom she knows only by name. Yeon-du, who has to go to the U.S. for heart surgery, asks Bo-ra to keep an eye on Hyun-jin and find out everything about him while she is away. Initially, Bo-ra decides to get close to Hyun-jin’s best friend, Poong Un-ho (Byeon Woo-seok) in order to record every move of Hyun-jin.
But then she finds her first love: a sweet, pure but heartbreaking relationship. Years later in the 21st century, news about her first love revives her teenage romance that she once thought had forgotten. Bo-Ra is best friends with Yeon-Doo (Roh Yoon-Seo), who attends the same school. Yeon-Doo has a crush on fellow student Hyun-Jin (Park Jung-Woo). Yeon-Doo asks Bo-Ra to find out everything about Hyun-Jin, while she goes to the U.S. to have heart surgery. After that, Bo-Ra begins to observe Hyun-Jin closely and she gathers information about him from his friend Woon-Ho. During this time, Bo-Ra becomes close to Woon-Ho and also Hyun-Jin.
Century Girl review
Bo-ra (Kim Yoo-jeong) is at the center of this story. Meeting her in 2019, we get to see her as an adult when a mysterious tape brings back her memories from high school and her first love. In 1999, Bo-ra is a 17-year-old high school student. She is good at taekwondo, not afraid to talk to anyone, and is dedicated to her best friend Yeon-doo (Roh Yoon-seo). When Yeon-doo heads to the United States for surgery, Bo-ra promises to keep an eye on her best friend’s crush, Hyun-Jin (Park Jung-woo).
Reporting back to Yeon-doo after each new piece of information Hyun-jin shares, Bo-ra hopes to play matchmaker, even joining the school’s broadcasting club to get closer. But as she becomes friends with Hyun-jin, she also begins to get closer to Woon-Ho (Byeon Woo-Seok). When she realizes that Hyun-jin and Woon-ho are best friends, she uses the latter to get closer and learn more about the former but ultimately ends up befriending them both. But one day, friendship turns to first love as she begins to fall for Woon-ho, a moment showcased in Netflix’s TUDUM event earlier this month.
As actors, Kim You-jung and Byeon Woo-seok have amazing chemistry that moves from close friends to a romantic pairing effortlessly. The care in their eyes and the way the two emote through their dialogue showcases a delicate yearning that ultimately moves into a thoughtful love. The reason their chemistry is so palpable is that both actors understand the importance of detailing a connection in their friendship first. While we see them as an ultimate pair, the romance is the payoff for seeing them grow closer as two people, seemingly uninterested in romance. And to be honest, that helps it all feel real.
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Century Girl ending explained
It’s time to bid farewell to a wonderful group of characters who have taught us that love comes in many forms. They’ve shown that love of friends, family, and even oneself is a beautiful thing when you are accepting of others and the past that makes them who they are. Most importantly, we’ve learned that a happy ending is not an ending, but the beginning of something new. Both of their phones ring at the same time, and Jin-jin answers hers to hear CEO Jang freaking out about the breaking news that she’s dating Ji-won. Jin-jin insists that she was careful, but CEO Jang is upset that her image will be tarnished by dating her onscreen husband’s brother.
Frustrated, Jin-jin asks why people can’t tell the difference between reality and television, and when CEO Jang orders her to deny her relationship with Ji-won, she refuses. Ji-won’s call is from his little sister, who yells at him for being careless and repeats that she hates Jin-jin. Once he and Jin-jin hang up, they go to each other for a comforting hug. But it doesn’t last long, as Jin-jin’s entire family bursts into her apartment and catches them.
Mom has to stop Dad from beating the stuffing out of Ji-won, who apologizes for not telling them sooner. Dad sends Jin-jin to her room and shoves Ji-won out the door, where he stands in his sock feet listening to Mom argue that there’s nothing wrong with Ji-won and Jin-jin’s relationship. Later, Dad pouts in bed as Mom tells him that they should be happy for their daughter and Ji-won. Dad does admit that he’s glad it’s Ji-won, who’s great son-in-law material, and says that he was only mean to Ji-won out of concern that they weren’t being careful in public.
Cast Of Century Girl
Main
- Kim Yoo-jung as Na Bo-ra
- 17-year-old high school student, a Taekwondo practitioner and a member of broadcasting club at her school
- Byeon Woo-seok as Poong Un-ho
- Bo-ra’s classmate and a member of the broadcasting club
- Park Jung-woo as Baek Hyun-jin
- Un-ho’s best friend, a popular man who is loved by his classmates
- Roh Yoon-seo as Yeon-du
- Bo-ra’s best friend who has an unrequited love for Hyun-jin
Supporting
- Kim Sung-kyung as Na Bo-ra’s mother
- Jeong Seok-yong as Na Bo-ra’s father
- Kang Chae-young
Special appearance
- Han Hyo-joo as adult Na Bo-ra
- Gong Myung
- Ong Seong-wu