camera pans out and they are holding hands under the table. Cast Jun Ji-hyun as The Girl Cha Tae-hyun as Gyeon-woo Kim In-moon as Gyeon-woo's father Song Ok-sook as Gyeon-woo's mother Han Jin-hee as The Girl's father Im Ho as the Blind Date Guy Yang Geum-seok as Gyeon-woo's aunt Release My Sassy Girl was released in South Korea on July 27, 2001. In the Philippines, the film was released by Amuse Pictures with a Tagalog dub on October 26, 2005. Box office My Sassy Girl was the second highest-selling Korean film in 2001 (behind the film Friend), and at the time, it was the highest-grossing Korean comedy film of all time. 4,852,845 tickets were sold nationwide and 1,765,100 in Seoul over its 10 weeks in the cinemas. It grossed in the country, making it one of the top five highest-grossing films ever in South Korea, at the time. In Hong Kong, it topped the box office for two weeks and earned more than . It Japan, it grossed from a limited release in 2003. The film also grossed $310,415 in Taiwan. In total, the film grossed in East Asia. Home media The film's DVD release was an international success, drawing a large cult following in Asia and beyond. In Japan, for example, it was the best-selling Korean DVD in 2006. There were also a large number of pirated copies in circulation, particularly in Asia. The Blu-Ray release was in 2019. Critical reception The film was acclaimed by critics. Koreanfilm.org praised Jun Ji-hyun's portrayal of the character, calling her the "undisputed star" and stating "it could not have succeeded anywhere near as well without her". Accolades Soundtrack The soundtrack album for My Sassy Girl features a variation on Pachelbel's Canon in D) and a soundtrack of twenty-one pieces. The Korean song entitled "I Believe" by Shin Seung Hun (신승훈) is the theme song of this film. The song has been translated to different Asian languages such as Japanese, Chinese and Filipino. Alternate versions There are two scenes within the movie that have different soundtracks from each varying version, notably the EDKO and Starmax distributions. During the scene where Gyeon-woo (as villain) fights the heroine in the Girl's second movie script, the soundtrack to Ashes of Time by Hong Kong filmmaker Wong Kar Wai can be heard, whereas in the Hong Kong-EDKO release the score has been replaced with a Korean track.