20th Century Girl


  • Set in the 20th century, in the year 1999, Na Bo-ra (Kim Yoo-jung), a seventeen-year-old high school student, has a best friend, Yeon-du (Roh Yoon-seo) who has been readying herself for traveling to the United States for heart surgery, all of a sudden says that she cannot leave the country because she is in love with a man from the school who she knows as Baek Hyun-jin (Park Jung-woo). Eventually, Na Bo-ra promises that she would spy on the boy, thus creating a love triangle.


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    I. Cast (Main):

    Name in the movie: Na Bo-ra

    Portrayed by: Kim Yoo-jung

    Role: A seventeen-year-old high school student who spies on Baek Hyun-jin.
    Name in the movie: Kim Yeon-du

    Portrayed by: Roh Yoon-seo

    Role: Bo-ra's best friend who is in love with Baek Hyun-jin
    Name in the movie: Baek Hyun-jin

    Portrayed by: Park Jung-woo

    Role: The boy in school who both Na Bo-ra and Kim Yeon-du have a love affair with.
    Name in the movie: Poong Woon-ho

    Portrayed by: Byeon Woo-seok

    Role: Na Bo-ra's classmate and also a member of the broadcasting club.


    II. Cast (Supporting):

    Name: Kim Sung-kyung

    Role: Na Bo-ra's mother
    Name: Jeong Seok-yong

    Role: Na Bo-ra's father
    Name: Lee Cheon-moo

    Role: Na Ba-da, Na Bo-ra's younger brother
    Name: Yoon Yi-re

    Role: Na Bo-ra's classmate
    Name: Jeon Hye-won

    Role: Na Bo-ra's classmate


    III. Reception:

    Its best performance in Netflix was at #2 on Netflix's global chart of Top 10 non-English movie category for the week of October 17-23, 2022, with eight million hours viewed.


    Rotten Tomatoes rated it as 86%.


    The movie has not received any wins from any award ceremony so far.

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