Waikiki Brothers

Directed by Yim Soon-rye (임순례)

Written by Yim Soon-rye (임순례)

109min | Release date in South Korea: 2001/10/27

Synopsis
Waikiki Brothers, a nightclub band composed of four members. cannot settle in one place during these bad times, and so they roam about as a freelance band. The group leader Seong-woo hasn't visited his hometown since his graduation from high school, but his band finds a place at Waikiki Hotel in Seong-woo's hometown and settles down there. However, Seong-woo finds that his schoolmates, who were nothing but innocence itself when they were high school students, have changed into adults, and the director of the Music Academy who mentored Seong-woo has become an invalid, which breaks his heart. He also meets his first love, In-hee, who also changed a lot, and that makes him sad and loney. To make matters worse, Seong-woo becomes driven into a corner because of a struggle caused by the different musical views of the band members and by love affairs.

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