To Sir, with Love (2006 film)

To Sir, with Love
Theatrical poster
Hangul	스승의 은혜
RR	Seuseung-ui eunhye
MR	Sŭsŭng-ŭi ŭn-hye
Directed by	Im Dae-woong
Written by	Park Se-yeol
Starring	Oh Mi-hee Seo Yeong-hee
Cinematography	Kim Yoon-su
Editing by	Park Gok-ji
Distributed by	Show East
Release date(s)	August 3, 2006 (2006-08-03)
Running time	93 min.
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$2.5 million
Admissions	437,311

To Sir, with Love (aka My Teacher or Teacher's Mercy, and released on DVD in the US as Bloody Reunion) is a 2006 South Korean horror film, and the feature film debut of director Im Dae-woong.

Plot

Mi-ja, who has been taking care of a retired teacher, Ms Park, invites several of her former students to her house 16 years after their graduation. Since the end of her teaching career, Park has been residing in the countryside, suffering from an illness while an ex-student, the kind and pretty Mi-ja cares for her.

Se-ho, Eun-young, Sun-hee, Dal-bong, and Myung-ho each resent her for different reasons. Se-ho and Eun-young, who were president and vice-president of their class, are planning to marry, and remember the time when they were belittled by their teacher for being poor. Sun-hee, skinny and beautiful, was made fun of by their teacher for being obese during her years at high school. Dal-bong, who had dreamed of becoming an ace baseball player, became handicapped due to severe corporal punishment. Myung-ho was sexually approached/abused by her. She also used to lock her deformed son {who wore a bunny mask to hide his face} in the dark basement while the other children made fun of him. Myung-ho's mother, who filed a complaint, was dismissed as a psychopath. As the night of the reunion deepens, the students are starting to die in the hands of a bunny- masked killer. During the movie, it is thought that the Bunny- masked killer is her deformed son coming back for revenge. As the plot thickens, the masked killer turns out being Jung-won, a shy boy who was humiliated in class because he defecated in his pants. The movie continues, and as a twist the detectives realize that Mi-Ja was actually the killer. They realize this because they go to Jung-won's house and see the old skeleton of his mom and they see pictures and news clippings on her wall. The police find out that Jung-won is actually Mi-Ja after looking through the feminine outfits in the closet.

At the end of the movie it found out that Mi-Ja lured all her classmates to the reunion and poisons them all. Everything that supposedly happened to her classmates happened to her. Instead of living terrible lives, as Se-ho had said earlier, they all went off to lead successful and happy lives. In fact, they did visit Ms. Park every year as a class reunion, because they thought of her as a good teacher. At the end of the movie, Mi-Ja kills herself after confronting Ms. Park. who tried to save her but fails due to her health. The movie ends with Ms. Park's wheelchair on alone on the pier, Ms. Park having committed suicide because of her guilt.

Cast

• Oh Mi-hee ... Ms Park, the old teacher dying of an illness and is resented by the other characters. In her eyes she thought she was doing what was best for them.

• Seo Yeong-hee ... Mi-ja, the only student who doesn't resent Mrs Park and works as her caretaker. Mi-ja and Mrs Park share a special bond.

• Lee Ji-hyeon ... Sun-hee, was once obese and teased by Mrs Park but then became skinny and obsessed with her appearance. She has to wear sunglasses to hide the surgery that went wrong.

• Lee Dong-kyu ... Myung-ho, a boy who was always favoured by Mrs Park. It is hinted that she made sexual contact with him that has left him scarred for life.

• Park Hyo-jun ... Dal-bong, used to be the most athletic boy in school. After he came last in a relay, Mrs Park slapped him and made him spend a day doing squats which later caused him to become handicapped for life when he tried to play baseball the next day.

• Yeo Hyeon-soo ... Se-ho, used to be poor and geeky but close to Eun-young. Mrs Park bullied him for it. He is the first to tell Mrs Park how he feels in a drunken rage.

• Yu Seol-ah ... Eun-young, used to be poor. For a present, she made her a card that said "i love you Mrs Park". Mrs Park then ridiculed her in front of the entire class.

• Jang Seong-won ... Jung-won, the "shy boy" that no one used to talk to. He apparently "pooped his pants" during lesson once and the entire class laughed at him including Mrs Park. His mother then died in an accident and he dropped out of school, only to reappear at the reunion years later.

• Kim Eung-soo ... police detective, trying to figure out the case.

External links

• To Sir, with Love at the Internet Movie Database
• To Sir, with Love at AllRovi
• To Sir, with Love at HanCinema
• Review at Koreanfilm.org