Marrying the Mafia (; "Family's Honor") is a 2002 South Korean film released on September 13, 2002, and the first installment of the Marrying the Mafia series.
The film sold 5,200,000 tickets, becoming 14th highest Korean films-ticket selling film. For the year of 2002 it was the highest-attended South Korean film, and the second highest-attended film (including international productions) in South Korea with 5,021,001 admissions nationwide.
Plot The film is a gangster comedy about a businessman who becomes involved with the gangster underworld through the daughter of a crime boss.
A businessman and a young woman wake up in bed together with no knowledge of how they got there. Next, the businessman is confronted by the young woman's brothers, who are members of the mafias. The brothers demand that the businessman make an honorable woman of their sister.
Cast Jung Joon-ho as Park Dae-seo Kim Jung-eun as Jang Jin-gyeong Yoo Dong-geun as Jang In-tae (Jin-gyeong's brother) Sung Ji-ru as Jang Seok-tae (Jin-gyeong's brother) Park Sang-wook as Jang Gyeong-tae (Jin-gyeong's brother) Park Geun-hyung as Jang Jeong-jong (Jin-gyeong's father) Jin Hee-kyung as Won Hye-suk
English vocal cast John Gremillion as Park Dae-sun Shelley Calene-Black as Jang Jin-gyeong Chris Ayres as Jang Jung-jong John Swasey as Jang In-tae Rob Mungle as Jang Seok-tae Mike MacRae as Jang Gyeong-tae Jessica Boone as Lee Yoo-jin Celeste Roberts as Mi-soon Nancy Novotny as Won Hae-sook Jason Douglas as Sang-pal Andy McAvin as Dae-seo's Father Jennie Welch as Dae-seo's Mother Illich Guardiola as Manager Vic Mignogna as Yeo Min-seok Kim Prause as Jin-gyeong's Friend Max Issacson as Jang Young-min David Born as Lawyer Ty Mahany as Dae-seo's Friend A Quinton Haag as Dae-seo's Friend B Rachel Buchman as School Violence Mother Rebekay Dahl as Yoo-jin's Mentor Nam as Ty Mahany David Born as TV Host Male Kim Prause as TV Host Female David Born as Security Guard Ty Mahany as Radio DJ Kim Prause as Hostess A Nancy Novotny as Hostess B Rebekay Dahl as Hostess C
English language and subtitled versions were presented by ADV Films.
Reception G. Allen Johnson of the San Francisco Chronicle said that "[the film is] a comedy that tries too hard to be funny, therefore it isn't".
Sean Axmaker of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said that "[the film's] unusual cultural details add a little color to the usual romantic turbulence, but it's otherwise as rote as its American counterparts".
See also Marrying the Mafia II Marrying the Mafia III Marrying the Mafia IV Marrying the Mafia V (Return of the Mafia)
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