Miracle: Letters to the President

General Information

• International Title: Miracle: Letters to the President
• Original Title: 기적 (romanization: Gijeok)
• Genre: Drama
• Runtime: 117 minutes
• Released Date: 2021.09.15
• Production: Blossom Pictures
• International Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
• Starring: Park Jung Min, Lee Sung Min, Lee Soo Kyung, Lim Yoona
• Producer: Yook Kyung Sam
• Director: Lee Jang Hoon
• Writer: Lee Jang Hoon & Son Joo Yeon
• Rating: IMDb (7.3/10)
• Awards: 42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards for Popular Star Award (“Lim Yoona“)

Synopsis

Miracle Letters to the President is a fictional based-on-the-true-story movie about a family living in countryside, North Gyeongsang province. Set in the 1980s, this area has railways but without station. Tae Yoon is a train engineer living with his daughter, Bo Kyeong, and son, Joon Kyeong. Their dream is having a train station at their village. Joon Kyeong is a mathematics prodigy at high school. He has a girlfriend named Ra Hee. Later, Ra Hee supports Joon Kyeong and his family to make their dream come true including writing letters to the president.

Main Cast

Character name: Joon Kyeong
Actor name: Park Jung Min
Park Jung Min’s notable works: Smuggling, Deliver Us From Evil, Time to Hunt, Tazza: One Eyed Jack, Hellbound, Entourage, You’re All Surrounded, etc

Character name: Tae Yoon
Actor name: Lee Sung Min
Lee Sung Min’s notable works: The 8th Night, Hit-and-Run Squad, The Drug King, The Spy Gone North, The Chaebol’s Youngest Son, Juvenile Justice, Misaeng: Incomplete Life, etc

Character name: Ra Hee
Actress name: Lim Yoona
Lim Yoona’s notable works: 2 O’clock Date, Happy New Year, Confidential Assignment 2: International, Exit, Confidential Assignment, Big Mouse, Hush, The K2, etc

Character name: Bo Kyeong
Actress name: Lee Soo Kyung
Lee Soo Kyung’s notable works: Mr. Zoo: The Missing VIP, Heart Blackened, Coin Locker Girl, Law School, Where Stars Land, etc

Extended Cast

Jung Moon Sung as Kim Yong Han
Kim Dong Hyun as Uncle Cheol Goo
Park Chul Min as head of station
Lee Dong Yong as Lee Jang
Yoo Seung Mok as driver Park
Yoo Sun Woong as old man Kim
Kim Ja Young as Jjomandaek
Shim Sun Young as Jeong Soo’s mother
Ahn Tae Rin as Jung Hwa
Yoo Byung Sun as villager
Jo Yeon Hee as villager
Song Jae Ryong as train crew
Oh Gyeong Hwa as Gwang Ja
Son Sung Chan as school principal
Park Sun Ah as Ra Hee’s mother
Oh Chi Woon as photographer
Kim Bi Bi as elementary school teacher
Choi Jong Yoon as high school teacher
Park In Hye

Cameo & Special Appearance

Ko Chang Seok as Ra Hee’s father
Heo Joon Seok as PR manager
Kim Kang Hoon as young Joon Kyeong
Park So Eul as young Bo Kyeong

Character Relationship Chart

N/A

Music & Soundtrack

“Reality” by Richard Sanderson
“Feel Good Day” by Kim Wan Sun
“Gijeok” by Jung Geo Jang

Teaser & Trailer Videos

Awards & Nominations

42nd Blue Dragon Film Awards: Popular Star Award (“Lim Yoona“) – November 26, 2021

Trivia

• Miracle Letters to the President is based on the true story in remote area, North Gyeongsaang Province, during 1980s
• It was initially premiered in June 2021 but it was postponed due to pandemic
• Miracle Letters to the President was finally released on cinemas on September 15, 2021
• Actress Lee Soo Kyung who plays the character of Bo Kyeong, Joon Kyeong’s elder sister, is actually younger than Park Jung Min
• Both Park Jung Min and Lee Soo Kyung become the cameo in popular drama Reply 1988