Waiting for Rain

General Information

• International Title: Waiting for Rain / Rain and Your Story
• Original Title: 비와 당신의 이야기 (romanization: Biwa dangshinui iyagi)
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Runtime: 117 minutes
• Released Date: 2021.04.28
• Production: AZIT FILM & AZIT Pictures
• Distributor: Sony Pictures Korea & KIDARI Ent
• Streaming: Watcha
• Starring: Kang Ha Neul, Chun Woo Hee
• Director: Jo Jin Mo
• Writer: Yoo Seong Hyub
• Rating: 6.7 (IMDb)
• Awards: N/A

Synopsis

Waiting for Rain is heartwarming Korean movie following the romantic correspondence between Young Ho and So Hee. Young Ho is typically happy-go-lucky man who has no certain dream in life. Moreover, he has spent three year studying to enter college. One day, he reminisces about his first love, So Yeon. He decides to write her a letter. However, the letter is received by So Hee, So Yeon’s little sister who takes care of her. Pretending to be her sister, So Hee keeps replying Young Ho’s letters.

Main Cast

Character name: Park Young Ho
Actor name: Kang Ha Neul
Kang Ha Neul’s notable works: The Pirates: Goblin Flag, Happy New Year, Midnight Runners, Insider, When the Camellia Blooms, Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo, Angel Eyes, The Heirs, etc

Character name: Gong So Hee
Actress name: Chun Woo Hee
Chun Woo Hee’s notable works: Stolen Identity, The Wailing, Han Gong-Ju, Mother, Sunny, Be Melodramatic, Vampire Idol

Extended Cast

Lee Seol as Gong So Yeon
Kang Young Seok as bookworm
Choi Myung Bin as young So Hee
Lee Yang Hee as Young Ho’s father
Lee Hang Na as So Hee’s mother
Ko Woo Rim as young Young Ho

Cameo & Special Appearance

Kang So Ra as Soo Jin
Lim Ju Hwan as Park Young Hwan
Kim Sung Kyun as lecturer

Character Relationship Chart

N/A

Music & Original Soundtrack

Music by Kim Ju Seok

Teaser & Trailer Videos

Awards & Nominations

N/A

Trivia

• Waiting for Rain becomes Kang Ha Neul‘s first Korean movie after military discharge in 2019
• The filming began in March 2020 and finished in July 2020
• Waiting for Rain is the third Korean movie for Jo Jin Mo as a director after Making Family (2015) and The Suicide Forecast (2011)
• Actress Kang So Ra becomes a cameo in this movie
• Both Kang So Ra and Chun Woo Hee were previously in the same movie project Sunny (2011)