South Korea Synopsis
마리 이야기
Kim Nam-woo struggles through life as people around him constantly leave him; his best friend, Jun-ho, is going to study in Seoul and in some ways his widowed mother is "leaving" him too by paying more attention to her new boyfriend. To escape, he goes to a dream world, where he meets a girl named Mari. The story follows Nam-woo in discovering himself and maturing.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with My Beautiful Girl, Mari. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2001–2003 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2001-2003 South Korea release window, My Beautiful Girl, Mari sits at #51 of 73. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when My Beautiful Girl, Mari premiered alongside 22 others.
Animation + Drama in South Korea
8 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding My Beautiful Girl, Mari itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 22 other South Korea films in 2002.
The 91st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
31 audience reviews — more than 59% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (59th percentile) outruns trending popularity (17th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on My Beautiful Girl, Mari, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- dog · 23
- parallel world · 20
- brother · 13
- anime · 711
- friendship · 134
- adult animation · 101
- coming of age · 78
- slice of life · 58
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,222 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (13th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.1 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Animation productions specifically: #40 of 50 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Siz Entertainment, iPictures, Muhan Investment, Korean Film Council, Barunson E&A |
| Runtime | 1h 26m |
| Release Date | January 11, 2002 |
| IMDb | tt0302758 |