My Tutor Friend (2003) on Netflix
NR20031h 50m
Kim Ji-hoon, twenty-one, is still in high school, repeating his final year, and he loves to fight. His family hires Choi Su-wan, a college student his own age, to tutor him.
- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.5/102,649 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
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Plot summary
Choi Su-wan is a second-year college student who tutors children for money. Her mother runs a fried chicken shop, and Su-wan's father has lost his job. A wealthy friend of her mother wants a tutor for her son, Kim Ji-hoon, who is twenty-one and still working through his final year of high school a third time. The pay would cover a full semester of Su-wan's tuition. Ji-hoon loves fighting at Surim High School and draws girls' attention. His father threatens to send him back to America unless he improves.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about My Tutor Friend (2003)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The story came from real life: in 1999 Choi Su-wan, a 19-year-old English and Korean languages major, tutored a rich delinquent her own age named Kim Ji-hoon, then posted twenty installments of Su-wan-ee, My Tutor Friend online in 2000, each read by an average of 15,000 netizens.
