8/16(Tue)Why Teen Romantic Movies are popular in Asian

[JASON123]

I am curios why teen love movies are popular in Asian.
In west they also have teen love moives. Some are popular too. But this phenomenon is more obvious in Asian,
So I chose this topic, hope everyone can join and find answer together!

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TOP 10:

1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2010,Thailand)
2. Our Times (2015,Taiwan)我的少女時代
3. You Are The Apple of My Eye (2011,Taiwan)那些年我們一起追的女孩
4. My Sassy Girl (2001,Korea)我的野蠻女友
5. SuckSeed (2011,Thailand)
6. The Classic (2003,Korea)
7. Architecture 101 (2012,Korea)
8. From Me To You "Kimi ni todoke" (2010,Japan)
9. Hot Young Bloods (2014,Korea)
10. Love of May (2004,Taiwan)
11.Secret (2007,Taiwan)不能說的秘密

TOP 10:
1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love (2010,Thailand)
Synopsis: Nam is talented and funny, but with plain looks. She falls in love with the older Shone, one of the best-looking guys in school. [source: IMDB]
Stars: Pimchanok Leuwisetpaiboon, Mario Maurer, Tangi Namonto
Tags: FIRST LOVE, HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDSHIP, ROMANCE, COMEDY, DRAMA
2. Our Times (2015,Taiwan)
Synopsis: It follows Truly, an ordinary schoolgirl, on her senior year as she teams up with TaiYu, the school's notorious gang leader, to break apart growing love between rivals Ouyang, the school's most popular male student, and Minmin, the school's most popular girl. [source:IMDB]
Stars: Vivian Sung, Darren Wang, Dino Lee, Joe Chen, Jerry Yan​
Tags: FIRST LOVE, HIGH SCHOOL, NOSTALGIA, ROMANCE, COMEDY, DRAMA
​3. You Are The Apple of My Eye (2011,Taiwan)
Stars: Ko Chen-tung, Michelle Chen
Tags: FIRST LOVE, HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDSHIP, ROMANCE, COMEDY, DRAMA
4. My Sassy Girl (2001,Korea)
Synopsis: It describes the meeting of Kyun-woo (Cha) and an unnamed girl. Kyun-woo is shamed into assisting the girl because the other passengers mistakenly think she is his girlfriend. Once he helps her, Kyun-woo develops a deep sense of responsibility for her which enables him to tolerate (somehow) the girl's abuses. [source: IMDB]
Stars: Cha Tae-hyun, Jun Ji-hyun
Tags: STRANGERS, COLLEGE, ROMANCE, COMEDY, DRAMA
5. SuckSeed (2011,Thailand)
Synopsis: The film follows the antics of three secondary school students who form a rock band to impress girls. Despite their efforts, their band plays poorly and the members regularly end up as losers. [source: Wikipedia]
Stars: Jirayu Laongmanee, Pachara Chirathivat, Thawat Pornrattanaprasert, Nattasha Nauljam
Tags: CHILDHOOD CRUSH, HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDSHIP, MUSIC, ROMANCE, COMEDY
6. The Classic (2003,Korea)
Synopsis: Shy Ji-hae's friend is having problems expressing her feelings to the boy she loves, so she asks Ji-hae to write e-mails to him in her name. As the boy falls in love with her letters, Ji-hae discovers the story of her mother's romance which is remarkably similar to her own circumstances. [source: IMDB]
Stars: Son Ye-jin, Jo Seung-woo, Jo In-sung
Tags: FIRST LOVE, COLLEGE, NOSTALGIA, ROMANCE, DRAMA
7. Architecture 101 (2012,Korea)
Synopsis: It tells the story of two students who meet in an introductory architecture class and fall in love. Fifteen years later, the girl tracks down her first love to seek his help in building her dream house. [source:Wikipedia]
Stars: Uhm Tae-woong, Han Ga-in, Lee Je-hoon, Suzy
Tags: FIRST LOVE, COLLEGE, NOSTALGIA, ROMANCE, DRAMA
8. From Me To You "Kimi ni todoke" (2010,Japan)
Synopsis: A girl that resemble "Sadako" of the movie Ring is being feared by her classmates. She is avoided by everyone.While everyone is avoiding her, the popular boy Shota Kazehaya befriends her, and their love begins to grow. [source: IMDB]
Stars: Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura
Tags: FIRST LOVE, HIGH SCHOOL, FRIENDSHIP, ROMANCE, DRAMA
9. Hot Young Bloods (2014,Korea)
Synopsis: Young-sook is the feared leader of a female gang. Although she is known for her toughness and foul mouth, she secretly has a crush on Joong-gil, the biggest playboy in school. Joong-gil is a legendary Casanova whose single glance has the ability to make girls' hearts melt, and he's attempted to woo all the girls at school, except for Young-sook because Gwang-sik, the leader of a rival school's male gang, views Young-sook as his girl. [source: Wikipedia]
Stars: Lee Jong-suk, Park Bo-young, Kim Young-kwang, Lee Se-young​
Tags: FIRST LOVE, HIGH SCHOOL, RIVALRY​, NOSTALGIA, ROMANCE, COMEDY
10. Love of May (2004,Taiwan)
Synopsis: The film was inspired by Mayday, a famous rock band in China. It tells about the story of Ah Lei, an administrator of Mayday's fansite. He befriended with a girl named Xuan through that page. One day, he told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. [source: Wikipedia] But everything changes when they finally met. Two lives brought together by a lie, developed into a love story.
Stars: Liu Yifei, Bo-lin Chen, Mayday
Tags: STRANGERS, COLLEGE, MUSIC, ROMANCE, DRAMA
Special Mentions:
​Teen movies that I didn't include in my top 10 because there's so much fantasy on them, but are GREAT STORIES ABOUT YOUNG LOVE.
- ​A Werewolf Boy (2012,Korea)
Synopsis: Sun-yi, a beautiful teenage girl is sent to a country house for her health, where she discovers Chul-Su, a boy who can neither read nor speak and behaves like a wild beast. As Sun-yi attempts to civilize him, the two eventually become very close. But their relationship is fraught with difficulties, as Ji-tae begins to cause trouble.
Stars: Song Joong-ki, Park Bo-young ​
Tags: FIRST LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, NOSTALGIA, FANTASY, ROMANCE, DRAMA
- Secret (2007,Taiwan)
Synopsis: Ye Xiang Lun, a talented piano player is a new student at the prestigious Tamkang School. On his first day, he meets Lu Xiao Yu playing a mysterious piece of music. When he asks her about the song she was playing, she tells him that it is a secret that cannot be told. The two form a friendship that quickly evolves into a romantic relationship. However unbeknownst to Xiang Lun, there is more to Xiao Yu than initially meets the eye.
Stars: Jay Chou, Gwei Lun-mei
Tags: FIRST LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, MUSIC, FANTASY, ROMANCE, DRAMA

Session 1
1.Why teen romantic movies are popular in Asian? Which one you like most?

2. Why people aspire young love since everyone will get old anyway? what is the difference between young and adult relationship? What is the best part of young love?

3. Do you support high school students to have love partner? what is the best age to fall in love?

Session 2
4.What are things we lose when we were growing up and things we learned when we were getting old?

5.If you can go back to youth again to fix/do something, what would you do?(It is not necessarily related to love)

6.What are things should do when we still young?

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7:00 ~ 7:10pm Opening Remarks / Newcomer’s Self-introduction / Grouping
(Session I)
7:10 ~ 7:50pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
7:50 ~ 8:10pm Summarization (20 mins)
8:10 ~ 8:25pm Regrouping / Instruction Giving / Taking a 10 Minutes Break (Intermission)
(Session II)
8:25 ~ 9:05pm Discussion Session (40 mins)
9:05 ~ 9:25pm Summarization (20 mins)
9:25 ~ 9:30pm Concluding Remarks / Announcements ********************************************************************************************************************************************
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[Rock]

Because we think young people are more beautiful, and innocent, too.

[Sharon Lin]

What a long lasting Romantic Movie list Jason found and share !

[Gloria Lo]

Because those movies remind us of romance in the past, and memory is always beautiful.

[Rock]

No wonder I hate those movies!

[tashi]

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