My Beautiful Girl, Mari

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{{Infobox film

| name = My Beautiful Girl, Mari

| image = MyMari.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes|hide=no|header=none

| hangul = 마리이야기

| rr = Mariiyagi

| mr = Mariiyagi}}

| director = Lee Sung-gang

| producer = Cho Sung-won

| writer = Kang Su-jeong
Lee Sung-gang
Seo Mi-ae

| starring =

| music = Lee Byung-woo

| cinematography = Kwon Geun-wook

| editing = Park Gok-ji

| studio = Daewoo Entertainment
Kuk Dong
Siz Entertainment

| distributor = Chungeorahm Film
ADV Films

| released = {{Film date|2002|01|18}}

| runtime = 80 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget =

}}

My Beautiful Girl, Mari ({{ko-hhrm|마리이야기||Mariiyagi}}; lit. "The Story of Mari") is a 2002 South Korean animated film. It follows the story of a young boy during summer vacation and ascends into flights of surrealistic fantasy, which may or may not be dream sequences. The English-language dub was directed and produced by Carl Macek and licensed by A.D. Vision.

Plot

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.

Cast

class="wikitable"
CharacterKorean voice actorEnglish voice actor
Nam-wooRyu Deok-hwanAlejandro Fallick
Adult Nam-wooLee Byung-hunJay Hickman
Jun-ho{{ill|Sung In-gyu|ko|성인규}}Clint Bickham
Adult Jun-hoGong Hyung-jinChris Patton
Nam-woo's MomBae Jong-okChristine Auten
Nam-woo's GrandmaNa Moon-heeShelley Calene-Black
Jun-ho's FatherJang Hang-sunJohn Swasey
Soog-YLee NariKira Vincent-Davis
Kyung-minAhn Sung-kiAndy McAvin

Awards