The Classic is a 2003 South Korean romance film, which tells the parallel love stories of a mother and daughter. The story of the mother is told partially in flashbacks. The movie starts in the present day. The daughter, Ji-hye (Son Ye-jin), is cleaning-up around her house when she comes across a box full of old letters and a diary that detail the story of her mother, Joo-hee (who is also played by Son Ye-jin). Periodically in the movie, Ji-hye reads one of these letters, which starts a flashback scene in which the story of the mother is told. These flashbacks are intertwined with Ji-hye's own story, in which she falls for a fellow student, Sang-min , who is involved with the school theater.
梓希跟秀景是同校的大学生,她们双双暗恋戏剧学会的尚民。一向较为主动外向的秀景要求梓希代写情书给尚民。梓希便将自己对尚民的情感毫无保留地抒发出来,却被迫要写上秀景的名字。尚民看过那些情书后深受感动,但是渐渐被梓希吸引住。梓希每每遇上他都感到混身不自在甚至内疚,但越是设法逃避他,缘分越是将他们拉得更近。梓希一天收拾房间,无意中发现一个神秘的箱子,里面满载着她母亲初恋的回忆……

The movie tells the story of both relationships. The mother, Joo-hee, visits the countryside as a student one summer and meets Joon-ha. Together they explore the countryside, playing near a river which they both will always remember as their special place. When a storm starts they take shelter together under a tree, but not before Joo-hee twists her ankle and is rendered helpless. Joon-ha carries her on his back and they struggle home, only to be confronted by her angry parents. Before they separate, Joo-hee gives him a necklace, which he keeps close as a precious reminder of their time together.
1968年夏天,俊河到乡郊居住的伯父家过暑假。他遇见珠喜并对她一见钟情。珠喜出身名门望族,家教甚严。一天珠喜偷偷地要俊河带她看看村里的鬼屋,他们欢度了难忘的一天,只是突如其来的风暴,把他们的船吹走了,珠喜在途中又把脚弄伤,俊河只能背着珠喜绕着湖步行回去,把珠喜送回家时已经很晚,珠喜闯出这个祸以后便立即被送回汉城,跟俊河没有话别就分开了,只是把脖子上的一串项链挂在浚河的脖子上。俊河怀着沉重的心情度过余下的暑假。

Unfortunately, Joo-hee has been promised by her parents as a bride to Tae-soo, Joon-ha's friend. But Tae-soo, a noble friend, finds out about Joo-hee and Joon-ha's attraction for each other and helps the two communicate secretly by letting them use his own name in place of Joon-ha's in their letters. When Tae-soo's father finds this out, however, he beats Tae-soo. Tae-soo tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide so that his two friends can be together.
好友泰秀告诉俊河自己好像喜欢上了珠喜,也向珠喜告白。因为泰秀、泰秀和珠喜的父母,俊河和珠喜之间隔了太远。珠喜提出分手。可是俊河努力要维护。他终于将自己和珠喜的感情、之间的故事,告诉了泰秀。泰秀没有说什么,只是对俊河说,他颈间那串项链不要叫自己的爸爸看到,因为那是他送给珠喜的。寒假,两人开始借泰秀的名义互通情书。但是不巧的是,有一封被退回到泰秀的爸爸那里。泰秀遭到爸爸的暴打。泰秀为了成全两人,上吊自杀...

Joon-ha is guilt-ridden over his friend's attempted suicide and Joo-hee's own guilt. Determined to prevent any more hurt to her, Joon-ha joins the army and goes to Vietnam. There he loses his eyesight while he tries to retrieve the necklace Joo-hee had given him. When he returns to Korea, he meets again with Joo-hee, and, trying to hide his blindness, convinces her he has married in the hope she will move on with her life. Though heart broken that their relationship cannot continue, she does move on and eventually marries Tae-soo, Joon-ha's kind friend. After they have been married for several years and have a young daughter (Ji-hye) Joo-hee is approached by friends of Joon-ha, who relate Joon-ha's last wish: that his ashes be scattered by Joo-hee in the river, now a reservoir, where they first met. She then finds out that Joon-ha hadn't married, but he later did after Tae-soo and Joo-hee were married. She was told that he had a son also. The heart-break is too much and she cries.
虽然泰秀被及时救下,却深深的震撼了俊河,他决定彻底放弃这段感情。俊河带着那串项链参加了越战,一次在敌人的轰炸下全队撤离,却已经到了救援的直升机旁的时候,发现项链掉在了路上,又奔回去找项链,顺带救了一个掉队的战友。就在马上到达安全范围的时候,却被一枚炸弹炸倒。岁月转瞬即逝,归来的俊河与珠喜在一家餐厅相见。俊河告诉珠喜他已经结婚了。在谈话中,珠喜惊讶地发现原来俊河已经失明,泪水忍不住流下,而俊河却看不到那泪从珠喜的脸上流下。俊河慌乱地逃走,却跌倒在地。珠喜知道俊河已经结婚后,和泰秀结了婚,并有了一个女儿----梓希。俊河很快去世了,他叫人一定要让珠喜把自己的骨灰撒在那条有着她们的回忆的河里。并且她们告诉珠喜,俊河其实是在珠喜结婚后才结婚的。珠喜看着远方流着泪,笑着。

In the present, Ji-hye's own story unfolds. Sang-min reveals his true feelings for Ji-hye - feelings that mirror her own. It is also revealed that their taking shelter together during the storm was no accident: he had purposely left his umbrella behind in a shop so that he could join her under the tree. Then, when Ji-hye pensively reveals her mother's story to him, tears stream down his face. Silently he lifts a necklace from around his neck and places it around hers. It is the necklace that Ji-hye's mother, Joo-hee, had given to Joon-ha when they met. The circle is completed: Joo-hee's daughter and Joon-ha's son have fallen in love.
梓希讲完了自己母亲的故事,一旁的尚民已忍不住眼泪,红着眼眶从脖子上取下一串项链----正是当年珠喜送给俊河的那条项链……两人笑了。

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经典台词:

当阳光照在海面上
我就会思念你
当朦胧的月光洒在泉水上
我就会思念你

望着窗外
如果树枝在风中轻轻摇摆
那么你爱的人也在爱着你

侧耳倾听
如果你听见你的心跳
那么你爱的人也在爱着你

闭上眼睛
如果你的唇边挂着一丝微笑
那么你爱的人也在爱着你

When the sunshine falls on the sea,
I'm missing you.
When the moonlight spreads over the stream,
I'm missing you.

Look, out of the window,
If branches are swaying in the wind,
Your beloved is loving you.

Listen, with whole attention,
If your heart is beating,
Your beloved is loving you.

Feel, with eyes closed,
If a smile rests on your lips,
Your beloved is loving you.

(台词翻译由沪江原创,转载请注明出处)

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