Innocent Steps
title: "Innocent Steps" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2005-romantic-comedy-films", "2005-films", "2000s-korean-language-films", "2000s-mandarin-language-films", "2000s-dance-films", "south-korean-romantic-comedy-films", "ballroom-dancing-films", "2005-multilingual-films", "south-korean-multilingual-films", "2005-south-korean-films"] topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innocent_Steps" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Innocent Steps |
| image | Innocent Steps film poster.jpg |
| director | Park Young-hoon |
| producer | Choi Sun-sik |
| Heo Jae-cheol | |
| Lee Jae-hyeok | |
| Shin Jae-hyeon | |
| writer | Park Gye-ok |
| starring | Moon Geun-young |
| Park Gun-hyung | |
| cinematography | Kim Jong-yun |
| editing | Shin Min-kyung |
| music | Choi Man-sik |
| released | |
| runtime | 110 minutes |
| country | South Korea |
| distributor | Show East |
| language | Korean |
| Mandarin | |
| gross | |
| native_name | |
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| name = Innocent Steps | image = Innocent Steps film poster.jpg | director = Park Young-hoon | producer = Choi Sun-sik Heo Jae-cheol Lee Jae-hyeok Shin Jae-hyeon | writer = Park Gye-ok | starring = Moon Geun-young Park Gun-hyung | cinematography = Kim Jong-yun | editing = Shin Min-kyung | music = Choi Man-sik | released = | runtime = 110 minutes | country = South Korea | distributor = Show East | language = Korean Mandarin | gross = | native_name = Innocent Steps () is a 2005 South Korean comedy drama film directed by Park Young-hoon. Another English title for the movie is "Dancing princess".
There's a director's cut version of the movie featuring additional 17 minutes of footage and alternative cut of the dance scene at competition.
Plot
Former acclaimed dancer Na Young-sae (Park Gun-hyung) attempts to make a comeback after his opponent, Hyun-soo (Yoon Chan), purposely injures him at a dance competition. At the suggestion of dance studio manager Ma Sang-doo (Park Won-sang), Young-sae then brings to Korea Jang Chae-ryn (Moon Geun-young), an ethnic Korean from China whom he presumes is a renowned, talented dancer. To his surprise, Young-sae learns Chae-ryn knows nothing about dancing and her soon-to-be married, older sister, Jang Chae-min, is the talented dancer. With only three months until the national dance championship, Young-sae trains Chae-ryn, vowing to turn her into a world-class dancer.
Cast
- Moon Geun-young as Jang Chae-min
- Park Gun-hyung as Na Young-sae
- Park Won-sang as Ma Sang-doo
- Yoon Chan as Jung Hyun-soo
Awards and nominations
- Nomination – Best Actress – Moon Geun-young
- Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
- Nomination – Best Costume Design – Lee Ji-young
- Nomination – Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
;2005 Korean Film Awards
- Best New Actor – Park Gun-hyung
Critical reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews. Variety reviewer, Derek Elley favorably compared the film to Dance with the Wind, citing Moon Geun-young and Park Gun-hyung's performances, but wrote "the plot holds no water." Koreanfilm.org critic Tom Giammarco called the film "disappointing and cliche," and Darcy Paquet credited the film's box office success to Moon's celebrity status and noted that the ending was disappointing: "We never even really get to see the knock-em-dead dance sequence that you'd expect."
Remake
In 2015, Culture Cap Korea announced that it will co-produce a Chinese remake, which will cast a Chinese actor and a Korean actress. 60% of filming will take place in China, and 40% in Busan.
References
References
- "Daenseo-ui Sunjeong (Innocent Steps)".
- "Innocent Steps - Awards". Cinemasie.
- Elley, Derek. (15 June 2005). "Innocent Steps". [[Variety (magazine).
- Giammarco, Tom. "Critics Poll". Koreanfilm.org.
- Paquet, Darcy. (7 May 2005). "Innocent Steps". Koreanfilm.org.
- (11 February 2015). "DANCING PRINCESS Remake in the Works".
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