Lovely Rivals

Lovely Rivals
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
여선생 VS 여제자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYeoseonsaeng vs Yeojeja
McCune–ReischauerYŏsŏnsaeng vs Yŏjeja
Directed byJang Kyu-sung
Written byLee Won-jae
Jang Kyu-sung
Produced byKim Mi-hee
StarringYum Jung-ah
Lee Se-young
Lee Ji-hoon
CinematographyLee Du-man
Edited byKo Im-pyo
Music byJo Yeong-wook
Production
company
FNH
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
StudioCanal(France)
Release date
  • November 17, 2004 (2004-11-17)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
French
Box officeUS$4.7 million

Lovely Rivals (Korean: 여선생 vs 여제자; RR: Yeoseonsaeng vs. Yeojeja; lit. Female teacher vs. female student) is a 2004 South Korean comedy film about a harsh teacher and her headstrong 5th grade student who battle for the affection of the school's handsome new teacher. The film attracted 1,175,580 admissions in 2004.

The scene in which the character Yeo Mi-ok is caught on camera slapping her student was based on a similar real-life incident from earlier in the year in which a teacher repeatedly punched a student in the face.