If You Liked My Demon, Check Out This 2022 Korean Movie Starring Kim Yoo-jung

Summary Kim Yoo-jung starred in the 2022 movie 20th Century Girl as Na Bo-ra, a high school girl in a love triangle.

Kim delivers one of her best performances in 20th Century Girl, showcasing her range in portraying complex emotions.

Fans of Kim's role in My Demon will enjoy her performance in 20th Century Girl for a charming rom-com experience.

A 2022 romantic comedy starring Kim Yoo-jung is the perfect movie for those who enjoyed her latest K-drama leading role in My Demon. One of the best K-dramas of the past few months, My Demon told the charmingly funny story of a soul-eater demon and a successful CEO who must get married as part of a complicated deal that helps both parties. Kim Yoo-jung played Do Do-hee, head of Mirae F&B. The series also starred Song Kang, who played the titular demon Jeong Gu-won. Although Kim has been an established star for a while, My Demon is now among her most famous projects.

The chemistry between Kim Yoo-jung and Song Kang in My Demon was one of the show's highlights, leading to one of the most popular K-drama couples of late 2023 and early 2024. Considering that My Demon is one of many K-dramas available on Netflix, those who streamed the show will be glad to know that there are other titles starring either “Son of Netflix” Song Kang or Kim Yoo-jung on the platform. This includes 20th Century Girl, a rom-com film mostly set in 1999 about a love quadrangle.

My Demon’s Kim Yoo-jung Starred In 2022’s 20th Century Girl

Kim Yoo-jung played Na Bo-ra in 20th Century Girl

Following an extensive list of roles in movies and TV shows, Kim Yoo-jung starred in the romantic comedy 20th Century Girl in 2022. The movie, which was released exclusively on Netflix, tells the story of a high school girl who is given the mission of learning everything that is to know about her best friend’s crush. Kim Yoo-jung plays Na Bo-ra, whose best friend, Roh Yoon-seo’s Kim Yeon-du, has to go to the United States for heart surgery. Before Yeon-du travels to the US, she asks Bo-ra to “spy” on Hyun-jin, the boy Yeon-du is in love with.

20th Century Girl Cast Character Kim Yoo-jung Na Bo-ra Byeon Woo-seok Poong Woon-ho Park Jung-woo Baek Hyun-jin Roh Yoon-seo Kim Yeon-du

What was supposed to be a fun way for Bo-ra to keep in touch with her best friend as they waited for the surgery to happen becomes a complicated love triangle with Hyun-jin stars to like Bo-ra. To make things even more confusing, Bo-ra starts to have feelings for Hyun-jin’s best friend, Poong Woon-ho. Bo-ra’s original plan of learning about her best friend’s crush falls apart when Hyun-jin asks her to be his girlfriend, leading to a hilarious film about four teenagers trying to make sense of their feelings. 20th Century Girl takes place between 1999 and 2019.

Kim Yoo-jung’s 20th Century Girl Role Is One Of Her Best Performances

20th Century Girl is a great movie with compelling characters

Kim Yoo-jung has been in some great series and films, but 20th Century Girl is arguably one of her best performances. Although 20th Century Girl involves three other important characters, Kim’s performance is the driving force of the movie. The actress perfectly conveys the confusing feelings Bo-ra is going through during her quest to bring Hyun-jin and her friend together. Kim Yoo-jung hilariously delivers 20th Century Girl’s funniest lines, not to mention the bits of physical comedy that the movie includes. Love triangles don’t always work in movies and shows, but 20th Century Girl does it right.

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Audiences get to discover Bo-ra’s feelings alongside the character, who is not sure what she should feel during this situation. All of the best romantic comedies have compelling lead characters, which is the case for 20th Century Girl. Bo-ra never feels like a character viewers shouldn’t be rooting for, even though she is in a very difficult position, and part of it has to do with Kim Yoo-jung’s performance. The actress also nails the emotional moments, particularly toward the end of the film.

20th Century Girl Is The Movie For Fans Of My Demon’s Do-hee

Kim Yoo-jung gives great performances in 20th Century Girl & My Demon

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Those who enjoyed Kim Yoo-jung’s performance in the cast of My Demon should check out 20th Century Girl, whose main characters share some similarities with Do-hee. Both Bo-ra and Do-hee are incredibly funny, especially when they are trying to fix a mistake they made. The way how both characters are initially not sure about their feelings is also an interesting similarity between them. Although it is difficult to compare a series to a movie, both My Demon and 20th Century Girl are charming stories that fans of the rom-com genre will enjoy.

Kim Yoo-jung gives career-defining performances in both of them, and it will be interesting to see what she does next following her hilarious cameo in Chicken Nugget.

My Demon falls into fantasy as it includes supernatural elements like demons and contracts for the soul, whereas 20th Century Girl is a more grounded story about life challenges many can relate to. 20th Century Girl is about its characters discovering love and what is like to be in love, whereas the 2023 K-drama is about its lead characters recognizing and acknowledging what they feel for each other amidst extraordinary circumstances. Kim Yoo-jung gives career-defining performances in both of them, and it will be interesting to see what she does next following her hilarious cameo in Chicken Nugget.

Stream 20th Century Girl on Netflix