Asako in Ruby Shoes

U-in is a civil servant in Korea. He works in the city rubbish and recycling department. His life passes dull and alone. Aya is a student in Japan. She is preparing for the university entrance exam. She is finding the step into adulthood hard. One day she goes onto a personals site on the internet. There she gives her name as Asako. U-in sees her on the screen. In time he becomes fixed on her. He spends what money he has to keep watching. In the end he decides to find her in person. The film moves back and forth between Korea and Japan. Lee Jung-jae and Misato Tachibana take the leads in E J-yong’s Korean and Japanese coproduction of 2000.