Love Guide for Dumpees (2015) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

Two people connected by failed relationships turn an accidental encounter into a temporary intimacy governed by a ten-stamp separation rule.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

A Wedding and a Sushi Fight

Jung-hoon and Si-hoo meet at their exes' wedding reception. Their first interaction becomes a fight over the last salmon sushi.

Key Events

• Exes' Wedding Reception — Jung-hoon and Si-hoo attend the wedding of their respective exes. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Wedding reception
• Unexpected Meeting — The two meet at the reception because of their connection to the newly married couple. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Wedding reception
• Last Salmon Sushi — The last piece of salmon sushi becomes the focus of their interaction. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Wedding reception
• Sushi Fight — Jung-hoon and Si-hoo fight over the final piece of sushi. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Wedding reception

A Dangerous Ride Home

Jung-hoon becomes drunk, and Si-hoo drives him home. At the house, Si-hoo arrives with a revenge-driven plan involving different kinds of pills.

Key Events

• Jung-hoon's Intoxication — Jung-hoon becomes drunk during the wedding-related encounter. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Wedding reception
• Si-hoo Drives Home — Si-hoo drives the drunk Jung-hoon home. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Road to Jung-hoon's house
• Revenge Motive — Si-hoo intends to take pills at Jung-hoon's house as revenge against an ex. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Jung-hoon's house
• Pills Prepared — Si-hoo is drugged and has different kinds of pills for the planned suicide. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Jung-hoon's house
• Unexpected Intimacy — Instead of completing the planned revenge act, drunk Jung-hoon and drugged Si-hoo have sex. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Jung-hoon's house

An Unplanned One-Night Stand

The planned suicide does not define the encounter. Instead, drunk Jung-hoon and drugged Si-hoo have sex, turning hostility into unexpected intimacy.

Key Events

• One-Night Stand — Their first sexual encounter follows the wedding reception and the drive home. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Jung-hoon's house
• One Night Continues — The relationship does not end after one night; another meeting follows. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place

The Ten-Stamp Arrangement

Their encounters continue beyond one night. Si-hoo proposes using a coffee coupon, already marked with two stamps, as the limit for repeated sexual meetings.

Key Events

• Two Coffee Stamps — They already have two stamps on the coffee coupon. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place
• Ten-Stamp Proposal — Si-hoo proposes completing the coupon to ten stamps through repeated meetings. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place
• Sexual Arrangement — They agree to meet each other just to have sex. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place
• Repeated Meetings — Their encounters continue while they work toward the ten-stamp limit. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place

A Rule for Separation

Jung-hoon and Si-hoo continue meeting under the ten-stamp rule. Once the tenth stamp is reached, they intend to go their separate ways.

Key Events

• Approaching Ten Stamps — The coupon rule gives their repeated encounters a clear numerical endpoint. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place
• Planned Separation — They define separation as the outcome after the tenth stamp. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place
• Ten-Stamp Endpoint — The arrangement is framed as ending when the coffee coupon reaches ten stamps. Characters: Jung-hoon, Si-hoo Location: Unspecified meeting place

Story Breakdown

• Wedding Encounter — The exes' wedding brings Jung-hoon and Si-hoo into the same reception.
  • Shared Wedding Context — Both attend a wedding involving their former partners.
  • Unexpected Meeting — They encounter each other at the reception.
• Sushi Conflict — Their first connection is shaped by a petty but direct confrontation.
  • Last Salmon Sushi — Only one final piece of salmon sushi remains.
  • Reception Fight — Jung-hoon and Si-hoo fight over the food.
• Dangerous Ride Home — Drunkenness and Si-hoo's intervention move the story from the reception to Jung-hoon's house.
  • Jung-hoon Gets Drunk — Jung-hoon becomes drunk after the reception encounter.
  • Si-hoo Drives — Si-hoo drives Jung-hoon home.
• Revenge Suicide Plan — Si-hoo intends to use pills at Jung-hoon's house as revenge against an ex.
  • Pills for Revenge — Si-hoo brings different kinds of pills for the plan.
  • Drugged Si-hoo — Si-hoo is drugged while carrying out the intended plan.
• Unexpected Intimacy — The planned revenge act gives way to sexual contact between the two men.
  • One-Night Encounter — Drunk Jung-hoon and drugged Si-hoo have sex.
  • Hostility Changes — The earlier conflict becomes an intimate connection.
• Ten-Stamp Agreement — Their continuing encounters receive a fixed limit through a coffee coupon.
  • Two Stamps Already — The coffee coupon already contains two stamps.
  • Ten-Stamp Goal — They plan to continue until the coupon reaches ten stamps.
• Temporary Sexual Routine — One night becomes repeated meetings defined as sexual rather than openly romantic.
  • Meet for Sex — They agree to meet each other just to have sex.
  • Repeated Encounters — The arrangement continues beyond the initial night.
• Planned Separation — The coupon functions as an agreed endpoint for their unusual relationship.
  • Final Stamp — The tenth stamp marks the intended limit.
  • Go Separate Ways — They plan to separate after completing the coupon.

Directed by

Ha Ki-ho

Key Cast

• Yoon Kye-sang — Jung-hoon
• Han Ye-ri — Si-hoo
• Park Byung-eun — Joon-suk
• Park Hyo-ju — Joo-yeon
• Jeong Soo-young — Teacher Kim