Handmade Love begins by showing a cursed god named Woven
and the legend of the woodman who stole the fairy's celestial robe.
Woven thinks the legend is not entirely true
because the woodman stole his celestial robe
not because he fell in love with the fairy but because it was so beautiful and he wanted to have it.
Because of that, Woven stole the celestial robe from the Great Goddess,
even though he had to pay a huge price for his actions.
The Great Goddess then punished him to stay on earth for some time,
where he later became a designer who must design and create outfits that are comforting to humans
so that he may go back to heaven.
While living on earth,
Woven is assisted by a young man named Joey,
who works as his assistant in his tailor shop called 'Handmade Love.'
One day, they have a female customer named Han Sa-rang who recently broke
up with her boyfriend.
Sa-rang and her boyfriend have been in a relationship for seven years.
But then, her boyfriend cheated on her and will marry another woman soon.
They've only been apart for two weeks.
What's worse is her boyfriend invites Sa-rang to his wedding.
Because of that, she goes to the tailor shop so that she can wear the most beautiful dress
and dress up so beautifully that her ex-boyfriend will feel very sorry for abandoned her.
Woven then asks Sa-rang to wear her precious outfit that has many memories of her life,
and she wears a dress when her ex-boyfriend asks her to date him for the first time.
Apart from sweet memories,
the beautiful dress also has bitter memories
because Sa-rang wore it when she was in despair.
By touching the dress,
Woven knows everything she goes through while wearing the dress.
Sa-rang had wanted to leave the place because she did not trust Woven's credibility as a tailor.
However, when he says a few things about herself, including her desire for revenge
on her ex-boyfriend, Sa-rang ends up using Woven's tailor shop to make clothes for her.
After discussing the detail about her wish for the outfit and deciding to leave,
Sa-rang seems interested in a gun displayed on one side of the wall,
then Joey tells her that the gun is just a display, not the real one.
Three days later, Sa-rang returns to the tailor shop to pick up her outfit.
She immediately puts on the outfit because she's going to her ex-boyfriend's wedding,
which will be on the same day.
She looks so confident when wearing the outfit.
Moreover, Woven also encourages her to take revenge.
On the other hand, Joey is worried about Sa-rang, as well as the safety of many people,
because it is clear in her eyes that she is filled with revenge and anger.
He seems afraid that she will get into trouble.
However, Woven doesn't seem too worried about it.
It is even more enthusiastic when he finds out
that the bride of Sa-rang's ex-boyfriend is pregnant,
so he is very curious about what Sa-rang will do when she finds out about this.
Annoyed at Woven's attitude, Joey then looked at the wall and realized that the gun on the wall
display had disappeared somewhere.
He immediately assumed that Sa-rang had stolen the gun.
Meanwhile, Sa-rang arrives at a building where her ex-boyfriend's wedding is being held.
She was ready to shoot her ex-boyfriend with the gun.
However, she hesitates and hides in a room instead.
Unexpectedly, Sa-rang even meets the bride and finds out that the bride is pregnant
with her ex-boyfriend's baby.
However, when she is about to reveal everything to the bride,
suddenly, her ex-boyfriend appears and immediately takes her away from there.
He scolds Sa-rang and chases her away.
On the other hand, Woven and Joey finally arrive at the wedding reception
but can't find Sa-rang anywhere.
They then find her crying in frustration in the back garden.
Woven then tells her that the thing she really wants is not revenge
but an apology from her ex-boyfriend because of his betrayal.
After following Woven's advice, Sa-rang finally gets
back on her feet and becomes more confident about getting things done.
Confidently, she returns to
her ex-boyfriend and threatens to shoot him if he doesn't apologize for his betrayal.
He assumes that the gun is a toy gun, but she proves that the gun is real by shooting at the
ceiling and the wine glass on the table. He finally prostrates himself apologetically in
Sa-rang's presence, and she finally gets what she wants. After that, the ex-boyfriend calls everyone
and is about to report her to the police. However, they did not find any evidence that a shooting
had happened there as if nothing had happened, and the ex-boyfriend was just making it up. Meanwhile,
Sa-rang, who already knows that Woven is not a human, but a god who got expelled from the
heavens, decides to work part-time at his tailor shop. Shortly afterward, the tailor shop had a
male customer named Jung-min who wanted to give an outfit to his girlfriend because she
had managed to get her dream job. However, after Woven touched the outfit that Jung-min brought,
he immediately found out that Jung-min was having problems in his love relationship. Jung-min
finally tells them that he wants to end his love affair with his girlfriend, Ha-neul because he is
unemployed. He feels inferior if he continues to be with her, who already has her own income and
becomes an independent career woman. Jung-min wants to give the outfit as a farewell gift so
Ha-neul can forget their relationship and start a new, better life with someone else. On the other
hand, Woven looks pretty sick of hearing his story and eventually asks him to leave. He says that
Jung-min only thinks about himself and doesn't really think about his girlfriend's happiness.
Woven emphasized that he only made the outfit to comfort someone, not hurt someone's feelings.
Hearing this, Jung-min finally left and canceled his desire to make the outfit for his girlfriend.
On the other hand, Sa-rang looks irritated that Woven doesn't understand Jung-min's feelings
at all. But Woven argues that he is a god, and humans are very predictable with all the feelings
and emotions they have. They got into a small fight before Sa-rang finally decided to leave
because she was fed up with him. But then Woven realizes he's gone too far with Sa-rang
and asks Joey to go after her. Joey complies with his master's request and rushes after her. After
meeting with Sa-rang, Joey suggests they help Jung-min by making the outfit for him because he
needs their help the most. The next day, Sa-rang and Joey go to Jung-min's house to apologize to
him for Woven's behavior and offer to help fix Jung-min and his girlfriend's love relationship.
However, Jung-min refuses the offer, thinking it will only make him suffer worse. Sa-rang
then picks up Jung-min s phone lying on the sofa, making him realize that his girlfriend still loves
and cares for him very much. But he acts as if he's the one who suffers the most in the world.
That night, Jung-min seems to be sleeping on the sofa while wearing the most precious
outfit for him because the outfit holds many beautiful memories with his girlfriend.
In his dream, he meets Woven, who tells him his girlfriend is frustrated in her workplace because
she is always scolded by her boss. Ha-neul tries to contact Jung-min to tell him about her despair,
but he ignores her. Upon learning that, he then wakes up and rushes to meet his girlfriend.
He apologizes for ignoring her simply because he doesn't want her to dump his unemployed self.
Jung-min finally realizes his mistake for being selfish and doesn't understand
Ha-neul's feelings or the situation that she is facing in her workplace. She said that the
thing that she really wants is always to be with him, whether he's unemployed or not.
Seeing the outfit worn by Jung-min, Ha-neul was reminded of her cherished memories with him,
and they finally made up again. After that, Woven apologizes to Sa-rang for hurting her with his
words. He then asks her to teach him about humans' emotions and feelings. Hearing this,
she says that she will forgive him as long as she's allowed to speak informally with him.
That night, Sa-rang meets a mysterious woman. She doesn't know her, but the woman knows her name.
However, she doesn't think much of it. A few days later, a famous actress, Ji-soo, comes to
the tailor shop and wants them to make the outfit for her next film audition. Since she is about to
audition for a film from a famous director, Woven wonders if she auditioned for money and fame.
Woven asks that because he saw Ji-soo's past from her outfit, who seemed hesitant to do the
audition, and chose to do the audition held by an independent director. However, she asks him the
same thing; does he love his job as a designer, or is it just a job to get a certain reward. Upon
hearing that question, Woven recalled the past when the Great Goddess punished him to stay on
earth for a while and to make human's heart calm so that he and Joey could go back to heaven.
Despite having lived on earth for a thousand years, it was only this time that he thought about
whether he really loves his job as a designer or if it's just a job for a certain reward.
Long story short, Ji-soo finally decided to resign from her agency company and did everything
willingly, without pressure from anyone. Meanwhile, Woven ensures that Ji-soo will get what
she truly desires because she has suffered long enough under the pressure and orders of others.
Shortly afterward, Sa-rang got the news that her mother wanted to meet her, so she asked
her boss's permission to go home early. Joey, who's in a good mood, says he can replace her
if she has to leave for urgent business. Joey then tells Sa-rang that he and Woven only need
to help one more customer before their punishment is lifted, and they will return to heaven. Because
she was in a hurry to pick up her mother, they didn't continue the conversation. But then,
Sa-rang s mother came to the tailor shop and asked to make a good outfit for her upcoming birthday.
Sa-rang rushed back to the tailor shop and took her mother away from there.
Seeing Sa-rang attitude towards her mother, Woven immediately realized that Sa-rang did not have a
good relationship with her mother because they were always fighting. Because it is important
for him to calm his customer's heart, he asks Sa-rang about her relationship with her mother.
She then says that her mother used to be a national-level runner.
However, when she was pregnant, her mother decided to resign as an athlete and become a full-fledged
mother. Because of that, Sa-rang always feels guilty toward her mother. And that's why her
mother gave up on her athletic career and dreams. After knowing everything, Woven began to make
beautiful clothes for his precious customers wholeheartedly with Sa-rang and Joey's help.
Sa-rang's mother looks delighted with the outfit that made her look gorgeous,
especially with the addition of a brooch made by Sa-rang, which makes her look even more beautiful.
Sa-rang's mother thanks Woven for making such an elegant outfit for her.
She then thanks him for accepting her daughter to work for him. After that, Sa-rang's and her mother
got into a heart-to-heart conversation, where they finally understood each other and got along again.
She finally finds out that her mother will do a heart operation and she promises to
always be by her mother's side. After finally managing to console Sa-rang and her mother,
Woven's punishment ended, and they were finally able to return to heaven.
However, Woven tells Joey that he wants to stay on earth for a while because he is still
learning about human emotions and feelings. Knowing that he can't persuade his master to
come with him back to heaven, Joey decides to go alone. After that, the Great Goddess
arrives there and questions Woven's decision to stay on earth. Since the decision was made,
even the Great Goddess could not force his will to bring Woven back to heaven and finally left there.
Not long after, Sa-rang arrives and is overjoyed to learn that Woven has decided to stay on earth.
She then hugged him tightly. After that, Joey appears and decides to return to earth
to stay with his master. The tailor shop 'Handmade Love' can finally continue to operate as usual,
where they will continue to help anyone to console their heart with all their heart.
The moral that can be learned from this movie is that we must have an
attitude of understanding each other and build good communication in social
relations between humans because one trivial misunderstanding can mess things up.