Happiness (2007 film)

Happiness (Korean: 행복; RR: Haengbok) is a 2007 South Korean film, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Hwang Jung-min and Im Soo-jung.[2] It is a love story about two people who meet while battling serious illnesses.[3][4][5]

Happiness
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHaengbok
McCune–ReischauerHaengbok
Directed byHur Jin-ho
Written byHur Jin-ho
Lee Suk-yeon
Seo Yoo-min
Shin Joon-ho
Produced byJo Seong-woo
Kang Bong-rae
Lee Yoo-jin
StarringHwang Jung-min
Im Soo-jung
CinematographyKim Hyung-koo
Edited byChoi Jae-geun
Music byJo Seong-woo
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • October 3, 2007 (2007-10-03)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3.5 million
Box officeUS$8.3 million[1]

Plot

When stricken with a terminal disease, Young-su leaves his careless high life in the city, live-in girlfriend and dwindling business. He retreats to a sanatorium in the countryside in order to treat his illness, where he meets Eun-hee, a young woman who is a resident patient there. Soon they develop feelings for each other and leave the sanatorium together to live in a small but cozy farm house. Their health improves dramatically but when Young-su's friends from the city come for a visit, he starts to wonder if he should abandon mundane rural village and return to his former lifestyle.

Cast
  • Hwang Jung-min as Young-soo
  • Im Soo-jung as Eun-hee
  • Kim Ki-chun as Boo-nam
  • Yoo Seung-mok as Chae-gon
  • Lee Jae-hun as Suk-woo
  • Seo Jin-suk as Jin-suk
  • Kim Jin-goo as Young-soo's mother
  • Joo Boo-jin as doctor
  • Min Kyung-jin as truck driver
  • Oh Seo-won as medicine doctor
  • Kim Chang-sub as waiter
  • Kim In-sook as Mi-young
  • Gong Hyo-jin as Soo-yeon
  • Ryu Seung-soo as Dong-joon
  • Park In-hwan as Suk-goo (cameo)
  • Shin Shin-ae as The director of a nursing home (cameo)

Awards and nominations
2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards[6]
  • Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
  • Nomination - Best Film
  • Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
  • Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
  • Nomination - Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
  • Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo
  • Nomination - Best Lighting - Jung Young-min
  • Nomination - Best Music - Jo Seong-woo
2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
  • Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
2007 Korean Film Awards
2008 Asian Film Awards
2008 Baeksang Arts Awards
  • Nomination - Best Film
  • Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
2008 Buil Film Awards
  • Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
  • Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
  • Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo
2008 Grand Bell Awards
  • Nomination - Best Film
  • Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
  • Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
  • Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
  • Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
  • Nomination - Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
  • Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo

References
  1. "Haengbok (Happiness)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. "Lim Soo-jung Grows Up in New Tearjerker". The Chosun Ilbo. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  3. Lee, Hyo-won (27 September 2007). "Happiness Measures Cost of Love". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  4. Yang, Sung-jin (20 September 2007). "Happiness a moving tale of addiction, affection". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  5. Hartzell, Adam. "Happiness". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
  6. "Happiness - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.