A Year-End Medley
| Happy New Year | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Kwak Jae-yong |
| Starring | Han Ji-min Lee Dong-wook Kang Ha-neul Yoona |
Production companies | Hive Media Corp. CJ Entertainment |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment TVING |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Happy New Year (Korean: 해피 뉴 이어; RR: Haepi Nyu Ieo) is an upcoming South Korean, romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong and starring Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul and Yoona. The film depicts the story of clients who visit the hotel 'Emros' with their own stories as they make their own relations in their own style.[1][2] It will be released simultaneously in theatres and via streaming media TVING. [3]
Synopsis
Happy New Year is a feelgood romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emros'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emros during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create relationship or just going nostalgic.
Cast
- Emros hotel manager, she has been hesitant to confess to a 'boyfriend' for 15 years
- Lee Dong-wook as a hotel representative
- Kang Ha-neul as a trainee
- Yoona as a hotelier
- Won Jin-ah as a musical actress who works as a hotel room maid
- Kim Young-kwang as a radio producer[5]
- Ko Sung-hee as a jazz pianist
- Seo Kang-joon as a singer-songwriter and radio DJ
- Lee Kwang-soo as a manager
- Lee Jin-wook as a plastic surgeon, waiting for his true love
- Lee Kyu-hyung as a historian
- Jo Joon-young as a high school swimmer
- Won Ji-an as a figure skater
- Lee Hye-young[6]
- Korean businesswoman returning to Korea to attend her daughter's wedding, she meets a doorman at the hotel 'Emros', and recalls the memories of her first love 40 years ago
- Jung Jin-young as doorman at hotel 'Emros'
Production
Casting
On April 22, 2021 CJ ENM and TVING announced that the film Happy New Year would be directed by Kwak Jae-yong and confirmed the cast as: Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul, Im Yoon-ah, Won Jin-ah, Seo Kang-jun, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Young-kwang, Ko Sung-hee, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Kyu-hyung, Jo Jun-young, Won Ji-an and Lee Hye-young and Jung Jin-young.[7]
Filming
Principal photography of the film began on April 19, 2021.[8]
References
- ^ Cho Myung-hyun (April 22, 2021). "한지민·강하늘·이동욱·임윤아·이진욱·서강준…역대급 15人 합류, '해피뉴이어'" [Han Ji-min, Kang Ha-neul, Lee Dong-wook, Im Yoon-ah, Lee Jin-wook, Seo Kang-jun… Joining 15 of the greatest people ever, 'Happy New Year']. Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ "Happy New Year - (Korean Movie, 2021, 해피 뉴 이어)". HanCinema. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Kim Ji-eun (April 28, 2021). "서복→해피 뉴 이어, 극장·OTT 동시 공개…韓영화 배급 실험" [Seobok → Happy New Year, theater and OTT simultaneous release… Korean movie distribution experiment]. Newsis (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Kim Bo-ra (April 22, 2021). "[단독] 이동욱x한지민, '해피 뉴 이어' 출연 확정…첫 연인 호흡" [[Exclusive] Lee Dong-wook x Han Ji-min confirmed to appear in 'Happy New Year'... first lover breath]. Osen (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Park Kyung-hee (April 23, 2021). "김영광, '해피 뉴 이어'서 라디오PD 변신...한지민·고성희와 호흡" [Kim Young-kwang transforms into radio PD in 'Happy New Year'... Breathing with Han Ji-min and Ko Sung-hee]. Single List (in Korean). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Kim Ji-eun (May 17, 2021). "[단독] 이동욱x한지민, '해피 뉴 이어' 출연 확정…첫 연인 호흡" [Actress Lee Hye-young joins 'Happy New Year'... twilight romance painting]. Newsis (in Korean). Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Kim Hyun-rok (April 22, 2021). "해피뉴이어' 한지민·이동욱→임윤아·이광수 15人 캐스팅..극장·티빙 동시공개" ['Happy New Year' Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook → Im Yoon-ah, Lee Kwang-soo 15 cast...]. Sport TV News (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
- ^ Noh Kyu-min (April 22, 2021). "'해피 뉴 이어' A급 톱배우 15명 '역대급 캐스팅'…19일 크랭크인 [공식]" ['Happy New Year' 15 top A-class actors 'all-time casting'... 19th Crankin [Official]]. Ten Asia (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved June 5, 2021.
External links
- A Year-End Medley at HanCinema
- A Year-End Medley at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
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