Happiness (2007 film)
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| Directed by | Hur Jin-ho |
| Written by | Hur Jin-ho Lee Suk-yeon Seo Yoo-min Shin Joon-ho |
| Produced by | Jo Seong-woo Kang Bong-rae Lee Yoo-jin |
| Starring | Hwang Jung-min Im Soo-jung |
| Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
| Edited by | Choi Jae-geun |
| Music by | Jo Seong-woo |
| Distributed by | Showbox |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$3,500,000 |
| Box office | US$8,313,363[1] |
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]
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-su
- Im Soo-jung as Eun-hee
- Kim Ki-cheon as Bu-nam
- Yoo Seung-mok as Chae-kon
- Gong Hyo-jin as Su-yeon
- Lee Jae-hun as Seok-wo
- Seo Jin-seok as Jin-seok
- Kim Jin-ku as Yeong su's mother
- Ju Bu-jin as the doctor
- Min Kyung-jin as the truck driver
- Oh Seo-won as the medicine doctor
- Kim Chang-seop as the waiter
Awards and nominations
- 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
- Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
- 2007 Korean Film Awards
- Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
- Nomination - Best Film
- Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
- Nomination - Best Film
- Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
- Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
- Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
- Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo
- 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
- ^ "Haengbok (Happiness)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
- ^ "Lim Soo-jung Grows Up in New Tearjerker". The Chosun Ilbo. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 September 2007). "Happiness Measures Cost of Love". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Yang, Sung-jin (20 September 2007). "Happiness a moving tale of addiction, affection". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ Hartzell, Adam. "Happiness". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ^ "Happiness - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-11-27.