Hahaha (film)

Hahaha
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Hong Sang-soo
Produced by	Kim Kyeong-hee
Written by	Hong Sang-soo
Starring	Kim Sang-kyung Yoo Jun-sang Moon So-ri Ye Ji-won
Narrated by	Kim Sang-kyung
Music by	Jeong Yong-jin
Cinematography	Park Hong-yeol
Edited by	Hahm Sung-won
Production company	Jeonwonsa Films
Distributed by	Sponge Entertainment
Release dates	6 May 2010
Running time	115 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$371,295[1]

Hahaha (Hangul: 하하하) is a 2010 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.^[7][8]

Plot

The filmmaker Jo Moon-kyung (Kim Sang-kyung) and his friend Bang Joong-sik (Yoo Jun-sang) swap memories about the trips they both made to the same town (Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province), where, as it turns out, they had met and befriended the same people.^{[9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Cast

• Kim Sang-kyung as Jo Moon-kyung, a film director
• Yoo Jun-sang as Bang Joong-sik, a film critic
• Moon So-ri as Wang Seong-ok, a curator of cultural properties
• Ye Ji-won as Ahn Yeon-joo, a girlfriend of Joong-sik
• Kim Kang-woo as Kang Jeong-ho, a poet
• Kim Gyu-ri as Noh Jeong-hwa
• Youn Yuh-jung as Moon-kyung's mother
• Gi Ju-bong as Curator of Tongyeong's local history museum
• Kim Young-ho as Admiral Yi Sun-sin in Moon-kyung's dream

Awards

• Prize un certain regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival

References

1. "Box office by Country: Hahaha". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
2. Lee, Ji-hye (26 April 2010). "Hong Sang-soo's jolliness peaks in "Hahaha" - Part 1". 10Asia.
3. Lee, Ji-hye (26 April 2010). "Hong Sang-soo's jolliness peaks in "Hahaha" - Part 2". 10Asia.
4. Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 1". 10Asia.
5. Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 2". 10Asia.
6. Beck, Una (24 May 2010). "Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 3". 10Asia.
7. "Festival de Cannes: Hahaha". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
8. "Awards 2010". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
9. "Hahaha: Synopsis". Finecut. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
10. Nelson, Rob (21 May 2010). "Hahaha". Variety.
11. Elley, Derek (22 May 2010). "Hahaha". Film Business Asia.
12. Cho, Jae-eun (4 June 2010). "Hong Sang-soo finally lets his characters have a laugh". Korea JoongAng Daily.
13. Lee, Maggie (14 October 2010). "Hahaha -- Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
14. Hartzell, Adam. "Ha Ha Ha". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 8 June 2012.

External links

• Hahaha at the Internet Movie Database
• Hahaha at the Korean Movie Database
• Hahaha at HanCinema
• Hahaha at AllMovie
• Hahaha at Rotten Tomatoes