Handphone (film)

Handphone
Directed by	Kim Han-min
Written by	Kim Mi-hyeon
Produced by	Heo Tae-gu Kim Min-gi Heo Chang Eom Ju-yeong
Starring	Uhm Tae-woong Park Yong-woo
Cinematography	Park Sang-hun
Edited by	Kim Sun-min
Music by	Kim Jun-seong
Release date	February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$3.9 million[1]

Handphone (Korean: 핸드폰; RR: Haendeupon; MR: Haendŭp'on) is 2009 South Korean crime thriller directed by Kim Han-min.^[2][3] Based on a screenplay by Kim Mi-hyeon, it stars Uhm Tae-woong, Park Yong-woo, Park Sol-mi and Lee Se-na in lead roles. The soundtrack of the film was composed by Kim Jun-seong. It revolves around Yoon Jin-ah, an aspiring actress who incidentally receives her sex clip with her former lover on phone and later gets rescued by his so-called fan Seung-min.

Handphone was unofficially remade in India as Chappa Kurishu (Malayalam;2011), which itself was remade into Tamil as Pulivaal (2014), while the 2011 Kannada film Vishnuvardhana also had resemblances to the core plot of the original film.

Plot

Talent manager Seung-min sees Yoon Jin-ah, a rising actress, as his one last hope to turn his life around. Just as Jin-ah is on the path to stardom, he receives a threat from her former lover and gets her sex clip on his phone. Seung-min tracks down the culprit and retrieves the tape but ends up losing his phone. He realizes there is one last evidence of the sex tape on his phone and anxiously looks for it. Yi-gyu, who found Seung-min's phone, calls Seung-min's wife and asks her to come pick it up. On the night the phone was supposed to be returned, Yi-gyu doesn't show up. Now Yi-gyu is the one holding the leverage. Seung-min tries to do everything possible to get back his phone but Yi-gyu's demands are escalating to the point of no return.^[4][5]

Cast

• Uhm Tae-woong as Oh Seung-min
• Park Yong-woo as Jung Yi-gyu
• Park Sol-mi as Kim Jeong-yeon
• Lee Se-na as Yoon Jin-ah
• Kim Nam-gil as Jang Yoon-ho (Jin-ah's ex-boyfriend)
• Hwang Bo-yeon as Kim Dae-jin (Seung-min's assistant)
• Park Gil-su [ko] as Choi (loan shark)
• Kim Gu-taek [ko] as Choi's bodyguard
• Kim Yu-seok as Han Joon-soo (attorney)
• Joo Jin-mo as Captain Kim
• Seo Woo as Yi-gyu's sister
• Kim Jong-seok [ko] as wedding toastmaster
• Kim Gu-ra as radio DJ who interviews Jin-ah
• Jeon Bae-soo as sound engineer at radio station
• Bong Man-dae as movie director
• Choi Ju-bong [ko] as man who lost dog in the store
• Lee A-rin [ko] as mart female employee 2
• Jun In-kul as employee of management company
• Kwak Byung-kyu as lead detective
• Tae In-ho

Unofficial remakes

Three South Indian films have been made whose plots have close resemblance to Handphone, but they are not officially credited as remakes. The films are Chaappa Kurishu ^[6][7] (lit. "Heads or Tails"; Malayalam; 2011), its remake Pulivaal ("Tail of Tiger"; Tamil; 2014) and Vishnuvardhana (Kannada ; 2011).^[8]

References

1. "Handphone (2009)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.^{[dead link‍]}
2. Lee, Eun-joo (4 February 2009). "Thriller Handphone rings true to reality". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
3. Song, Woong-ki (15 January 2009). "Cell phone topic of new thriller". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
4. Lee, Hyo-won (12 February 2009). "Hand Phone Showcases Top Talent". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
5. Applegat, Ben (31 July 2013). "Fast-paced thriller fails to make it past vibrate". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
6. "Row over Kerala State Films Award". The Times of India.
7. "Chappa Kurishu Malayalam Movie Review" Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Kerala9.com. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
8. "Bypassing copycats, Sandalwood style". Bangalore Mirror. January 29, 2012. Retrieved 2024-08-19.

External links

• Handphone at HanCinema
• Handphone at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Handphone at IMDb