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Highway Star is a film of genre Comedy with Cha Tae-hyun
Highway Star (2007)
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Add to a movie listHighway Star (Hangul: 복면달호; RR: Bokmyeon Dalho) is a 2007 South Korean musical comedy film starring Cha Tae-hyun as an aspiring rocker who achieves success as a masked trot singer.
A remake of the 1997 Japanese film Sharan Q Takes Center Stage of Enka (シャ乱Qの演歌の花道, Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi), Highway Star was a modest hit at the box office, receiving 1,611,192 admissions and earning US$11,7 million.
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Bong Dal-ho's ultimate dream is to become a famous rock star. To make a living in his small, rural town, Dal-ho's heavy metal rock band is forced to play trot (country music similar to enka, also known as bbong jjak) in tacky nightclubs. One day, Jang Joon, executive of a shabby record company, sees potential in the seemingly clueless vocalist and promises to make him a star—Dal-ho realizes too late that he's been duped into signing a contract with a label that specializes in trot music.Actors
Cha Tae-hyun
(Bong Dal-ho)
Lee So-yeon
(Cha Seo-yeon)
Im Chae-moo
(Jang Joon)
Im Se-mi
(President Choi's daughter)
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