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Happiness is a film of genre Drama directed by Hur Jin-ho with Hwang Jeong-min
Happiness (2007)
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Add to a movie listHappiness (Hangul: 행복; RR: Haengbok) is a 2007 South Korean film, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Hwang Jung-min and Im Soo-jung. It is a love story about two people who meet while battling serious illnesses.
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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.Actors
Hwang Jeong-min
(Young-su)
Im Soo-jeong
(Eun-hee)
Gong Hyo-jin
(Su-yeon)
Yu Seung-Mok
(Jae-gon)
Ryu Seung-soo
(Dong-joon)
Park In-hwan
(Seok-goo)
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