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Happy End

Original title: Haepi-endeu
  • 19991999
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 40m
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6.8/10
1.9K
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Jeon Do-yeon and Ju Jin-Mo in Happy End (1999)
CrimeDramaRomance
When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.When a wife becomes the breadwinner of her family after her husband loses his job, adultery becomes part of her life.
IMDb RATING
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1.9K
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    • Ji-woo Jung
    • Ji-woo Jung
  • Stars
    • Choi Min-sik
    • Jeon Do-yeon
    • Ju Jin-Mo
    • Ji-woo Jung
    • Ji-woo Jung
  • Stars
    • Choi Min-sik
    • Jeon Do-yeon
    • Ju Jin-Mo
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    • 13User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Choi Min-sik in Happy End (1999)
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    Choi Min-sik in Happy End (1999)
    Choi Min-sik in Happy End (1999)
    Jeon Do-yeon and Ju Jin-Mo in Happy End (1999)
    Jeon Do-yeon and Ju Jin-Mo in Happy End (1999)
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    Choi Min-sik
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    • Trivia
      The opening sex scene between Jeon Do-yeon and Ju Jin-Mo is deeply graphic and absolutely real. During an interview at Hangul Celluloid, director Ji-woo Jung said: "You are right that the those love scenes were deliberately incredibly explicit and though I don't remember any specific problems in getting the film released, I did share my thoughts about their graphic nature with actress Jeon Do-yeon. I wanted the scenes to feel utterly real and natural and once I had shared my needs for the scene with her, there was no real problem in making the scenes, from my point of view of hers."
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      References A Clockwork Orange (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Piano trio op. 100
      by Franz Schubert

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    8/10
    Cruel
    This film has all the ingredients to be miysogynistic and that's one of the possible readings. And it's quite legitimate. But, in fact, it seems to be more about mysoginy and the consequence of misogynistic behaviour and its consequences. Not advocating them. Nobody gets what deserves in this one and there are more victims (but one of them is being that absolutely and more than others). But what seems to be some morale here is that after the act there's just no way back. Either you get your life broken or, even worse, you don't get even that. I watch a lot of Asian films latelly and most of them look like statements about gender antagonisms. And mostly, their outcome on the end is unpopular and brave. And out there for everyone to see what it looks like when you don't paint them in unrealistic colors. As it should be. This film has a dreadful conclusion but it must be seen for what it is. That's why it's good ...
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    • shibolleth
    • Aug 17, 2020

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1999 (South Korea)
      • South Korea
      • GAGA Communications (Japan)
      • Korean
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      • CJ Entertainment
      • Myung Film Company Ltd.
      • Myung Films
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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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