Happiness (2007 film)

Happiness 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.

Plot
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.

Cast

 * Hwang Jung-min as Young-soo
 * Im Soo-jung as Eun-hee
 * Kim Ki-chun as Boo-nam
 * Yoo Seung-mok as Chae-gon
 * Lee Jae-hun as Suk-woo
 * Seo Jin-suk as Jin-suk
 * Kim Jin-goo as Young-soo's mother
 * Joo Boo-jin as doctor
 * Min Kyung-jin as truck driver
 * Oh Seo-won as medicine doctor
 * Kim Chang-sub as waiter
 * Kim In-sook as Mi-young
 * Gong Hyo-jin as Soo-yeon
 * Ryu Seung-soo as Dong-joon
 * Park In-hwan as Suk-goo (cameo)
 * Shin Shin-ae as The director of a nursing home (cameo)

Awards and nominations

 * 2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards
 * Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
 * Nomination - Best Film
 * Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
 * Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
 * Nomination - Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
 * Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo
 * Nomination - Best Lighting - Jung Young-min
 * Nomination - Best Music - Jo Seong-woo


 * 2007 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
 * Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho


 * 2007 Korean Film Awards
 * Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
 * Nomination - Best Film
 * Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho


 * 2008 Asian Film Awards
 * Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin


 * 2008 Baeksang Arts Awards
 * Nomination - Best Film
 * Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung


 * 2008 Buil Film Awards
 * Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
 * Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
 * Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo


 * 2008 Grand Bell Awards
 * Nomination - Best Film
 * Nomination - Best Director - Hur Jin-ho
 * Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
 * Nomination - Best Actress - Im Soo-jung
 * Nomination - Best Supporting Actress - Gong Hyo-jin
 * Nomination - Best Screenplay - Hur Jin-ho, Lee Suk-yeon, Seo Yoo-min and Shin Joon-ho
 * Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Hyung-koo