Hello Ghost
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| Hangul | 헬로우 고스트 |
| Revised Romanization | Hello-u Goseuteu |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hellou Kosŭt‘ŭ |
| Directed by | Kim Young-tak |
| Produced by | Lim Sung-bin Choi Moon-soo |
| Written by | Kim Young-tak |
| Starring |
Cha Tae-hyun Kang Ye-won |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
| Cinematography | Kim Yung-chul |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Distributed by | Next Entertainment World |
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111 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$19,774,455 |
Hello Ghost (Hangul: 헬로우 고스트; RR: Hello-u Goseuteu) is a 2010 South Korean comedy film about a man's multiple failed suicide attempts. After the most recent one, he discovers he can see a family of ghosts. The ghosts agree to leave him alone under the condition that he fulfill their requests.
The film was the 9th highest grossing Korean film in 2010, with a total of 3,042,021 admissions nationwide.The Chosun Ilbo commented that the film was good for families.Cha Tae-hyun found his role challenging, especially because it required him to smoke cigarettes, which he does not do in real life.
Sang-man (Cha Tae-hyun) attempts to commit suicide by overdosing on pills, but fails. He then attempts to kill himself by jumping off a bridge and into a river, but is saved. Brought to the hospital, Sang-man awakens and sees a man smoking next to him. He tells the other hospital patrons, but no one believes him. During his stay in the hospital he eventually meets four ghosts. Meanwhile, Sang-man meets nurse Jung Yun-soo (Kang Ye-won) at the hospital and quickly falls in love.
Sang-man is released from the hospital and the ghosts follow him back to his apartment. He attempts to politely ask the ghosts why they are there, but he doesn't get an answer. He decides to visit a shaman to get some help and to learn how to get rid of the ghosts. He is told that the ghosts are using his body to enter the world of the living so the ghosts can experience their unfulfilled desires. Sang-man tries to get rid of them, but ghosts haunt him everywhere he goes. Sang-man then attempts to help the ghosts fulfill their unrealized dreams to get them to leave him alone once and for all.
One ghost, an old man, wants to return a camera to his friend. Another ghost, a fat smoker, wants to get his taxi back and drive it. He also uses Sang-man's body to swim at the beach. This leads to Sang-man being arrested, because he was caught driving without a license. Another ghost, a child, wants to watch a cartoon movie. The last ghost is a crying woman who wants to cook and to eat together with people she cares about. All these events also lead to Sang-man getting to know Yun-soo better.
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