Hahaha Explained

Hahaha
Director:	Hong Sang-soo
Producer:	Kim Kyeong-hee
Narrator:	Kim Sang-kyung
Starring:	Kim Sang-kyung Yoo Jun-sang Moon So-ri Ye Ji-won
Music:	Jeong Yong-jin
Cinematography:	Park Hong-yeol
Editing:	Hahm Sung-won
Studio:	Jeonwonsa Films
Distributor:	Sponge Entertainment
Runtime:	115 minutes
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Gross:	$371,295^[1]

Hahaha is a 2010 South Korean comedy-drama film written and directed by Hong Sang-soo.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]} It was entered into the 2010 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Prix Un Certain Regard.^{[7] [8]}

Plot

Filmmaker Jo Moon-kyung (Kim Sang-kyung) and his friend Bang Joong-sik (Yoo Jun-sang) swap memories about the trips they both made to the same town (Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province), where, as it turns out, they had met and befriended the same people.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

Cast

• Kim Sang-kyung as Jo Moon-kyung, a film director
• Yoo Jun-sang as Bang Joong-sik, a film critic
• Moon So-ri as Wang Seong-ok, a curator of cultural properties
• Ye Ji-won as Ahn Yeon-joo, a girlfriend of Joong-sik
• Kim Kang-woo as Kang Jeong-ho, a poet
• Kim Gyu-ri as Noh Jeong-hwa
• Youn Yuh-jung as Moon-kyung's mother
• Gi Ju-bong as Curator of Tongyeong's local history museum
• Lee Kyu-sung as Beggar
• Kim Young-ho as Admiral Yi Sun-sin in Moon-kyung's dream

Awards

• Un Certain Regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival

Notes and References

1. https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2010W24&id=_fHAHAHA02 "Box office by Country: Hahaha"
2. Web site: Lee. Ji-hye. Hong Sang-soo's jolliness peaks in "Hahaha" - Part 1. 10Asia. 26 April 2010.
3. Web site: Lee. Ji-hye. Hong Sang-soo's jolliness peaks in "Hahaha" - Part 2. 10Asia. 26 April 2010.
4. Web site: Beck. Una. Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 1. 10Asia. 24 May 2010.
5. Web site: Beck. Una. Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 2. 10Asia. 24 May 2010.
6. Web site: Beck. Una. Interview: Hong Sang-soo - Part 3. 10Asia. 24 May 2010.
7. Web site: Festival de Cannes: Hahaha . 9 January 2011 . festival-cannes.com.
8. Web site: Awards 2010 . 8 June 2012 . festival-cannes.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110916032405/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2010/awardUnCertainRegard.html . 16 September 2011 . dead .
9. Web site: Hahaha: Synopsis. Finecut. 8 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20170702025422/http://www.finecut.co.kr/renew/library/synopsis.asp?num=106. 2 July 2017. dead.
10. Web site: Nelson. Rob. Hahaha. Variety. 21 May 2010.
11. Web site: Elley. Derek. Hahaha. Film Business Asia. 22 May 2010.
12. Web site: Cho. Jae-eun. Hong Sang-soo finally lets his characters have a laugh. Korea JoongAng Daily. 4 June 2010. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20120405233821/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2921356. 5 April 2012.
13. Web site: Lee. Maggie. Hahaha -- Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 14 October 2010.
14. Web site: Hartzell. Adam. Ha Ha Ha. Koreanfilm.org. 8 June 2012.