Heart Is... Explained

Heart is...
Director:Park Eun-hyung
Oh Dal-kyun
Producer:Kim Min-gi
Kim Woo-gwang
Screenplay:Shin Dong-ik
Starring:Yoo Seung-ho
Kim Hyang-gi
Music:Won Ho-gyeong
Cinematography:Kim Seon-ryeong
Editing:Kim Chang-ju
Distributor:Showbox/Mediaplex
Runtime:97 minutes
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Gross:[1]

Heart is..., also known as Hearty Paws, is a 2006 South Korean drama film directed by Park Eun-hyung and Oh Dal-kyun.

Plot

Two siblings, an 11-year-old boy named Chan-yi (Yoo Seung-ho) and his little sister So-yi (Kim Hyang-gi), have been abandoned by their mother, and are left to survive on their own. For his sister's 6th birthday, Chan-yi decides to give her a dog. He sneaks into a house of an old couple and steals a newly born puppy, which she's been longing to have. Even though they are poor, they were happy. But everything changed after a tragic accident; So-yi died. Chan-yi blames this on his dog and finds his way to his mother, not realizing that the dog was the only true family that would never leave him.

Cast

Release

The film was released in South Korea on October 25, 2006, and sold 1,042,166 tickets nationwide.[2]

Sequel

See main article: Hearty Paws 2.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maeumi... (Hearty Paws) (2006). Box Office Mojo. 2014-09-16.
  2. Web site: Commercial Releases in 2006: Box-Office Admission Results . Koreanfilm.org . 2014-09-16 .