Hello Ghost

Hello Ghost
South Korean poster
Korean name
Hangul
헬로우 고스트
Revised RomanizationHello-u Goseuteu
McCune–ReischauerHellou Kosŭt‘ŭ
Directed byKim Young-tak
Written byKim Young-tak
Produced byLim Sung-bin
Choi Moon-soo
StarringCha Tae-hyun
Kang Ye-won
CinematographyKim Yung-chul
Edited byKim Sun-min
Music byKim Jun-seok
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • December 23, 2010 (2010-12-23)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$19,774,455[1]

Hello Ghost (Korean헬로우 고스트; RRHello-u Goseuteu) is a 2010 South Korean comedy film about a man's multiple suicide attempts.[2][3] After the most recent one, he discovers he can see a group 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.[4] The Chosun Ilbo commented that the film was good for families.[5][6] Cha Tae-hyun found his role challenging, especially because it required him to smoke cigarettes, which he does not do in real life.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Hello Ghost (2010)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
  2. ^ Lee, Eun-ji (6 December 2010). 강예원 "'헬로우고스트' 연수 캐릭터, 나 때문에 변했다". Asia Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ Jo, Gwang-hyeong (7 December 2010). "글래머스타 강예원 "CG로 몸매 굴곡(?) 깎일 뻔"". New Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  4. ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2010". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
  5. ^ Im, Jeong-sik (3 January 2011). '라스트 갓파더'-'헬로우 고스트'...가족영화 2편 극장가 장악. Sports Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  6. ^ '헬로우 고스트' 중국 장악...한류열풍 일으킬까?. SBS News (in Korean). 25 November 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  7. ^ 차태현, "1인 5역...도전하는 마음으로 했다". Sports Chosun (in Korean). 6 December 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  8. ^ Go, Gyeong-seok] (3 December 2010). '헬로우 고스트' 명품조연 고창석-장영남, 코믹귀신 '변신' [Hello Ghost Supporting Actors Ko Chang-seok & Jang Young-nam, Comic Ghost "Transformation"]. Asia Economic Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 22 September 2015.