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| Directed by | Kim Sang-chan Kim Hyun-soo |
| Written by | Seon Seung-yeon Yun Sun-yong Kim Sang-chan |
| Based on | Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi by Hiroshi Saito |
| Produced by | Lee Kyung-kyu[1] Park Se-jun Kim Woo-sang |
| Starring | Cha Tae-hyun Im Chae-moo Lee So-yeon |
| Cinematography | Yoon Hong-sik |
| Edited by | Kyung Min-ho |
| Music by | Ju Young-hoon |
| Distributed by | Studio 2.0 |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$5.07 million |
| Box office | US$11.7 million |
Highway Star (Korean: 복면달호; RR: Bokmyeon Dalho) is a 2007 South Korean musical comedy film starring Cha Tae-hyun as an aspiring rocker who achieves success as a masked trot singer.[2]
A remake of the 1997 Japanese film Sharan Q Takes Center Stage of Enka (シャ乱Qの演歌の花道, Sharan Q no enka no hanamichi),[3] Highway Star was a modest hit at the box office, receiving 1,611,192 admissions and earning US$11.7 million.[4][5][6]
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