Love, Lies (2016 film)

Love, Lies
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
해어화
Hanja
Revised RomanizationHae-eohwa
Directed byPark Heung-sik
Written by
Produced byPark Sun-jin
Starring
CinematographyJo Eun-soo
Edited by
  • Lee Sang-beom
  • Lee Jae-beom
Music byLee Byung-hoon
Production
company
The Lamp
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)
Running time
120 minutes[1]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean,Japanese
Box officeUS$3.4 million (South Korea)[1]

Love, Lies (Korean: 해어화; Hanja: 解語花; RR: Hae-eohwa) is 2016 South Korean period drama film directed by Park Heung-sik, reuniting The Beauty Inside co-stars Han Hyo-joo, Chun Woo-hee and Yoo Yeon-seok. The story takes place in 1943, during the Imperial Japanese occupation of Korea.[2] In the film, best friends Jung So-yul (Han Hyo-joo) and Seo Yeon-hee (Chun Woo-hee) are two of the last remaining gisaeng. Although they enjoy pop music, they are committed to singing jeongga, or classical Korean songs. So-yul's life falls apart when her lover, pop music producer Kim Yoon-woo (Yoo Yeon-seok), falls in love with Yeon-hee and helps her debut as a pop singer. The story follows So-yul's downward spiral as she is heartbroken after getting betrayed by her bestfriend and her lover.

The film was released on April 13, 2016. Critics particularly praised the film for its meticulous reconstruction of 1940s Seoul, with period-correct sets, props, costumes and music.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ a b "Love, Lies (2016)". KoBiz. Korean Film Council. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
  2. ^ Shim Sun-ah (April 7, 2016). "(Yonhap Interview) Han Hyo-joo: My greed as actress drove me to choose 'Love, Lies'". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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