Helpless (2012 film)

Helpless
Hangul
화차
Hanja
火車
Revised RomanizationHwacha
McCune–ReischauerHwach'a
Directed byByun Young-joo
Written byByun Young-joo
Based onAll She Was Worth
by Miyabe Miyuki
Produced byShin Hye-eun
Oh Ki-min
StarringLee Sun-kyun
Kim Min-hee
Jo Sung-ha
CinematographyKim Dong-young
Edited byPark Gok-ji
Music byKim Hong-jib
Production
companies
Boim Pictures
Filament Pictures
Distributed byCJ E&M
Release date
  • March 8, 2012 (2012-03-08)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office₩18.5 billion
(US$16.2 million)[1]

Helpless (Korean: 화차; RR: Hwacha) is a 2012 South Korean psychological thriller film written and directed by Byun Young-joo based on the bestselling novel All She Was Worth (火車) by Japanese writer Miyabe Miyuki.[2][3]

A man searches for his fiancée who vanished without a trace, only to discover dark, shocking truths about her.[4][5][6]

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  2. ^ Lee, Claire (8 March 2012). "Director explores financial, social horrors". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Helpless". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ^ "Helpless (2012)". The Chosun Ilbo. 9 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ^ "Box Office". The Korea Herald. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. ^ "Now Showing". The Korea Times. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2012-11-18.