Hwang Jin Yi | |
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Directed by | Chang Yoon-hyun |
Written by | Kim Hyun-jung |
Based on | Hwangjini by Hong Seok-jung |
Produced by | Lee Chun-yeon Jo Seong-won Hwang Gyeong-seong |
Starring | Song Hye-kyo Yoo Ji-tae |
Cinematography | Choi Young-taek |
Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
Music by | Won Il |
Distributed by | Cine-2000 |
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Running time | 141 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Budget | US$7,200,000 |
Box office | US$8,511,147[1] |
Hwang Jin Yi (Korean: 황진이) is a 2007 South Korean biographical drama film directed by Chang Yoon-hyun. Based on Hong Seok-jung's 2002 novel Hwangjini (which won the Manhae Prize for Literature in 2004), the film is about the life of Hwang Jin-yi, the most famous courtesan (or "gisaeng") in Korean history, starring Song Hye-kyo in the title role.[2][3]