Mr. Handy, Mr. Hong

Mr. Handy Mr. Hong
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
어디선가 누군가에 무슨 일이 생기면 틀림없이 나타난다 홍반장
Literal meaningIf something happens to someone somewhere, he'll definitely show up, Hong Banjang
Revised RomanizationEodiseonga Nugungae Museun Iri Saenggimyeon Teullimeopsi Natananda Hong Banjang
McCune–ReischauerŎdisŏn'ga Nugun'gae Musŭn Iri Saenggimyŏn T'ŭllimŏpshi Nat'ananda Hong Panchang
Directed byKang Seok-beom
Written by
  • Kang Seok-beom
  • Shin Jeong-goo
Screenplay byLee Yun-jin
Produced by
  • Kim Du-chan
  • Seo Jeong
  • Song Su-geun
Starring
CinematographyJang Joon-young
Edited byHam Seong-won
Music by
  • Lee Wook-hyeon
  • Song Min-goo
  • Seo Hyun-il
Production
company
Zenith Cinema
Distributed byPlenus Cinema
Release date
  • March 12, 2004 (2004-03-12)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Mr Handy Mr Hong (Korean: 어디선가 누군가에 무슨 일이 생기면 틀림없이 나타난다 홍반장; RR: eodiseonga nugunga-e museun il-i saeng-gimyeon teullim-eobs-i natananda hongbanjang; lit. "If something happens to someone somewhere, he'll definitely show up, Hong Banjang) is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy. The movie's long title was inspired by the opening theme song of the Japanese anime Astroganger[1] and is currently the second longest title for a Korean film.[2]

Starring Kim Joo-hyeok and Uhm Jung-hwa, this film was their second project after their previous film Singles.[3] It was released on cinema on March 12, 2004.[1] This film got around 830,000 movie-goers.[3]

In August 2005, it was screened in Nagoya, Sapporo, Tokyo and Osaka, as part of Cinema Korea 2005. It was an event to introduce Korean Cinema to Japanese fans.[4]

  1. ^ a b "[새영화] 12일 개봉 '...홍반장'" [[New Movie] Released on the 12th '... Hong Banjang']. Naver News (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyeong-seok (2004-04-07). "[이형석 기자의 영화지식 검색] 제일 긴 영화 제목은 '대학로에서...'27자" [[Reporter Lee's movie knowledge search] The longest movie is called "Daehak-ro..."27 letters]. entertain.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  3. ^ a b Yang, Hyeong-seok (2021-10-29). "순수한 매력이 일품인 '홍반장', 우린 그가 그립다" ['Chief Hong', with his pure charm, we miss him]. OhmyStar (in Korean). Retrieved 2022-12-02.
  4. ^ "미개봉 한국영화 상영 '시네마 코리아 2005' 日관객 호응". 스타뉴스 (in Korean). 2005-08-21. Retrieved 2022-12-02.