Boat (Korean: 보트, translit. Boteu; Japanese: ノーボーイズ、ノークライ, alt. title No Boys, No Cry, formerly known as House) is a 2009 film directed by Kim Young-nam and starring Ha Jung-woo and Satoshi Tsumabuki in the lead roles. It is a South Korean-Japanese co-production.[3] The film charts the experiences and cross cultural friendship of a couple of smugglers.
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Directed by | Kim Young-nam |
Written by | Aya Watanabe |
Produced by | Osaumo Kubota Lee Juno Min Jung-hwan |
Starring | Ha Jung-woo Tsumabuki Satoshi |
Cinematography | Takahiro Tsutai |
Edited by | Kim Hyeong-ju |
Music by | Park Ji-woong |
Production companies | IMJ Pictures Kraze Pictures |
Distributed by | Showbox Mediaplex Phantom Film |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
Countries | Japan South Korea |
Languages | Japanese Korean |
Box office | ₩13,748[1] $69,314[2] |
Plot
editHyung-gu, a young smuggler, was raised by his boss Bo-kyeong after his mother left him when he was six years old. Hyung-gu's boss asks him to work with a Japanese man named Toru; Toru needs the money to support his younger sister. Hyung-gu and Toru are forced to live on Hyung-gu's boat and kidnap a Korean woman named Ji-su, which leads to trouble.
Cast
edit- Ha Jung-woo as Hyung-gu
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Toru
- Cha Soo-yeon as Ji-su
- Shihori Kanjiya as Toru's ex-girlfriend
- Eri Tokunaga as Toru's younger sister
- Lee Dae-yeon as Bo-kyeong
- Tasuku Emoto as Takashi
- Morio Agata
- Kim Bu-seon
References
edit- ^ "Korean Movie Reviews for 2009" koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04
- ^ "Box office by Country: Boat Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04
- ^ "Boat (2009) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. December 6, 2009. Archived from the original on September 14, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-03.
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