Hellcats (film)

2008 South Korean film

Hellcats

Korean name
Hangul|

뜨거운 것이 좋아

Revised Romanization| Tteugeoun Geosi Joa
McCune–Reischauer| Ttŭgŏun Kŏsi Choa
Directed by| Kwon Chil-in[1]
Written by| Kim Hyun-soo
Kim Soo-ah
Park Hye-ryun
Produced by| Kang Woo-suk
Kim Eun-young
Starring|

* Lee Mi-sook
* Kim Min-hee
* Ahn So-hee

Cinematography| Jo Yong-gyu
Edited by| Kim Sun-min
Distributed by| Cinema Service

Release date

* January 17, 2008 (2008-01-17)

Running time

| 114 minutes
Country| South Korea
Language| Korean

Hellcats (Korean: 뜨거운 것이 좋아; RR: Tteugeoun Geosi Joa; lit. "I Like It Hot" or "Some Like It Hot") is a 2008 South Korean romantic comedy film about an extended family of three women from different generations—the fortysomething interior designer Young-mi (Lee Mi-sook), the 27-year old screenwriter Ah-mi (Kim Min-hee), and the high school student Kang-ae (Ahn So-hee) -- who are all engaged in dilemmas regarding love and sex.[2][3]

## Plot

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27-year-old Ah-mi is a freelance screenwriter, and she's on her 17th rewrite for a screenplay that has been in the works for over a year. For the past 3 years, she's been living with her older sister Young-mi because she can't afford rent on her own. Ah-mi dreams of success and independence, but these seem far-off. She has a boyfriend named Won-suk, a member of a struggling rock band, who is mostly broke. Then one day, she goes out on a blind date and a new guy, Seung-won, enters her life. Seung-won is a successful accountant, and is very different from Won-suk.

Meanwhile, 40-year-old Young-mi is a happy, independent single mother and interior designer. She begins working with a theatre company where she meets a much younger actor named Kyoung-soo, who takes a romantic interest in her. But even her sexy, confident self gets insecure when on her next doctor's visit, she learns that she's undergoing menopause.

There is also Young-mi's teenage daughter, Kang-ae. She is a bright, optimistic high school student, whose current goal in life is to figure out a way to get a kiss from her boyfriend of three years, Ho-jae. Kang-ae's best friend, Mi-ran, a self-proclaimed dating expert, coaches Kang-ae in matters of love. Mi-ran helps Kang-ae plan a strategy for her first kiss, but their scheme goes haywire, and Kang-ae's first kiss ends up being with Mi-ran.

Although different in age, attitude about life, and dating preferences, the three women each learn to find their own unique way to happiness.

## Cast

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* Lee Mi-sook as Kim Young-mi
* Kim Min-hee as Kim Ah-mi
* Ahn So-hee as Kim Kang-ae
* Kim Sung-soo as Oh Seung-won
* Kim Heung-soo as Na Won-suk
* Yoon Hee-seok as Choi Kyung-soo
* Kang Hae-in as Yoo Mi-ran
* Kim Bum as Lee Ho-jae
* Jang Hang-jun as Director Ahn
* Park Kwang-jung as Gynecologist
* Jung In-gi as Cafe owner
* Oh Yeon-ah as Woman in Na Won-suk's workshop
* Lee Myeong-haeng as Travel agency friend
* Kim Gyeong-hyeong as Customer
* Moon Se-yoon as Ah-mi's hairstylist
* Jun-seong Kim as Young-mi's nail artist
* Lee Eun-sung as Kang-ae's cosmetics staff member

## Awards and nominations

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Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result

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2008 | 44th Baeksang Arts Awards | Best Actress | Kim Min-hee | Won
Best New Actor | Kim Heung-soo | Nominated
9th Busan Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Kim Min-hee | Won
17th Buil Film Awards | Best New Actress | Ahn So-hee | Nominated
Best Editing | Kim Sun-min | Won
7th Korean Film Awards | Best Actress | Kim Min-hee | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ "Korean Film Observatory: Quarterly Herald about the Film Industry and Policy in Korea". 2007.
2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 January 2008). "Hellcats Is Charmingly Off-Tune". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
3. ^ Yang, Sung-jin (8 January 2008). "Hellcats rejects men, holds girl-only party". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2014-01-20.

## External links

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* Official website (in Korean)
* Hellcats at HanCinema
* Hellcats at IMDb
* Hellcats at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)

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