My Father

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My Father
Poster for My Father (2007)
Hangul	마이 파더
RR	Mai padeo
MR	Mai p‘adŏ
Directed by	Hwang Dong-hyuk[1]
Produced by	Seok Myeong-hong Choe Yun
Written by	Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring	Kim Yeong-cheol Daniel Henney
Music by	Gang Ho-jeong
Cinematography	Choe Hyeon-gi
Editing by	Lee Sang-min Ham Sung-won
Distributed by	Cineline II Co. Ltd.
Release date(s)	September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean English
Admissions	841,838

My Father (마이 파더, Mai Padeo) is a South Korean movie released in 2007.

The movie, which is based on a true story, is about an adopted son who is searching for his biological parents in South Korea. During his search he meets his real father, a condemned murderer on death row. Daniel Henney plays the lead role of James, who works as a volunteer in the United States armed forces in Korea. He asks questions of why his father is on death row and finds out things that he always wanted to know. Then he finds more and more truths unravel about his father and his life.

The release of the movie inspired controversy because the family of the father's victims did not support its production. In its first week on release it topped the South Korean box office sales charts.^[2]

Cast

• Kim Yeong-cheol... Hwang Nam-cheol^[3]
• Daniel Henney... James Parker
• Ahn Suk-hwan... Jang Min-ho
• Richard Riehle... John Parker
• Ilene Graff... Nancy Parker
• Kim In-kwon... Shin Yo-seob
• Choi Jong-ryul... Moon Shin-bu
• Jeon Guk-hwan... Kim
• Lee Sang-hee... Park
• Son Jin-hwan... Thief
• Bae Ho-geun... Hyeon-shik
• Bak Gyeong-geun... Haeng Sang-nam

Notes

1. ^ Infobox data from "My Father (My Father) (2007)" (in English). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=08927. Retrieved 2008-01-16.  and My Father (2007) at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ "Daniel Henney and the Real Man Behind His Role in Interview". The Chosun Ilbo. 2007-09-07. Archived from the original on 2008-01-03. http://web.archive.org/web/20080103110130/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200709/200709070010.html. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 
3. ^ Cast listing based on "My Father (My Father) (2007)" (in English). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=08927. Retrieved 2008-01-17.  and "마이 파더 - My Father (My Father) (2007)" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=08927. Retrieved 2008-01-17. 

External links

• McKinney, Evan. "My Father (2007) Movie Review" (in English). beyondhollywood.com. http://www.beyondhollywood.com/my-father-2007-movie-review. Retrieved 2008-01-16. 
• My Father (2007) at the Internet Movie Database
• My Father at HanCinema
• "My Father (My Father) (2007)" (in English). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=08927. Retrieved 2008-01-16.