Hellcats (film)

Hellcats
Hellcats
Korean name
Hangul	뜨거운 것이 좋아
Revised Romanization	Tteugeoun Geosi Joa
McCune–Reischauer	Ttŭgŏun Kŏsi Choa
Directed by	Kwon Chil-in
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;
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

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

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

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2008	44th Baeksang Arts Awards	Best Actress	Kim Min-hee	Won
	44th Baeksang Arts Awards	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
	17th Buil Film Awards	Best Editing	Kim Sun-min	Won
	7th Korean Film Awards	Best Actress	Kim Min-hee	Nominated

References

^ "Korean Film Observatory: Quarterly Herald about the Film Industry and Policy in Korea". 2007.
^ 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.
^ 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

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

[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.

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