''Handphone'' () is 2009 South Korean

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre ...

Plot

Talent manager Seung-min sees Yoon Jin-ah, a rising actress, as his one last hope to turn his life around. Just as Jin-ah is on the path to stardom, he receives a threat from her former lover and gets her sex clip on his phone. Seung-min tracks down the culprit and retrieves the tape but ends up losing his phone. He realizes there is one last evidence of the sex tape on his phone and anxiously looks for it. Yi-gyu, who found Seung-min's phone, calls Seung-min's wife and asks her to come pick it up. On the night the phone was supposed to be returned, Yi-gyu doesn't show up. Now Yi-gyu is the one holding the leverage. Seung-min tries to do everything possible to get back his phone but Yi-gyu's demands are escalating to the point of no return.

Cast

Uhm Tae-woong Uhm Tae-woong (born April 5, 1974) is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut in 1998, but initially struggled to emerge from under the shadow of his older sister, popular singer-actress Uhm Jung-hwa. After several years of small roles an ...

as Oh Seung-min *

Park Yong-woo Park Yong-woo (; born March 16, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Early life Park Yong-woo's father was an engineering professor and his mother was a music teacher. As a child he was shy and expressed himself poorly. Instead, he nurtured his imag ...

as Jung Yi-gyu *

Park Sol-mi Park Sol-mi (born Park Hye-jeong on January 3, 1978) is a South Korean actress. Acting career Park had a minor role in the 1996 series '' Papa'', then made her official debut in MBC's amateur talent contest in 1998.Lee Se-na Lee Se-na (born March 16, 1982) is a South Korean actress. Career She graduated from Yeoju Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree in pottery and film studies from Dongguk University. She debuted in 2007 through an Anycall televis ...

as Yoon Jin-ah *

Kim Nam-gil Kim Nam-gil () is a South Korean actor, producer, director, singer and philanthropist. He is best known from leading roles in disaster blockbuster '' Pandora'' (2016); crime thriller ''Memoir of a Murderer '' (2017); adventure film '' The Pirate ...

as Jang Yoon-ho (Jin-ah's ex-boyfriend) *Hwang Bo-yeon as Kim Dae-jin (Seung-min's assistant) * as Choi (loan shark) * as Choi's bodyguard *

Kim Yu-seok Kim Yu-seok (born 22 September 1966) is a South Korean actor. He starred in the films ''The Power of Kangwon Province'' (1998), ''The Isle'' (2000), ''Possible Changes'' (2005), ''Long and Winding Road'' (2006), and ''Family Matters'' (2006), a ...

as Han Joon-soo (attorney) *

Joo Jin-mo Joo Jin-mo (born Park Jin-tae on 26 September 1974), is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his leading roles in the films '' Happy End'' (1999) in which he won Grand Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor, ''200 Pounds Beauty'' (2006), ...

as Captain Kim *

Seo Woo Seo Woo (born Kim Moon-joo; July 7, 1985) is a South Korean actress. She made her breakthrough with the film '' Crush and Blush'' (2008). She is best known for her roles in the films ''Paju'' and '' The Housemaid'', as well as her roles in the TV ...

as Yi-gyu's sister * as wedding toastmaster *

Kim Gu-ra Kim Hyeon-dong (, born October 3, 1970), better known as his stage name Kim Gu-ra () is a South Korean MC, comedian and radio host. Career He first appeared on television in the 1990s in comedy shows and comedy skits. Kim was blasted by the Ko ...

as radio DJ who interviews Jin-ah *

Jeon Bae-soo Jeon Bae-soo (Korean: 전배수, born 2 June 1970) is a South Korean theatre, film and television actor. He is known for his supporting roles in various TV series and films. His better known works are: 2016 TV series ''The K2'', 2019 romantic c ...

as sound engineer at radio station *

Bong Man-dae Bong Man-dae (born 1970) is a South Korean actor, director, and scriptwriter. He is known as a soft-core porn director. Biography Bong was born in 1970 in Gwangju, South Korea. Before making his mainstream feature film debut in 2003, Bong dire ...

as movie director * as man who lost dog in the store * as mart female employee 2 *Jun In-kul as employee of management company * Kwak Byung-kyu as lead detective *

Tae In-ho Tae In-ho (born Park Sang-yeon; May 2, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He starred in television series such as '' Misaeng: Incomplete Life'' (2014) and '' Descendants of the Sun'' (2016). Filmography Films Television series Web series ...

Unofficial remakes

Two South Indian films have been made whose plots have close resemblance to ''Handphone'', but they are not officially credited as remakes. The films are ''

Chaappa Kurishu ''Chaappa Kurish'' ( ml, ചാപ്പാ കുരിശ്, en, Heads or Tails) is a 2011 Indian Malayalam-language chase thriller film co-written and directed by Sameer Thahir and starring Vineeth Sreenivasan, Fahadh Faasil, Roma Asrani, ...

'' (lit. "Heads or Tails";

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

; 2011) and its remake ''

Pulivaal ''Pulivaal'' () is a 2014 Tamil-language thriller film directed by G. Marimuthu who earlier directed '' Kannum Kannum'', and produced by Sarath Kumar and Listin Stephen. The film stars Vimal, Prasanna, Oviya, Ananya, and Ineya. The film is a r ...

'' ("Tail of Tiger";

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

; 2014) "Chappa Kurishu Malayalam Movie Review"
. ''Kerala9.com''. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-24.

References

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* * * {{Kim Han-min 2009 films 2000s Korean-language films 2000s crime thriller films South Korean crime thriller films South Korean films remade in other languages 2000s South Korean films