''Honey Sweet'' () is a 2023 South Korean
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...
film directed by
Lee Han
Lee Han (born 1970) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. He is best known for the coming-of-age film ''Punch'', which became one of the biggest hits on the South Korean box office in 2011.
Career
Lee Han graduated from Hanyang Un ...
, starring
Yoo Hae-jin
Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
Career
As a child, Yoo Hae-jin would often slip in through the backdoor of a cultural center near his home to watch events that were being held there. After seeing a play in eighth gra ...
,
Kim Hee-sun
Kim Hee-sun (born June 11, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s with leading roles in television series such as ''Men of the Bath House'' (1995), ''Propose'' (1997), ''Wedding Dress'' (1997), ''Forever Yours'' (1998), ' ...
,
Cha In-pyo
Cha In-pyo (; born October 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor and director.
Early life
Cha graduated from Rutgers University in the U.S. with a degree in economics. His father ran a shipping company and had intended for Cha to take over the f ...
,
Jin Seon-kyu
Jin Seon-kyu (born September 13, 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles on the big screen, such as '' The Outlaws'' (2017) and ''Extreme Job'' (2019). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards ...
and
Han Sun-hwa
Han Sun-hwa (born October 6, 1990), also known mononymously as Sunhwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She made her television debut in 2004 while participating in SBS' ''Sup ...
. It was released on August 15, 2023. It was invited at the
28th Busan International Film Festival
8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9.
In mathematics
8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
* a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...
in 'Korean Cinema Today - Panorama' section and will be screened on October 5, 2023.
Synopsis
Chi-ho (
Yoo Hae-jin
Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
Career
As a child, Yoo Hae-jin would often slip in through the backdoor of a cultural center near his home to watch events that were being held there. After seeing a play in eighth gra ...
) is a genius confectionery researcher with 100% innate sense of taste and 0% sense of reality. Il-young (
Kim Hee-sun
Kim Hee-sun (born June 11, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s with leading roles in television series such as ''Men of the Bath House'' (1995), ''Propose'' (1997), ''Wedding Dress'' (1997), ''Forever Yours'' (1998), ' ...
), a world-positive mind who only knows about going straight, appears in front of Chi-Ho, who only knows about sweets. Chi-ho starts to know the new taste of life. On top of that, there is the shameless and immature older brother Seok-ho (
Cha In-pyo
Cha In-pyo (; born October 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor and director.
Early life
Cha graduated from Rutgers University in the U.S. with a degree in economics. His father ran a shipping company and had intended for Cha to take over the f ...
), the narcissistic pastry company president Byeong-hun (
Jin Seon-kyu
Jin Seon-kyu (born September 13, 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles on the big screen, such as '' The Outlaws'' (2017) and ''Extreme Job'' (2019). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards ...
), Chi-ho also has been intertwined with Eun-suk (
Han Sun-hwa
Han Sun-hwa (born October 6, 1990), also known mononymously as Sunhwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She made her television debut in 2004 while participating in SBS' ''Sup ...
) due to her unpredictable overindulgence. His life, which used to be a treadmill every day, begins to be covered with a variety of changes.
Cast
*
Yoo Hae-jin
Yoo Hae-jin (born January 4, 1970) is a South Korean actor.
Career
As a child, Yoo Hae-jin would often slip in through the backdoor of a cultural center near his home to watch events that were being held there. After seeing a play in eighth gra ...
as Chi-ho
*
Kim Hee-sun
Kim Hee-sun (born June 11, 1977) is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in the 1990s with leading roles in television series such as ''Men of the Bath House'' (1995), ''Propose'' (1997), ''Wedding Dress'' (1997), ''Forever Yours'' (1998), ' ...
as Il-yeong
*
Cha In-pyo
Cha In-pyo (; born October 14, 1967) is a South Korean actor and director.
Early life
Cha graduated from Rutgers University in the U.S. with a degree in economics. His father ran a shipping company and had intended for Cha to take over the f ...
as Seok-ho
*
Jin Seon-kyu
Jin Seon-kyu (born September 13, 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles on the big screen, such as '' The Outlaws'' (2017) and ''Extreme Job'' (2019). He won Best Supporting Actor award at the 38th Blue Dragon Film Awards ...
as Byeong-hun
*
Han Sun-hwa
Han Sun-hwa (born October 6, 1990), also known mononymously as Sunhwa, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a former member of the South Korean girl group Secret. She made her television debut in 2004 while participating in SBS' ''Sup ...
as Eun-sook
*
Jung Da-eun as Jin-ju
Special appearance
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Jung Woo-sung
Jung Woo-sung (born March 20, 1973) is a South Korean actor and the first Korean UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
Jung started his career as a fashion model, rising to stardom and teenage cult status with the gangster movie '' Beat'' (1997), for which ...
as A landowner
*
Im Si-wan
Yim Si-wan (; born on December 1, 1988), known mononymously as Siwan, is a South Korean singer and actor. He is a member of the South Korean boyband ZE:A and its sub-group ZE:A Five. As an actor, he is best known for starring in the film ''The ...
as The Man
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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Honey Sweet' at
IMDb
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2023 films
2023 romantic comedy films
2020s Korean-language films
2020s South Korean films
South Korean comedy-drama films
South Korean romantic comedy films
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