Shim's Family

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Movie: Shim's Family / Skeletons In The Closet
Revised romanization: Johji-anihanga
Hangul: 좋지 아니한가
Director: Jeong Yoon-Chul
Assistant Director: Lee Jeong-Ho
Writer: Jeong Yoon-Chul
Producer: Joo-sung Kim
Cinematographer: Yoon-man Choi
Release Date: March 01, 2007
Runtime: 114 min
Production Budget: US$ 2M
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

The Shims would be in the top five for being indifferent and apathetic for each other and in the top three for lack of love in a family. The five members of the family have absolutely no common ground. The family consists of the cheap, stubborn mom (Moon Hee-Kyeong) and the father (Cheon Ho-Jin) who is down because of her, their son Yong-tae (Yu Ah-In) who thinks he was a king in his past life and their daughter Yong-sun (Hwang Bo-Ra) to whom existence itself is a mystery, and the out of work comic book writer aunt (Kim Hye-Su). Because they share the same blood, they all live awkwardly together in one house. And they wonder time and time again…why they have to live together when they don’t even love each other…

One day, the Shims come face to face with calamity. Mom falls for a guy at the karaoke shop (LEE Ki-woo), Yong-sun meets a teacher (Park Hae-Il) who is more of a mystery than she is, and Yong-tae falls in love with the worst girl (Jeong Yu-Mi) in the universe. But most shocking is Mr. Shim, who is second to none at being cautious and straitlaced, and his most obscene incident! To make matters worst, Yong-gu their playboy dog gets a pure pedigree pup pregnant and the Shims fall in a calamity that could almost make one die from embarrassment….

Cast



Cheon Ho-Jin	Moon Hee-Kyeong	Kim Hye-Su	Yoo Ah-In	Hwang Bo-Ra
Shim Chang-su (dad)	Hee-kyung (mom)	Mi-kyung (aunt)	Yong-tae (son)	Yong-sun (daughter)



Park Hae-Il	Lim Hyeok-Pil	Lee Ki-Woo	Jung Yu-Mi
Kyung-ho	Sung-sik	Jin-sung	Ha-eun

Additional Cast Members:

Son Kwang-Eop
Jo Deok-Hyeon
Lee Mi-Do
Woo Ki-Hong
Kim Bo-Young - English teacher
Park Hyun-Young - Heo Jang-Ran
Ha Yu-Mi - middle aged man's second daughter
Kim Bo-Ra - riverside student
Hong Gyung-Yun - middle aged man's wife

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Film Festivals

2011 (2nd) Korean Film Festival in Australia - August 24-29, 2011

Comments

Comment #1
umeboshigaru Says:
Jun 09 2011 8:16 pm

This film is very funny and shows very well familiars aspects of today's korean society delivering the stories of Shim's family.
It is not just a comedy but reflects what it is like to live in Korea in such a big and awkward group of family members.