Waikiki Brothers
Contents |
User Rating
Current user rating: 71/100 (4 votes)
Profile
- Movie: Waikiki Brothers
- Revised romanization: Waikiki Beuradeoseu
- Hangul: 와이키키 브라더스
- Director: Soonrye Yim
- Writer: Soonrye Yim
- Producer: Lee Eun, Seok Dong-Joon, Ha Sung-Keun
- Cinemotagraphy: Choi Jee-Yul
- Release Date: October 27, 2001
- Runtime: 109 min.
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Synopsis
Waikiki Brothers is a band going nowhere. After another depressing gig, the saxophonist quits, leaving the three remaining members - lead singer and guitarist Sungwoo, keyboardist Jungsuk, and drummer Kangsoo, to continue on the road. The band ends up at Sungwoo's hometown, Suanbo, which was a popular hot spring resort in the '80s. The main resort now is the Waikiki Hotel, and their gig at the hotel nightclub starts well, until Jungsuk and Kangsoo start to play out their worst vices. For Sungwoo, the calm center of the band, the return home is filled with reservations of disappointments and a lost love. He reunites with his old high school friends, the original Waikiki Brothers, and finds them far from happy. He runs into Inhee, his unrequited first love. Now widowed, she seems desperate to try their relationship again. Sungwoo also runs into his old music teacher, Byungjoo, and tries to help him get work. But the band is fired from the nightclub and Sungwoo is forced to perform in karaoke bars. And, then, tragedy strikes in an accident.
Cast
|
|
|
|
|
| Eol Lee | Park Won-Sang | Hwang Jung-Min | Oh Gwang-Rok | Ryoo Seung-Bum |
| Sung-Woo | Jung-Suk | Kang-Su | Hyun-Gu | Gi-Tae |
|
|
|
|
|
| Oh Ji-Hye | Park Hae-Il | Kim Jong-Eon | Jeong Dae-Yong | Moon Hye-Won |
| In-Hee | Sung-Woo (young) | Su-Chul (young) | Min-Soo | In-Hee (young) |
Additional Cast Members:
- Joo Jin-Mo
- Lee Dong-Yong
- Lee Min-Ho - In-Ki (young)
- Lee Bong-Kyu - manager
- Han Ki-Joong - Min-Soo
Film Festivals
- 2008 (3rd) Korean Film Festival In Paris - December 17th-23th - Feature Films
