My Father

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My Father
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Poster for My Father (2007)
Hangul마이 파더
Revised RomanizationMai padeo
McCune–ReischauerMai p‘adŏ
Directed byHwang Dong-hyuk
Written byHwang Dong-hyuk
Produced bySeok Myeong-hong
Choe Yun
StarringKim Yeong-cheol
Daniel Henney
CinematographyChoe Hyeon-gi
Edited byLee Sang-min
Hahm Sung-won
Music byGang Ho-jeong
Distributed byCineline II Co. Ltd.
Release date
  • September 6, 2007 (2007-09-06)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
English
Box officeUS$6.1 million[1]

My Father (Korean: 마이 파더; RR: Mai Padeo) is a 2007 South Korean film. The film, which is based on a true story, is about an adopted son who is searching for his biological parents in South Korea. During his search he meets his real father, a condemned murderer on death row. Daniel Henney plays the lead role of James, who works as an army captain in the United States Forces Korea. He asks questions of why his father is on death row and finds out things that he always wanted to know. Then he finds more and more truths unravel about his father and his life.[2][3]

The release of the film inspired controversy because the family of the father's victims did not support its production. In its first week on release it topped the South Korean box office sales charts.[4]

The adopted son on whom the story is based is Aaron Bates, a licensed insurance broker for his family's insurance brokerage, Insurance Services of America. He lives and works in Arizona with his wife and two sons. In real life, a DNA test confirmed that the man he met on death row was not his biological father.[5]

Cast[]

References[]

  1. ^ "My Father (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-01-17.
  2. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (6 September 2007). "'Father' Paints Many Faces of Family Love". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  3. ^ McKinney, Evan (29 September 2007). "My Father (2007) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  4. ^ "Daniel Henney and the Real Man Behind His Role in Interview". The Chosun Ilbo. 7 September 2007. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 2012-11-24.
  5. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (9 September 2007). "Inspiration of 'My Father' Speaks About Family, Love". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-24.

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