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My Father

Genre
Drama
Running Time
107 Minutes
Released
6 September, 2007
My Father

My Father 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. 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. 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.

Director Hwang Dong-hyuk
Produced by Seok Myeong-hong, Choe Yun
Writer(s) Hwang Dong-hyuk
Starring Kim Yeong-cheol, Daniel Henney
Music Gang Ho-jeong
Cinematography Choe Hyeon-gi
Edited by Lee Sang-min, Hahm Sung-won
Distributed by Cineline II Co. Ltd.
Released September 06, 2007
Running time 109 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean, English
Box office US$ 6.1 million

Informazioni su My Father

Based on a true story, an adopted man searches for his biological parents in South Korea. He eventually meets his real father, a condemned murderer on death row.

Realizzazione di My Father

The adopted son on whom the story is based is Aaron Bates, an insurance broker who lives in Arizona with his family.

Ultime informazioni su My Father aggiornate a 28 Luglio 2021.