Sunny

"The sunniest moment of our lives."

2011 2h 16m KO

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7.8

BANGER

★7.8TMDB · 196

DramaComedy

Synopsis

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Seven girls become good friends in high school, then events pull them apart for 25 years. When one of the friends lies dying in a hospital, she wishes to see each of them one last time.

“The sunniest moment of our lives.”

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Cast

Yoo Ho-jeong
Na-mi
Shim Eun-kyung
Young Na-mi
Jin Hee-kyung
Choon-hwa
Kang So-ra
Young Choon-hwa
Koh Soo-hee
Jang-mi
Kim Min-young
Young Jang-mi
Hong Jin-hee
Jin-hee
Park Jin-joo
Young Jin-hee

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kang Hyoung-chul
Writers: Kang Hyoung-chul
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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MONEY

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Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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MONEY

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Grossed $48M — a 13.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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ERA

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Released 15 years ago.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kang Hyoung-chul, shot by Lee Hyung-deok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kim Jun-seok. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nam Na-young shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Yoo Ho-jeong and Shim Eun-kyung and Jin Hee-kyung carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The sunniest moment of our lives.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kang Hyoung-chul directs. Lee Hyung-deok behind the camera. Kim Jun-seok scores. Nam Na-young cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $3.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $48M — a 13.5× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
3Released 15 years ago.
4Directed by Kang Hyoung-chul, shot by Lee Hyung-deok. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Kim Jun-seok. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nam Na-young shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Yoo Ho-jeong and Shim Eun-kyung and Jin Hee-kyung carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "The sunniest moment of our lives.".
9IMDB entry: tt1937339 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lee Hyung-deok
Original score: Kim Jun-seok
Editing: Nam Na-young
Production design: Lee Yo-han
Costume design: Chae Kyung-hwa
Makeup / hair: Yoon Hwang-jik
VFX supervisor: Baek Sang-hoon
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $3,550,000
Box office: $48,000,000
Return: 1352% of budget
Original language: KO
IMDB: Sunny (2011)

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badelf2023-01-03
★ 8/10
This is a fantastic film. It reminds me a lot of a Hamaguchi in that it is a women-centric story about relationships. But the resemblance ends there. This is an epic film about the survival and meaning of friendship that has humor, pathos, drama and even a touch of magic surrealism. If anything I've mentioned is up your alley, then don't pass on this one.

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