How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men

2006 South Korean film

November 16, 2006 (2006-11-16)

Running time

110 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKoreanBox officeUS$2.5 million

How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men (Korean: 애정결핍이 두 남자에게 미치는 영향; RR: Aejeong gyeolpibi du namja-ege michineun yeonghyang) is a 2006 South Korean film.

Plot

Dong Chol-dong is a widower who lives with his only son, Dong-hyun. Chol-dong makes his living by blackmailing companies for their immoral activities, and in his spare time devotes himself to such activities as measuring the length of toilet paper, so he can sue the paper company if it is shorter than advertised. His son, Dong-hyun, is a bully who will go to any lengths to get what he wants. The lives of these two men take a turn when a divorced woman, Oh Mi-mi, rents a room in their house. Both fall in love with her, and they turn on each other to win her heart.

Cast

Baek Yoon-sik as Dong Chol-dong
Bong Tae-gyu as Dong-hyun
Lee Hye-young as Oh Mi-mi
Ahn Gil-kang as bakery man
Jung Woo as ignorant
Do Yoon-joo as laundry man
Kim Do-yeon as Miss Yang
Woo Hyeon as supermarket man
Hwang Seok-jeong as supermarket woman

Release

How the Lack of Love Affects Two Men was released in South Korea on 16 November 2006,^[1] and on its opening weekend topped the box office with 179,489 admissions.^[2] The film went on to receive a total of 593,277 admissions nationwide,^[1] with a gross (as of 26 November 2006) of $2,470,615.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Box-Office Admission Results" (2006). Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.
^ "Korean Box Office" (Week-end 2006.11.17 ~ 2006.11.19). HanCinema. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.
^ "South Korea Box Office November 24–26, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 7 December 2008.