200 Pounds Beauty

2006 South Korean film August 2025 200poundsbeauty.jpg Promotional poster ^미녀는 괴로워 美女는 괴로워 Beauty Is Painful Kim Yong-hwa Park Mu-seung Won Dong-yeon Bang Chu-sung Kim Yong-hwa Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! Yumiko Suzuki Kim Ah-joong Joo Jin-mo Park Gok-ji Jeong Jin-hee Park Hyun-cheol Lee Jae-hak REALies Pictures KM Culture Showbox 2006 12 14 120 minutes South Korea Korean 4 million 42 millionMi-nyeo-neun Gwae-ro-wo (200 Pounds Beauty) (2006) https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr1397253/ Box Office Mojo May 21, 2015 May 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150521165932/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2006W51&id=_fMINYEONEUNGWAERO01 live 200 Pounds Beauty (미녀는 괴로워 Beauty Is Painful) is a 2006 South Korean musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa.Yang Seong-hee On the big screen, being thin still rules http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2871589 Korea JoongAng Daily May 21, 2015 January 25, 2007 May 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150521180640/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2871589 live It is based on the Japanese manga series Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! カンナさん大成功です! by Yumiko Suzuki about an overweight ghost singer who undergoes intensive plastic surgery to become a pop sensation.Park Soo-mee DVD Review: The heavy price of feminine beauty http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2874808 Korea JoongAng Daily May 21, 2015 April 25, 2007 May 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150521175810/http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=2874808 live The film was a critical and commercial success.Nigel D'Sa 200 Pounds Beauty Weighs in at the Box Office http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=581 Korean Film Biz Zone May 21, 2015 February 6, 2007 May 21, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150521164833/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/news/news.jsp?mode=VIEW&seq=581 live It was the third best-selling domestic film of 2006 with 6,619,498 admissions nationwide, grossing 42,013,016.Commercial Releases in 2006: Box-Office Admission Results http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2006.html#boxoffice Koreanfilm.org May 21, 2015 July 27, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170727211935/http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2006.html#boxoffice livePaquet Darcy 200 Pounds Beauty http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#200pounds Koreanfilm.org August 6, 2012 January 15, 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250115015424/http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm06.html#200pounds live 200 Pounds Beauty also received several awards and nominations, including Best Actress for Kim Ah-joong at the 2007 Grand Bell Awards.200 Pounds Beauty – Awards http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/200poundsbeauty/recompenses.html Cinemasie May 21, 2015 August 8, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170808154706/http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/200poundsbeauty/recompenses.html live Plot Hanna Kang is an obese phone sex part-timer and a ghost singer for Ammy, a famous pop singer who actually lip syncs her songs instead of singing live. Hanna has a crush on Sang-jun Han, a director whose arrogant father Choi Han owns the record label Ammy is signed to. One day, Ammy sends Hanna an outfit supposedly from Sang-jun to wear to his birthday party, and wears the same outfit there just to humiliate her. While crying in the restroom, Hanna overhears Sang-jun tell Ammy to be nice to her in order to keep using her voice. Heartbroken, Hanna attempts suicide but is interrupted by a phone call from one of her phone sex clients, plastic surgeon Kong-hak Lee, and persuades him to perform extensive plastic surgery on her. After a year of seclusion while recovering from the surgery, Hanna is so incredibly beautiful and slender that even her best friend Jung-min Park cannot recognize her at first. With Jung-min's help, Hanna reinvents herself as a Korean-American from California named Jenny. After re-auditioning to be Ammy's secret vocalist, she earns her own recording contract instead. Meanwhile, Ammy fears her own inability to sing will be exposed if the release of her second album is delayed. She desperately tries to find Hanna by spending time with Hanna's father who is suffering with Alzheimer's, but Sang-jun orders her to give up her search, threatening to terminate her contract if she does not stop. After many encounters with Jenny, they both realize that Jenny is actually Hanna. Jenny's debut single "Maria" becomes a hit and at the release party, Ammy brings Hanna's father in an attempt to blow her cover. Desperate to keep her true identity a secret, Hanna ignores her father, infuriating Jung-min with her indifference. After the party, Sang-jun tells Hanna that he knows who she is, and cannot forgive her for lying to him. Hanna confesses her love for him and reveals she got plastic surgery in order to make him love her back. After realizing how worthless she was to him even as Jenny, Hanna decides that she is better off without him. The next day, Ammy threatens to reveal Hanna's deception unless Sang-jun cancels Hanna's concert. Though Choi agrees, Sang-jun stands up to them and refuses, and encourages a distraught Hanna to do this concert, not for her fans or the record label but for herself. Before performing, Hanna apologizes to Jung-min for her earlier behavior, but Jung-min rebukes Hanna for the way she treated her own father. At the concert, Hanna tearfully confesses to the audience that she was a ghost singer to an ungrateful Ammy while she was overweight, and had extensive plastic surgery and abandoned everything that is dear to her, including her best friend and father, for her career. Sang-jun plays a tape of the old, obese Hanna, singing, which Hanna remarks is the real her. The crowd are moved by her sincere confession and praise her for showing her true self. Hanna reconciles with her father and Jung-min, drops the stage-name Jenny and becomes a highly successful music artist in her own name. Sang-jun realizes that he has always been in love with Hanna, and continues to promote her in hopes of pursuing a relationship with her. Cast Kim Ah-joong as Hanna Kang/Jenny Joo Jin-mo as Sang-jun Han Sung Dong-il as Choi Han Kim Hyun-sook as Jung-min Park Im Hyun-sik as Hanna's father Lee Han-wi as Kong-hak Lee Ji Seo-yun as Ammy Park No-sik as Jenny's fan Lee Beom-soo as Taxi driver (cameo) Kim Yong-gun as Record company CEO (cameo) Lee Won-jong as Fortune teller (cameo) Ryu Seung-soo as Traffic officer (cameo) Awards and nominations 2007 Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Actress – Kim Ah-joong Best Cinematography – Park Hyun-cheol Best Editing – Park Gok-ji Technical Award – Lee Seung-chul (Sound) 2007 Grand Bell Awards Best Actress – Kim Ah-joong Best Cinematography – Park Hyun-cheol Best Music – Lee Jae-hak Nomination – Best Film Nomination – Best Director – Kim Yong-hwa Nomination – Best Editing – Park Gok-ji Nomination – Best Art Direction – Jang Geun-young Nomination – Best Costume Design – Jo Sang-gyeong Nomination – Best Visual Effects – Jeong Seong-jin Nomination – Best Sound – Jeon Sang-jun, Lee Seung-chul 2007 Korea Movie Star Awards Best New Actress – Kim Ah-joong Best Couple Award – Kim Ah-joong and Joo Jin-mo Best Special Appearance – Lee Beom-soo 2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards Nomination – Best Film Nomination – Best Director – Kim Yong-hwa Nomination – Best Actress – Kim Ah-joong Nomination – Best Screenplay – Kim Yong-hwa Nomination – Best Music – Lee Jae-hak 2007 Korean Film Awards Nomination – Best Actress – Kim Ah-joong Nomination – Best Supporting Actress – Kim Hyun-sook Nomination – Best Editing – Park Gok-ji Nomination – Best Music – Lee Jae-hak Nomination – Best Visual Effects – Jeong Seong-jin Soundtrack The soundtrack album was released by KM Culture and SBS Contents Hub on December 13, 2006. The title track is a cover of the Blondie song "Maria," sung in Korean by the film's star, Kim Ah-joong. Director Kim Yong-hwa has been friends with music director Lee Jae-hak since their college days. Lee is a member of the modern rock band Loveholic, which is also featured in the soundtrack. Artist Beautiful Girl Kim Ah-joong 1:49 별 Star Youme 5:02 Maria Kim Ah-joong 3:07 Dance with My Daddy Alex Chu 3:00 You Don't Know I Love You U 4:08 슈퍼스타 Superstar Loveholic 3:19 튜울립 Tulip Venny (Sangsang Band) feat. Jong-hwi 3:19 Miss You Much Youme 3:26 Beautiful Girl (teaser edit) Kim Ah-joong feat. Alex Chu 1:29 바보처럼 Like a Fool Kim Hyung-joong 4:01 별 (original dialog ver.) Star (original dialog ver.) Kim Ah-joong 2:04 References External links http://www.sline2006.com/ ko 07534 200 Pounds Beauty 0940642 200 Pounds Beauty 200_Pounds_Beauty 200 Pounds Beauty Category:2006 films Category:2006 Korean-language films Category:2006 romantic comedy films Category:South Korean romantic comedy films Category:Films about music and musicians Category:Films about obesity Category:Live-action films based on manga Category:Showbox films Category:Films directed by Kim Yong-hwa Category:2006 South Korean films ja:カンナさん大成功です!#映画（韓国版）