Bestseller
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul
Revised RomanizationBeseuteuselleo
McCune–ReischauerPesŭt'ŭsellŏ
Directed byLee Jeong-ho
Written byLee Jeong-ho
Produced byKim Won-guk
StarringUhm Jung-hwa
Ryu Seung-ryong
CinematographyChoi Young-hwan
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byKim Jun-seong
Production
companies
EchoFilm
Daisy Entertainment
Cinergy
Distributed byShowbox
Release date
  • April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3.6 million
Box officeUS$7.27 million

Bestseller (Korean: 베스트셀러; RR: Beseuteuselleo) is a 2010 South Korean mystery thriller film written and directed by Lee Jeong-ho.[1][2][3][4][5]

Plot

Baek Hee-soo has been a bestselling author for the past 20 years. But her reputation gets destroyed overnight when she is accused of plagiarizing a competition entry she'd previously judged. Battling depression and writer's block in the two years since, Hee-soo accepts the suggestion of her longtime publisher friend to stay at a remote country home in a small, rural town with her daughter Yeon-hee, where she'll be able to write in peace. Then Yeon-hee tells her mother that a mysterious, invisible woman in the house has been telling her stories, and Hee-soo turns those fascinating stories into a new book. It becomes an instant bestseller, but Hee-soo's regained fame doesn't last long as she becomes embroiled in another plagiarism scandal, with rumors swirling that the contents of her book are from a novel that had been published 10 years ago. To prove her innocence, Hee-soo sets out to uncover the truth and find who her daughter was talking to.

Cast

  • Uhm Jung-hwa as Baek Hee-soo
  • Ryu Seung-ryong as Park Young-joon
  • Lee Do-kyeong as Manager/Chan-sik's father
  • Cho Jin-woong as Chan-sik
  • Lee Sung-min as Editor
  • Kim Hwa-young as Director Song
  • Park Sa-rang as Yeon-hee
  • Choi Mu-seong as Middle-aged man 1
  • Jo Hee-bong as Middle-aged man 2
  • Oh Jung-se as Middle-aged man 3
  • Yeo Moo-young as Doctor
  • Kim Hong-pa as Resident 1
  • Go In-beom as Resident 2
  • Kim Choon-gi as Resident 3
  • Seo Yi-sook as Author's daughter
  • Lee Da-eun as Choi Soo-jin
  • Lee Yeon as young Chan-sik
  • Ha Dae-ro as young Man 1
  • Kim Dae-young as young Man 3
  • Lee Yong-nyeo as Talk show host
  • Choi Kang-hee as Whispers (voice cameo)

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Sung, So-young (19 March 2010). "Eom transforms herself again". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Press conference for film Bestseller: Uhm Jung-hwa says "want a husband like Ryu Seung-ryong"". 10Asia. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Cho, Jae-eun (23 April 2010). "Jumble of genres won't make this film a Bestseller". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bestseller knocks out Titans from top of box office". 10Asia. 26 April 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Korean film Bestseller in talks for Hollywood remake". 10Asia. 12 April 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
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