Cheer Up, Mr. Lee

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Cheer Up, Mr. Lee
Cheer Up, Mr. Lee 2019.jpg
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Hangul
힘을 내요, 미스터 리
Revised Romanization Hi-meul Nae-yo, Mi-seu-teo Ri
Directed by Lee Gae-byok
Written byKim Hee-jin
Jang Yoon-mi
Lee Gae-byok
Produced by Syd Lim
Kim Jeong-bok
Starring
CinematographyKim Jeong-won
Music by Bang Jun-seok
Production
company
Yong Film
Distributed by Next Entertainment World
Release date
  • September 11, 2019 (2019-09-11)
Running time
111 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩8.9 billion [1]
Box officeUS$8.7 million [2] [3]

Cheer Up, Mr. Lee is a 2019 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Lee Gae-byok. The film stars Cha Seung-won, Um Chae-young, Park Hae-joon, Kim Hye-ok, Ahn Gil-kang, Jeon Hye-bin and Ryu Han-bi. [4]

Contents

Plot

Cheol-Soo (Cha Seung-Won) is physically fit and handsome, but has intellectual disabilities. He finds out that he has a daughter, Saet-Byeol (Um Chae-Young), that he never knew existed.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on June 23, 2018, and wrapped on September 22, 2018. [5]

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