Helpless (2012 film)
Helpless Hangul RRHwacha is a 2012 South Korean psychological mysterythriller written and directed by Byun Youngjoo based on the bestselling novel All She Was Worth , Kasha? , lit. oneway trainfire chariot to hell by Japanese writer Miyabe Miyuki.
South Korea, 2009. A few days before their wedding, veterinarian Jang Munho Lee Sunkyun and his fiancee Kang Seonyeong Kim Minhee pull over for coffee at a motorway rest stop on the way to visiting his parents in Andong, southeast of Seoul. However, when Munho returns to the car, Seonyeong has disappeared and is not reachable on her mobile phone. All he can find is a hairpin in the rest stops toilet. From the mess at her flat in Seoul, it looks as if there has been a breakin. Mystified, Munho then learns from a banker friend, Dongwoo Kim Minjae, that Seonyeong had earlier applied for a bank account but had been turned down when it was discovered she had a history of personal bankruptcy dating back to 2007. Investigating her debt history, Munho finds she had been using someone elses name and identity. He persuades his cousin, Kim Jonggeun Jo Sungha, a former police detective sacked for taking bribes, to help find her. Examining her flat, Jonggeun finds she left no fingerprints, had no friends and claimed her mother died two years ago. It then turns out that the woman Cha Sooyeon whose identity she assumed two years ago had a debt history and has since vanished. Visiting Seonyeongs hometown, Jonggeun hears rumors she killed her mother for her insurance money. Seonyeongs real name is, in fact, Cha Gyeongseon, and Jonggeun and Munho realize she is now looking to take on another womans identity. They think they know her possible target.Helpless debuted at No.on the weekend box office, only three days after its premiere on March 8, attracting 607,463 moviegoers and grossing 4.7 million between Marchand 11. It topped the chart for two consecutive weeks, selling 561,666 tickets between Marchand 18, according to KOBIS Korean Box Office Information System. It was the twelfth mostwatched Korean film of 2012, with 2,436,400 tickets sold. ........
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