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A Year-End Medley (Korean: 해피 뉴 이어; Hanja: 新年快乐; RR: Haepi Nyu Ieo; lit.: Happy New Year) is a 2021 South Korean, romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong and starring Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul and Im Yoon-ah. The film depicts the story of clients who visit the hotel 'Emross' with their own stories as they make their own relations in their own style.[3][4] It was released simultaneously in theatres and via streaming media TVING on 29 December 2021.[5][6]

A Year-End Medley
Promotional poster
Hangul	해피 뉴 이어
Hanja	新年快乐
Revised Romanization	Haepi Nyu Ieo
Literally	Happy New Year
Directed by	Kwak Jae-yong
Starring	Han Ji-min Lee Dong-wook Kang Ha-neul Im Yoon-ah Won Jin-ah Kim Young-kwang Ko Sung-hee Seo Kang-joon Lee Kwang-soo Lee Jin-wook
Production companies	Hive Media Corp. CJ Entertainment
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment TVING
Release date	December 29, 2021 (2021-12-29)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	est. US$1.81 million[1][2]

On January 21, 2022 it was announced that due to its popularity in theaters and TVING, the film will be released as a new six-part extended version of 30 minutes each. All six episodes will be released on TV on January 26, 2022.[7]

Synopsis

Happy New Year is a feelgood romantic comedy of a young man and woman that is told in the background of hotel 'Emross'. It has stories of people who met each other at Hotel Emross during the New Year holidays. Each one has his own memory to relate and create relationship or just going nostalgic.

Cast

• Han Ji-min as So Jin, hotel manager[8]

Emross hotel manager, she has been hesitant to confess to a 'boyfriend' for 15 years

• Lee Dong-wook as Yong Jin, CEO of hotel
• Kang Ha-neul as Jae Yong, a guest
• Im Yoon-ah as Soo Yeon, Hotel staff
• Won Jin-ah as Lee Young,

Musical actress who works as a hotel room maid

• Kim Young-kwang as Seung Hyo, a radio producer[9]
• Ko Sung-hee as Young Joo, a jazz pianist
• Seo Kang-joon as Lee Kang

Singer-songwriter and radio DJ

• Lee Kwang-soo as Sang Hoon

Manager of an unknown artist who becomes a hit as a singer and popular DJ

• Lee Jin-wook as Jin Ho

Plastic surgeon, waiting for his true love, he comes to hotel every Saturday to find prospective marriage partner

• Lee Kyu-hyung as a historian
• Cho Jun-young as Park Se-jik

High school swimmer who has a secret crush on Lim Ah-yeong

• Won Ji-an as Lim Ah-yeong, a figure skater
• Lee Hye-young as Catherine[10]

Korean businesswoman returning to Korea to attend her daughter's wedding, she meets a doorman at the hotel 'Emross', and recalls the memories of her first love 40 years ago

• Jung Jin-young as Sang Gyu

Doorman at hotel 'Emross' and first love of Catherine

• Baek Eun-hye as manager of the hotel 'Emross' maid team[11]
• Lee Joong-ok as Executive director[12]
• Bae Hae-sun as Jung Mi-sook
• Oh Min-ae as Sang-gyu's wife
• Kim Soo-gyeom as Lee Chul-min

High school student full of intelligence and loyalty and close friend of Park Se-jik [13]

Production

Casting

On April 22, 2021 CJ ENM and TVING announced that the film Happy New Year would be directed by Kwak Jae-yong and confirmed the cast as: Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul, Im Yoon-ah, Won Jin-ah, Seo Kang-jun, Lee Kwang-soo, Kim Young-kwang, Ko Sung-hee, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Kyu-hyung, Jo Jun-young, Won Ji-an and Lee Hye-young and Jung Jin-young.[14]

Filming

Principal photography of the film began on April 19, 2021.[15]

Reception

Box office

The film was released on 832 screens on December 29, 2021.[2] As per Korean Film Council (Kofic) integrated computer network, the film ranked third on the Korean box office with 207,379 cumulative admissions in the opening week.[16] It ranked 3rd at the overall box office and 1st at the box office for Korean films in the opening week of its release.[17]

As of January 16, 2022^[update] it is at 3rd place in the list of Korean films released in the year 2022, with combined gross of US$1.81 million and 230,785 admissions for both years.[16][1][2]

Critical response

Jo Yeon-kyung reviewing for JTBC rated it with 2.5 out of 5 on popcorn index and stated that running time of the film was short as it had many stories. She appreciated the performances of ensemble and especially praised Kang Ha-neul and Lee Kwang-soo saying, "[they] showed off their outstanding abilities". Concluding review Jo opined that the it was not a superhero film and genre was not refreshing, still "the pleasant warmth is not pushed away." And Jo ended it writing, "In the cinematic ending of finding each person's relationship, the original growth that makes me fall in love is also a healing message conveyed by Happy New Year."[18] Park Jae-hwan of KBS Entertainment wrote, "It is a spectacle love story in which the 14 main characters unfold at least 7 romances." Concluding Park stated, "This movie is a kind of film that asks you to spend the new year warmly with your family or with someone who will become your family. It is happy to see it in the theater and happy to see it on TV. Anyway, “Happy New Year~”".[19]

References

External links

• A Year-End Medley at HanCinema
• A Year-End Medley at the Korean Movie Database
• A Year-End Medley at Naver (in Korean)
• A Year-End Medley at Daum (in Korean)
• A Year-End Medley at IMDb

На других языках

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- [en] A Year-End Medley

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[es] Happy New Year (película de 2021)

Happy New Year (en hangul, 해피 뉴 이어; RR: Haepi Nyu Ieo, también conocida como A Year-End Medley) es una película surcoreana dirigida por Kwak Jae-yong y protagonizada por Han Ji-min, Lee Dong-wook, Kang Ha-neul y Yoona. Se estrenó el 29 de diciembre de 2021, simultáneamente en sala y por la plataforma TVING.[2]

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