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Wide Awake (2007 film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Wide Awake
| image = Wide Awake film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Lee Gyu-man
| producer = Gang Seong-gyu
| writer = Lee Gyu-man
Lee Hyun-jin
| starring = Kim Myung-min
| music = Choi Seung-hyun
| cinematography = Kim Dong-eun
| editing = Steve M. Choe
Kim Chang-ju
| distributor = CJ Entertainment
| released =
| runtime = 115 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'Wide Awake' (; also known as 'Return') is a 2007 South Korean film.
Plot
In 1980s South Korea, a young boy is traumatised after experiencing anesthesia awareness during heart surgery, and no-one believes his story afterwards. Twenty-five years later, the doctors and nurses who operated on him begin to die under mysterious circumstances. Dr. Ryu Jae-woo, a surgeon married to Hee-jin, believes that the boy he remembers from his childhood is responsible for the deaths. The leading suspects are Lee Myeong-suk, who has been stalking Dr. Ryu, and the seemingly unhinged Uk-hwan. Hypnosis specialist Oh Chi-hoon also seems to know something about these deaths.
Cast
* Kim Myung-min as Ryu Jae-woo
* Yoo Jun-sang as Kang Wook-han
* Kim Tae-woo as Oh Chi-hoon
* Jung Yoo-suk
* Kim Yoo-mi as Seo Hee-jin
* Kim Roi-ha as Lee Myeong-suk
* Baek Seung-hwan as Na Sang-woo
* Seo Young-hwa
* Lee Sung-min as Sang-woo's father
Release
'Wide Awake' was released in South Korea on 8 August 2007,"[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2007.html#boxoffice Box-Office Admission Results]" (2007). 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved 31 December 2008. and its opening weekend was ranked fourth at the box office with 238,819 admissions."[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2007.08.10+%7E+2007.08.12&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (2007.08.10 ~ 2007.08.12). 'HanCinema'. Retrieved 31 December 2008. The film went on to receive a total of 677,939 admissions nationwide, with a gross (as of 16 September 2007) of US$4,569,126."[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/korea/?yr=2007&wk=37&p=.htm South Korea Box Office 1416 September 2007]". Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 31 December 2008.
Awards and nominations
;2008 Grand Bell Awards
* Best Supporting Actor Yoo Jun-sang
* Nomination Best Music Choi Seung-hyun
References
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