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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Speed Scandal
| image = Speedy Scandal film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Kang Hyeong-cheol
| producer = Ahn Byeong-ki
Sin Hye-yeon
| writer = Kang Hyeong-cheol
| starring = Cha Tae-hyun
Park Bo-young
Wang Seok-hyeon
| music = Kim Jun-seok
| cinematography = Kim Jun-young
| editing = Nam Na-yeong
| distributor = Lotte Entertainment
| released =
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'Scandal Makers' (; lit. 'Speedy Scandal') is a 2008 South Korean film written and directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol and starring Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young and Wang Seok-hyeon. This was director Kang's first film and the highest grossing Korean film of the year. The film had Argentine, Chinese and Indian remakes, released in 2010, 2016 and 2020 respectively.
Plot
Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo (Cha Tae-hyun) is now in his thirties and works as a radio DJ. A young woman named Hwang Jeong-nam (Park Bo-young) sends stories about her life as a single mother to the radio station Hyeon-soo works at, telling him she is going to meet her father. He then finds out that he's her father when she shows up at his apartment with her son Ki-dong (Wang Seok-hyeon). She tells him that her real name is Jae-in and that her mother was Hyeon-soo's first love Jeong-nam. Hyeon-soo doesn't believe it at first, so they undergo a DNA test and the results confirm that they're related. Jae-in dreams of performing on stage as a singer, but Hyeon-soo fears that if she does, their paternity scandal might get out. Because of Jae-in's rising popularity, Ki-dong's father Park Sang-yoon (Im Ji-kyu) finds her. They meet and chat, with Sang-yoon initially under the mistaken assumption that Jae-in is romantically involved with Hyeon-soo. When Ki-dong later goes missing at Jae-in's performance, Hyeon-soo realizes that he really does care for his daughter and grandson. After news about his daughter and grandson got leaked, he wasn't faced with damage to his career due to taking responsibility of them in the first place, low popularity, and news about a disgraced film star beating up a scandal gossip journalist. With encouragement from Ki-Dong's kindergarten teacher, he changes his image to a responsible older man, which is warmly received by everyone. At a Christmas recital, Sang-yoon reconciles with Jae-in and Ki-Dong, rekindling their love for each other.
Cast
*Cha Tae-hyun as Nam Hyeon-soo
*Park Bo-young as Hwang Jeong-nam/Hwang Jae-in, Hyeon-soo's daughter
*Wang Seok-hyeon as Hwang Ki-dong, Jae-in's son
*Im Ji-kyu as Park Sang-yoon, Jae-in's first love and Ki-dong's birth father
*Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Kindergarten teacher/Granny
*Im Seung-dae as Bong Pil-joong, entertainment reporter
*Jeong Won-joong as Bureau director
*Kim Ki-bang as Director
*Park Yeong-seo as Assistant director
*Sung Ji-ru as Lee Chang-hoon (cameo)
* Go Jun as Commercial film director
Release
'Scandal Makers' was released in South Korea on 3 December 2008,"[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Speedy_Scandal.php Speedy Scandal (2008) ]". 'HanCinema'. Retrieved on 10 December 2008. and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 473,725 admissions."[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2008.12.05+%7E+2008.12.07&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (Week-end 2008.12.05 ~ 2008.12.07). 'HanCinema'. Retrieved on 10 December 2008. It continued to chart well finishing with over 8 million tickets sold becoming the highest grossing Korean film of 2008. The second highest grosser was 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird' with 6.6 million tickets, then 'The Chaser' with roughly 5 million tickets sold.Admissions as of 1 June 2008. [http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_The_Chaser.php?ac=1 'The Chaser'], 'HanCinema'. Retrieved on 28 September 2008.
Awards and nominations
Remake-Adaptation
* In 2010, an Argentinian remake entitled 'Igualita a m' was directed by Diego Kaplan, starring Florencia Bertotti and Adrin Suar.
* A Chinese remake titled 'Scandal Maker', directed by Ahn Byeong-ki and starring Tong Dawei and Michelle Chen was released in China on November 11, 2016.
* In 2020, an Indian adaptation titled 'Jawaani Jaaneman' was released, starring Saif Ali Khan, Tabu and Alaya F.
References
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