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Rockin' on Heaven's Door
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Rockin' on Heaven's Door
| image = Rockin'_On_Heaven's_Door.jpg
| native_name =
| director = Nam Taek-soo
| producer = Jung Hye-young
Choi Gi-seop
Kim Hong-baek
Min Jin-su
Nam Taek-soo
Kim Ji-seok
| writer = Nam Taek-soo
Lee Nan-young
| starring = Lee Hong-ki
Baek Jin-hee
Ma Dong-seok
Im Won-hee
Jeon Min-seo
| music = Lee Jin-hee
| cinematography = Ju Seong-rim
| editing = Kim Sun-min
| distributor = 9ers Entertainment
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross =
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'Rockin' on Heaven's Door' (; lit. "Passionate Goodbye") is a 2013 South Korean film directed by Nam Taek-soo, starring F.T. Island lead vocalist Lee Hong-ki as an idol star who learns to cope with his past and rediscovers music during community work at a hospice for terminally ill patients.
Plot
Chung-ui is a famous Korean pop star with a temper. After he beats up a man at a night club, he is sentenced to do community service at a hospice for terminally ill patients. The reluctant young man first hates his chores and dislikes the people around him, but as he gets to know their stories, he becomes attached to them. The hospice struggles with funding, leading to a possible close-down, so the hospice in-house band, The Phoenix Band decides to apply to a talent show on television. For this, they need an original song, so they ask Chung-ui to help them. The singer refuses at first, then tries to use the opportunity to reduce his sentence days. He ends up seriously changing his mind about music, his behavior and grows to accept his mother's death, while helping the patients achieve their dreams. Even after the death of the band members, he continues to revive The Phoenix Band each time, assisting new patients.
Cast
*Lee Hong-gi as Chung-ui
*Baek Jin-hee as Anna
*Ma Dong-seok as Mu-seong
*Im Won-hee as Bong-shik
*Jeon Min-seo as Ha-eun
*Shim Yi-young as Power Mom
*Lee Min-ah as Ha-eun's mother
*Jeon Soo-kyung as Hospice director nun
*Choi Kwon as Gwang-sam
*No Kang-min as Him-chan
*Bae Ho-geun as Cheol-soo
*Lee Jae-goo as Chung-ui's father
*Kwak Ja-hyeong as Ha-eun's father
*Jeong Joo-ri as Nurse Jeong
*Kim Yoo-in as Nurse Kim
*Kim Kwang-hyeon as producer in preliminary exhibition room
*Kim Hyeon-ah as Chung-ui's mother
*Yoo Chang-sook as Young-sik's dying mother
*Cha Jong-ho as Young-sik
*Shin An-jin as creditor 1
*Baek Ik-nam as creditor 2
*Kim Soo-bok as bathing grandfather
*Hyeon Seong as agency boss
*Yoo Jae-myung as intensive care unit doctor
Soundtrack
Release
'Rockin' on Heaven's Door' was released in South Korea on May 30, 2013. It received 46,310 admissions during its theatrical run and grossed a total of .
Prior to its domestic release, the film was also sold to Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia. It opened in Japan (with the title 'Phoenix, Song of Promise') on June 7, 2013, and Singapore on August 22, 2013.
References
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