Mr Handy Mr Hong () is a 2004 South Korean romantic comedy. The movie's long title was inspired by the opening theme song of the Japanese anime Astroganger and is currently the second longest title for a Korean film.
Starring Kim Joo-hyeok and Uhm Jung-hwa, this film was their second project after their previous film Singles. It was released on cinema on March 12, 2004. This film got around 830,000 movie-goers.
In August 2005, it was screened in Nagoya, Sapporo, Tokyo and Osaka, as part of Cinema Korea 2005. It was an event to introduce Korean Cinema to Japanese fans.
Yoon Hye-jin is a dentist who works at a big hospital in Seoul. One day, she gives a bluff resignation to her superior to defend her rights as a dentist. However, her boss accepts her resignation on the spot. Due to a rumor created by her former boss, Hye-jin is denied hospital jobs in Seoul and forced to open her own clinic. She seeks to find a perfect location for her clinic with her limited savings, and this leads her to a small village by the sea. She meets Hong Du-sik, a banjang (neighborhood chief) who makes a living doing odd jobs for 50 bucks per day.
After securing a rental home and clinic in the village, Hye-jin persuades her best friend, nurse Oh Mi-seon, to move in with her and work at her clinic. The clinic runs into rough seas at first. Stuff happens that make Hye-jin run into Du-sik all the time and everywhere.
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Most of original soundtracks of this film was written by music director Lee Woo-hyun. There are two remakes of the famous songs of Yoo Jae-ha and Kim Kwang-seok included in the album. Both song were sung life by Kim Jo-hyuk in the film, however for the album Kim only recorded "With the mind to forget" by Kim Kwang-seok, whist "You in my arms" by Yoo Jae-ha was sung by Sing Yoo-jeong.
This film marked director Kang Seok-beom's debut. The screenplay was co-written by Kang and Shin Jung-goo. Produced by Zenith Entertainment, the casting was first announced on October 10, 2003, revealing that Kim Kim Joo-hyeok and Uhm Jung-hwa<nowiki/>would be cast in lead roles. It was also reported that filming was set to begin on October 25, 2003. On January 14, 2004, filming concluded after three months, with locations including Seoul, Jeju, and Busan. On March 4, the director and main casts attend the premiere and the press release event at the Daehan cinema.
Plans to adapt this film into drama series were first announced on December 21, 2020 under the working title of Hong Banjang (). The adaptation was written by Shin Ha-eun as her comeback after co-writing the 2019 drama The Crowned Clown. It was also announced that Kim Seon-ho and Shin Min-a were being offered the lead roles. In April 2, 2021, it was officially announced that Yoo Je-won would be directing the drama, literally translated as Seaside Village Cha-Cha-Cha (). At the same time, Kim Seon-ho and Shin Min-a were confirmed as main leads, and Lee Sang-yi was offered a role. Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha () was aired from August 28 to October 17, 2021, on tvN's Saturdays and Sundays in the 21:00 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Netflix.