200 Pounds Beauty (2006)

Original title

미녀는 괴로워

Directed by

Kim Yong-hwa

Genre

drama film, romantic comedy

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h

Rated

G

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 349 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An overweight ghost singer undergoes extensive plastic surgery to become a pop star. She struggles with her new identity and the pressures of fame while hiding her past.

feel-goodupbeatromanticcomedicheartfeltmelancholicmusicalfairytale-like

What happens

200 Pounds Beauty (Korean: 미녀는 괴로워; lit. 'Beauty Is Painful') is a 2006 South Korean musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa. It is based on the Japanese manga series Kanna-san Daiseikō Desu! (カンナさん大成功です!) by Yumiko Suzuki about an overweight ghost singer who undergoes intensive plastic surgery to become a pop sensation. The film was a critical and commercial success. It was the third best-selling domestic film of 2006 with 6,619,498 admissions nationwide, grossing US$42,013,016. 200 Pounds Beauty also received several awards and nominations, including Best Actress for Kim Ah-joong at the 2007 Grand Bell Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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