My Heart Puppy Movie Details:
| Hangul | 멍뭉이 |
| Revised Romanization | Meongmungi |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Genre | Comedy Drama Family |
| Release date | October 31, 2022 (Seoul Animal Film Festival) March 1, 2023 (South Korea) |
| Running time | 1hr 52min |
| Starring | Yoo Yeon-seok Cha Tae-hyun |
| Directed by | Jason Kim |
| Screenplay by | Jason Kim |
| Cinematography by | Kim Yong-Seong |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Music by | Koo Ja-wan |
| Production Company | Yworks Entertainment Don Quixote Entertainment 7OSIX |
| Distributor | Little Big Pictures Kidari Studio |
My Heart Puppy Movie Cast & Characters:
- Yoo Yeon-Seok as Min-soo
- Cha Tae-hyun as Jin-guk
- Jung In-sun as Seong-gyeong, Min-soon’s girlfriend
- Kang Shin-il as Jin-guy’s uncle
- Park Jin-joo as the first interviewee
- Woo Do-hwan as the husband of the first interviewee
- Tae Won-seok as the second interviewee
- Jung Ji-hoon as a middle school student
- Kim Ji-young as the director of the abandoned dog center
- Ryu Soo-young as a father
- Lee Ho-Jung as girl on boat
- Kim Yoo-jung as Ah-min
Storyline:
Min-soo is an ordinary office worker who dreams of a perfect family. He has a dog, Rooney, whom he treats as a younger brother. Unexpected circumstances arise in Min-soo’s life, when he can no longer live with Rooney ahead of his marriage to his fiancée who is allergic to dogs. Together with his cousin, Jin-guk who owns a cafe that went bankrupt, Min-soo decides to find a new family for Rooney. On their journey which starts in Seoul and continues to Jeju Island to find the perfect owner, the two encounter the heartbreaking reality of abandoned pets.
My Heart Puppy Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
| Budget | ₩3 billion |
| Worldwide Collection | US$1.3 million |
About My Heart Puppy Movie:
My Heart Puppy (Korean: 멍뭉이) is a South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Jason Kim, starring Yoo Yeon-seok and Cha Tae-hyun.
The director of this film Jason Kim wrote the story of the film based on his experience of separating from his dog, which he had been raising since childhood.
Filming began in June 2020.
My Heart Puppy was selected as the closing film of the 5th Seoul Animal Film Festival where it premiered on October 31, 2022. The film was released on March 1, 2023, in theatres in South Korea.
