Heart is... ( Korean : 마음이 ; RR : Maeumi ), also known as Hearty Paws , is a 2006 South Korean drama film directed by Park Eun-hyung and Oh Dal-kyun.
17-428: Two siblings, an 11-year-old boy named Chan-yi ( Yoo Seung-ho ) and his little sister So-yi ( Kim Hyang-gi ), have been abandoned by their mother, and are left to survive on their own. For his sister's 6th birthday, Chan-yi decides to give her a dog. He sneaks into a house of an old couple and steals a newly born puppy, which she's been longing to have. Even though they are poor, they were happy. But everything changed after
34-643: A 10 billion won ransom. The mini-series was the only Korean drama invited to the third edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia, one of the most prestigious events in the world of cinema. Yoo walked the red carpet at VOX Cinemas in the Red Sea Mall together with the director Lee Jung-gon and took part in the screening of the first three episodes of the drama. Yoo enlisted for his mandatory military service in
51-764: A boy and his beloved dog, and Unforgettable (2008) about school children from a remote island who go on a field trip to a candy factory in Seoul during the 1970s. He continued acting in television, appearing in Magic Warriors Mir & Gaon (2005), an adventure series for children. Yoo further built his filmography, playing younger counterparts of male protagonists in television dramas, including general Yi Sun-sin in Immortal Admiral Yi Sun-sin (2004), King Seongjong in The King and I (2007), and Gwanggaeto
68-620: A child and teenager. After his two-year mandatory military service, he starred in the legal drama Remember (2015), historical films Joseon Magician (2015) and Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River (2016) as well as historical drama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask (2017), romance comedy series I'm Not a Robot (2017), and SBS's high school drama My Strange Hero (2018). Born and raised in Jakjeon-dong, Gyeyang-gu , Incheon, South Korea , Yoo
85-529: A stubborn webcomic writer raising a cat in the TV adaptation of webtoon Imaginary Cat . Yoo followed this by starring in the joseon-era romance film The Magician directed by Kim Dae-seung , in which he plays a circus magician who falls in love with a princess. Yoo was then cast in SBS 's legal thriller series Remember as a lawyer with hyperthymesia who defends his father on death row . In 2016, Yoo starred in
102-556: A tragic accident; So-yi died. Chan-yi blames this on his dog and finds his way to his mother, not realizing that the dog was the only true family that would never leave him. The film was released in South Korea on October 25, 2006, and sold 1,042,166 tickets nationwide. This South Korean film–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Yoo Seung-ho Yoo Seung-ho ( / j uː s ʊ ŋ h ɔː / ; Korean : 유승호 ; born August 17, 1993)
119-539: Is a South Korean actor. Known for his roles spanned between films and television series, he has received a selection of accolades , including two SBS Drama Awards , a Young Artist Award , and two nominations for the Baeksang Arts Awards . He was labelled with the honorific title "Nation's Little Brother" in his country. Yoo rose to fame as a child actor in the film The Way Home (2002). Since then, he has starred in many television series and movie films as
136-539: Is the younger of two siblings, he later claimed that his family had been poor. Yoo graduated from Baekshin High School in February 2012. He decided not to pursue a college degree in order to concentrate on his acting career. Yoo made his entertainment debut in a cellphone commercial in 1999 after Yoo's mother sent in a photo of her son to an ad agency. In 2000 Yoo began his career as a child actor , first appearing in
153-451: The army on March 5, 2013, where he became an instructor training new recruits. He was discharged on December 4, 2014. City of Fathers City of Fathers ( Korean : 부산 ; Hanja : 父山 ) is a 2009 South Korean film written and directed by Park Ji-won. Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan ; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on
170-570: The manhwa by Lee Jae-heon. He also voiced Greenie, Leafie's adopted son, on Leafie, a Hen into the Wild , which was adapted from a bestselling children's novel by Hwang Sun-mi . He then co-starred with Kim Ha-neul in the thriller Blind . In 2012, Yoo was cast in his first role as a leading man in Operation Proposal , a Korean remake of the Japanese drama Proposal Daisakusen . This
187-468: The television drama Daddy Fish . He rose to stardom in his first film The Way Home , playing a bratty city boy who learns to appreciate country life when he's forced to spend the summer with his deaf-mute grandmother. The low-budget film was a surprise box office hit in 2002, drawing more than 4 million admissions. He was then affectionately labeled as " Nation's Little Brother ". Thereafter, Yoo also starred in animal movie Hearty Paws (2006) about
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#1732855340160204-622: The Great in The Legend (2007). In 2009, Yoo starred in the action film City of Fathers and thriller film 4th Period Mystery . He also played Kim Chunchu in the period epic Queen Seondeok . In his teens, Yoo was cast in one of the major roles in Master of Study (2010), a Korean screen adaptation of Japanese manga Dragon Zakura . He then played a more mature role in Flames of Desire , as
221-500: The historical comedy film Seondal: The Man Who Sells the River as the titular character Kim Seon-dal. In 2017, he starred in MBC 's historical melodrama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask and romantic-comedy I'm Not a Robot . In 2018, he was cast in SBS's high school drama My Strange Hero . In 2020, Yoo starred in the mystery thriller Memorist as a detective in the police force with
238-502: The power to read people's memories. In 2021, Yoo played a passionate inspector in KBS2 historical drama Moonshine . In March 2022, Yoo signed with new agency YG Entertainment . In 2023, Yoo returned to the small screen with his first streaming project, Wavve 's crime thriller The Deal portraying a completely different character than his previous ones - a financially struggling young man who accidentally kidnaps his school friend for
255-651: The second-generation son of a wealthy chaebol family who is uninterested in the battles of succession among his relatives and becomes a married man at 21. Later that year, Yoo sang a duet with singer/actress IU titled "Believe in Love" for the charity program Love Request . The song's lyrics was based on a diary that Yoo had written while seeing orphans of war in the slums of Sri Lanka. In 2011, Yoo trained in swordplay and martial arts in his role as an assassin in Warrior Baek Dong-soo , an action -period drama based on
272-578: Was followed by a supporting role as the Jade Emperor , ruler of the heavens, in the fantasy-period drama Arang and the Magistrate . Afterwards, he starred in the melodrama Missing You , playing a cold man who hides a vengeance-filled heart behind his seemingly gentle smile. Known in the press as "Little So Ji-sub " for his resemblance to the said actor, in 2013 Yoo starred in the music video for So's single "Eraser" together with Park Shin-hye . This
289-463: Was his second time promoting So's musical endeavors, after "Lonely Life" in 2008. Following that, Yoo's first photo book titled Travel Letter, Spring Snow, And... was published; it was the last project shot by celebrity photographer Bori before her death on April 9, 2013. As his first post-army project, Yoo appeared in the music video for Naul 's "You From the Same Time" in 2015. He was next cast as
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