Helpless (2012 film)
| Helpless | |
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| Hangul | 화차 |
| Hanja | 火車 |
| Revised Romanization | Hwacha |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwach'a |
| Directed by | Byun Young-joo |
| Written by | Byun Young-joo |
| Based on | All She Was Worth by Miyabe Miyuki |
| Produced by | Shin Hye-eun Oh Ki-min |
| Starring | Lee Sun-kyun Kim Min-hee Jo Sung-ha |
| Cinematography | Kim Dong-young |
| Edited by | Park Gok-ji |
| Music by | Kim Hong-jib |
Production companies | Boim Pictures Filament Pictures |
| Distributed by | CJ E&M |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | ₩18.5 billion (US$16.2 million) |
Helpless (Korean: 화차; RR: Hwacha) is a 2012 South Korean psychological thriller film written and directed by Byun Young-joo based on the bestselling novel All She Was Worth (火車) by Japanese writer Miyabe Miyuki. The original title, Hwacha, ("Kasha" in Japanese) means "fire cart," and refers to a train to hell from Japanese folklore. Passengers can only board but not get off.
A man searches for his fiancée who vanished without a trace, only to discover dark, shocking truths about her.