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Heart Is...

Heart is..., also known as Hearty Paws, is a 2006 South Korean drama film directed by Park Eun-hyung and Oh Dal-kyun.

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Jun 15, 2026
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Heart is...
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Directed byPark Eun-hyung
Oh Dal-kyun
Screenplay byShin Dong-ik
Produced byKim Min-gi
Kim Woo-gwang
StarringYoo Seung-ho
Kim Hyang-gi
CinematographyKim Seon-ryeong
Edited byKim Chang-ju
Music byWon Ho-gyeong
Production
companies
Distributed byShowbox/Mediaplex
Release date
  • October 25, 2006 (2006-10-25)
Running time
97 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$4,678,5471

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.

Plot

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 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.

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Release

The film was released in South Korea on October 25, 2006, and sold 1,042,166 tickets nationwide.2

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