The comedy film "Hartman" (director Choi Won-seop), which opens the 2026 New Year box office, has released a comedy heart-rate video that captures the film's laugh-out-loud moments.
"Hartman" is a comedy in which Seung-min (Kwon Sang Woo), a man who has returned, struggles to keep the first love he reunites with, but a secret he can never tell her arises and causes a series of events.
The newly released "comedy heart-rate video" captures the cheerful atmosphere on set, candid interviews with the actors, and how the film's laugh-out-loud moments were created using the original device of "rising heart rate," previewing Hartman's bright and energetic vibe. The video faithfully conveys the vivid rapport of the cast and crew, including Kwon Sang Woo (Seung-min), Moon Chae-won (Bo-na), Park Ji-hwan (Won-dae), Pyo Ji-hoon (Seung-ho), and director Choi Won-seop, raising anticipation for the film.
In particular, the director's delicate comedy directing scenes and the process in which actors improvise ideas to complete scenes are key points showing how Hartman's distinctive rhythmic humor was born. The actors' natural chemistry as they look after one another and synchronize even during filming, and the intimate atmosphere that continues off camera, convey the film's bright and cheerful tone as is.
Moreover, the video includes the college band scene of Kwon Sang Woo (Seung-min) and Park Ji-hwan (Won-dae), Moon Chae-won's first love visuals, and other processes that build the film's emotional line, making viewers more curious about the mix of laughter and excitement in Hartman. Toward the end of the video, with a comedy-detection effect, the heart rate rises to 114 BPM, bringing fans' anticipation for the first comedy film of the new year to a peak.
Having released the "comedy heart-rate video" that faithfully captures the set where chemistry and laughter explode, Hartman is raising audience expectations even higher and is scheduled to open in theaters nationwide on Jan. 14.
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