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Kyung-Taek Kwak (writer)
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31 March 2001 (South Korea)
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Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s...
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Hard edged story of friendship over the course of 20 years is must see viewing
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(Credited cast)| Oh-seong Yu | ... | Lee Jeong-suk (as Ohsung Yoo) | |
| Dong-gun Jang | ... | Lee Han Dong-su | |
| Tae-hwa Seo | ... | Sang-taek | |
| Un-taek Jeong | ... | Jeong-ho | |
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| Ju-bong Gi | |||
| Hyeon Ju | |||
| Bo-kyeong Kim | ... | Jin-sook | |
| Chang Yun | |||
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113 min | Finland:118 min | Argentina:118 min
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The group of friends are based on the director and his friends that he grew up with.
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Friend This is the course of friendship over a twenty year period. Beginning in 1975 we watch as four friends spend some time on what appears to be a summer vacation. Their future looks bright. A few years on as school and life takes its toll the dynamic between them changes and re-changes again as the have to deal with growing up, shattered dreams, decent into crime and drugs and the friendship itself. This is a dark little film that reminded me of some of the work of Martin Scorsese. Life often beats on these guys, from cruelty from their teachers to murder making it hard to get by. The course of these boys lives is not clear nor does it always turn out how we, or they think it will. The cast is excellent from top to bottom. Definitely worth seeking out, though be warned some of the violence has a tough edge to it.