Bad Guy (2001) Nabbeun namja (original title)

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim

Release Date:

11 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Trapped in a world of pleasure and pain ...

Plot:

In busy downtown Seoul, a thuggish young man notices a fresh-faced college student who sits on a bench...

Plot Keywords:

Bench | Seoul | Soldier | College Student | Corrupt Police

Awards:

4 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Jae-hyeon Jo	...	Han-ki
Won Seo	...	Sun-hwa
Yun-tae Kim	...	Yun-tae
Duek-mun Choi	...	Myeong-su
Yoon-young Choi	...	Hyun-ja
Yoo-jin Shin	...	Min-jung
Jung-young Kim	...	Eun-hye
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gung-Min Nam	...	Hyun-su

Directed by
Ki-duk Kim

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ki-duk Kim

Produced by
Seung-beom Kim	....	executive producer
Seung-jae Lee	....	producer

Original Music by
Ho-jun Park

Cinematography by
Cheol-hyeon Hwang

Film Editing by
Seong-won Hang

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chang-ho Cho	....	assistant director

Production Companies

• LJ Film
• Prime Entertainment

Distributors

• Vanguard Cinema (2000) (worldwide) (all media)
• Bright Angel Distribution (2003) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Lifesize Entertainment (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• SPO (Japan) (theatrical)
• Tartan (2003) (UK) (theatrical)
• CJ Entertainment
• Lifesize Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• MTV Netherlands (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Raro Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (boxed set)
• Tartan Video (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Total Film Home Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Nabbeun namja" - South Korea (original title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Hong Kong:III | Norway:15 | Italy:VM18 (DVD) (self-applied) | Argentina:18 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

LJ Film

Soundtrack:

I tuoi fiori

Sex,violence,obsession,prostitution,love,life,pure cinema

This is a very entertaining film. It contains sex and violence.(Yes that's what I said).The themes are very dark and at the same time this is a very loving film.It is certainly a challenging film and strangely being set in South Korea has many European sensibilities.If you think the world can be explained in terms of black and white then this is not an easy film. However if you understand that the world you live in has shades of grey then here is a multi coloured chunk to digest.I liked the central characters and found them very believable.This film shows particular skill in having very rounded supporting roles. The lives of these people even when violent or mundane and self destructive are very easy to comprehend.It is the first film I have seen by this director and it will definitely not be the last.