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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   5,718 votes
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Director:
Ji-woon Kim
Writer:
Ji-woon Kim (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 April 2005 (South Korea) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Music more
Tagline:
When doing right goes very, very wrong.
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
2 wins more
User Comments:
A truly excellent movie! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jeong-min Hwang ... President Baek
Yu-mi Jeong
Ku Jin ... Min-gi
Hae-gon Kim ... Weapon smuggler
Roe-ha Kim ... Mun-suk
Yeong-cheol Kim ... Mr. Kang (as Kim Young-Chul)

Byung-hun Lee ... Sun-woo
Gi-yeong Lee ... Mu-sung
Mu-yeong Lee
Eric Moon ... Gun Dealer's Brother (as Eric)
Dal-su Oh ... Myung-gu
Kwang-rok Oh
Min-a Shin ... Hee-soo
Sang-Jeon Woo
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Bittersweet Life (International: English title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Argentina:120 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital EX
Filming Locations:
South Korea

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The narration that opens and closes the film are Buddhist parables. more
Quotes:
Mr. Kang: What has gotten into you? Don't do this, Sun-woo.
Sun-woo: [shoots Mr. Kang through the heart] "We can't turn back time can we?"
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Movie Connections:
References Taxi Driver (1976) more

FAQ

What's with the ending?
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16 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
A truly excellent movie!, 3 June 2006
10/10
Author: siapanta-1 from Greece

I had the opportunity to watch this brilliant movie at home, while translating it from English to Greek for the viewers of the Thessaloniki Film Festival in November, 2005.

I was impressed by the stunning performance of the leading actor, as well as of the other actors. The music of the film was also wisely selected.

Some -few- funny moments in the film help the viewer lighten up and get ready for what I saw as brilliantly directed fighting scenes, that neither bored me nor made me look away.

At the end of the film, when the desciple was crying for "a dream that can never come true" I was absolutely sure that what I saw was nothing less than a true work of art.

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