IMDb RATING
7.5/10
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Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 14 nominations
Kim Yeong-cheol
- Mr. Kang
- (as Kim Young-Chul)
Hwang Jung-min
- President Baek
- (as Jeong-min Hwang)
Kim Roe-ha
- Mun-suk
- (as Roe-ha Kim)
Kim Hae-gon
- Weapon smuggler
- (as Hae-gon Kim)
Eric Moon
- Gun Dealer's Brother
- (as Eric)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Korean title "Dalkomhan Insaeng" and the name of the bar "La Dolce Vita" translate to "The Sweet Life". As an ironic touch the International English title is called "A Bittersweet Life".
- GoofsToward the end of the film, when Kim Sun-woo is walking down the corridor searching for his former boss, a guard sitting and reading a newspaper gets up to stop him. Kim Sun-woo shoots him but his gun is not pointed at the guard. Rather, it is clearly pointed at the wall where fake blood appears after the shot like a paint gun.
- Quotes
Sun-woo: One late autumn night, the disciple awoke crying. So the master asked the disciple, "Did you have a nightmare?" "No." "Did you have a sad dream?" "No," said the disciple. "I had a sweet dream." "Then why are you crying so sadly?" The disciple wiped his tears away and quietly answered, "Because the dream I had can't come true."
- Crazy creditsAt the end of the credits, the sign above the bar that says "La Dolce Vita" is seen exploding.
- Alternate versionsTwo versions of the film exist, the original theatrical version and the director's cut. The director's cut's edits include slight cutting and re-arrangement of scenes, swapping music placement and some additional scenes that do not appear in the original version of the film.
- ConnectionsReferences La Dolce Vita (1960)
Featured review
This is my first review on here, only because I felt compelled to tell someone about this film
When I say "coolest," I don't mean it in a that-movie-was-really-cool kind of way
Coolest, in this case, means that it is the smoothest, well-crafted, stylish, and beautiful films I have ever seen. Everything about the film has a you'll-never-be-this-cool feel, like Jules and Vincent from Pulp Fiction. Not to mention the fact that it has the same sort of humor.
Now, I am a film student who has actually gotten a lot of praise from students and teachers and whatnot for my first film project That's great and all, but after seeing this film I am reminded of what Steven Spielberg said after he saw The Godfather; "I guess I should quit now, because I will never make something this good." I am, in no way, comparing myself to Spielberg, I'm just describing the feeling of, "holy s***, this is amazing," and "wow, I could never do this ever "
See this movie before you die Or before it gets remade.
Now, I am a film student who has actually gotten a lot of praise from students and teachers and whatnot for my first film project That's great and all, but after seeing this film I am reminded of what Steven Spielberg said after he saw The Godfather; "I guess I should quit now, because I will never make something this good." I am, in no way, comparing myself to Spielberg, I'm just describing the feeling of, "holy s***, this is amazing," and "wow, I could never do this ever "
See this movie before you die Or before it gets remade.
- taylorb1221
- Nov 18, 2013
- Permalink
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $10,080,808
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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