Rough Cut (2008)

A gangster who wants to be an actor; an actor more gangster than anything. Here their paths and lives begin to cross.

Director:

Hun Jang

Writer:

Ki-duk Kim

Stars:

So Ji-seob, Soo-Hyun Hong, Hie-jin Jang

13 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
So Ji-seob	...	Lee Kang-Pae
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Soo-Hyun Hong	...	Kang Mi-na
Hie-jin Jang	...	Eun-seon
Man-sik Jeong	...	Investigator
Ji-Hwan Kang	...	Jang Soo-ta
Chang-Seok Ko	...	Director Bong
Jeong-hwan Kong	...	Seong Min
Soo-Young Park	...	Co. President Lee

Storyline

A gangster who wants to be an actor; an actor more gangster than anything. Here their paths and lives begin to cross.

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | movie star | film within a film | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Various movie posters can be seen including Time also written by Ki-duk Kim and an early draft of a Rough Cut (2008) poster, which is the same image on the cover of the scripts.

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Connections

Features Green Fish (1997)

User Reviews

Action yes, but hell of a character study as well

The arrogant action film actor is a bully with a temper and after one tantrum too many finds himself without any willing co-stars, so enter the inscrutable gangster who was in a movie once as an extra and still enjoys watching films. A request for an autograph leads to the first showdown between the actor and the gangster. Western films have led us to believe Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro (and now Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson) are the stereotypical gangsters that whack and or whip out a garrote at the smallest slight. Not the stoic Gang-pae, played so well by Ji-Seob So, who barely needs any dialog to convey his thoughts or reactions. From the moment he agrees to be on screen, and to fight for real, I began to get a feeling of dread. His line to the action star about finally becoming a real actor was as heartbreaking in its own way as the events that followed. Like I said, action yes, but the characters made made it a solid film.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [South Korea]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

11 September 2008 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Rough Cut

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,202,140

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kim Ki-Duk Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1