A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
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| Min-soo Jo | ... | Mi-Son | |
| Lee Jung-Jin | ... | Gang-Do (as Jeong-jin Lee) | |
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Ki-Hong Woo | ... | Hoon-chul |
| Eunjin Kang | ... | Myeong-ja (Hoon-Chul's wife) | |
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Jae-ryong Cho | ... | Tae-seung |
| Myeong-ja Lee | ... | Mother of Suicidal Man | |
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Jun-seok Heo | ... | Suicidal Man |
| Kwon Yul | ... | Machinist with the Guitar (as Se-in Kwon) | |
| Mun-su Song | ... | Borrower Who Climbs the Steps | |
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Beom-jun Kim | ... | Myeongdong Man |
| Son Jong-hak | ... | Boss | |
| Jin Yong-wook | ... | Shop Owner in Wheelchair (as Jin Yong-Ok) | |
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Joon-seok Heo | ... | Suicidal Man |
| Jae-rok Kim | ... | Monk | |
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Won-jang Lee | ... | Sang-gu |
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A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
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actual animal killed | south korea | ejaculation in hands | dysfunctional mother son relationship | incest |Taglines:
An elegy for the beloved and the abandoned. See more »Parents Guide:
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Mi-Son: Money? The beginning and end of all things. Love, honor, violence, fury, hatred, jealousy, revenge, death.
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(uncredited)
By Patty S. Hill and Mildred J. Hill
Performed by Min-soo Jo
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Pieta: a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ on her lap or in her arms. See more »Quotes
Gang-Do: What is money?Mi-Son: Money? The beginning and end of all things. Love, honor, violence, fury, hatred, jealousy, revenge, death.
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Happy Birthday to You(uncredited)
By Patty S. Hill and Mildred J. Hill
Performed by Min-soo Jo
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Country:
South KoreaLanguage:
KoreanRelease Date:
6 September 2012 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
EUR103,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$6,222, 19 May 2013Gross USA:
$22,080Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$6,616,296Company Credits
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Pieta is the story of revenge in a most brutal way possible by giving one's own life, a story of mother's love for his son. Story tells us the extreme measures taken by a mother to take the revenge from a non-human brutal loan shark.
Jung-Jin Lee is living a lonely life whose sole purpose is to recover the loan from other people by making them cripple and claiming their insurance money. In doing so he has become so cold inside that he feels nothing and know no pain. Brutality is the everyday life matter.
Enters a woman stirring everything by claiming that she is his mother. she make him feel love, make him angry and make him feel pain just to take the revenge of her son. And when Jung-Jin starts to feel human again, she inflicted the deep scar into his soul by giving her own life.
Movie is full of disturbing content and makes for a haunting viewing. I am a fan of south Korean cinema and this movie takes the love affair to another level.
8/10