Production Year: 2005 - Action/Adventure - Director: Ji-Woon Kim - Original Language: Korean - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Mina Shin, Yeong-Cheol Kim, Byung-Hun Lee
Gangland boss Kang suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful and sends Sunwoo, his right hand man, to sort out the problem. But when he finds the girl with another man Sunwoo... more
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BITTERSWEET LIFE
Gangland boss Kang suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful and sends Sunwoo, his right
... more
hand man, to sort out the problem. But when he finds the girl with another man Sunwoo does not kill them. This infuriates Kang and Sunwoo finds that he now has t...
Advantages: An engaging story, especially if you like blood and action. Sophisticated filming and edittng. Disadvantages: Violence, lacking empathy towards main character, too long.
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The story focuses on a successful young man called ‘Sun Woo’ (Lee Byung Hun), who is in charge of a high classed hotel in the middle of the Capital city of Seoul. Although successful, Sun Woo is not a happy chap and seems slightly lonely and self contained when facing the public. As part of the Mafia, his ‘Boss Jang’ (Kim Young Cheol) had a new job for Sun Woo. As the boss trusted him so much, he decided to give Sun Woo the mission to ... ...got to know Hee Siu a bit better, he finally discovers that the boss was right, she has been seeing another guy. One late night, Sun Woo bombarded her house, and attacked her younger lover. He finally got his gun and about to kill Hee Siu as instructed. However, his emotion has got the better of him and decided to let them go out of pity. On the condition that they two young lover will never see each other again.
Sun Woo’s kind but disobedient decision ...
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Actor(s): Byung-Hun Lee, Yeong-Cheol Kim, Mina Shin
Director(s): Ji-Woon Kim
Genre: Action & Adventure
Classification: 18 years and over
Production Year: 2005
Running Time: 2 hours
Consumer Advice: Contains strong bloody violence
Video Category: World Cinema Feature Film
Country Of Origin: South Korea
Release details
DVD Region: Region 0 (All Regions)
Studio(s): TARTAN VIDEO; WORLD CINEMA; SONY DADC
Release date: 24/04/2006
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: TVD 3598
Barcode: 5023965359827
Screenwriter: Ji-Woon Kim
Languages
Main Language: Korean
Subtitle Language: English
DVD Description
Gangland boss Kang suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful and sends Sunwoo, his right hand man, to sort out the problem. But when he finds the girl with another man Sunwoo does not kill them. This infuriates Kang and Sunwoo finds that he now has to fight against the gang and finally face Kang alone.
Technical information
Special Features: Making Of, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Film Notes, Tartan Trailer Reel
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Dubbing Sound: DTS 5.1 Surround Korean Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Korean Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Korean
Professional reviews
Review: Makes Quentin Tarantino seem like a rank amateur. (Daily Star, )
Truly thrilling. (Empire, )
Slick, gripping and blissfully violent. (Hotdog, )
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