A Bittersweet Life (2005) ( Dalkomhan insaeng ) ( A Bitter sweet Life )

A Bittersweet Life (2005) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Dalkomhan insaeng
Alternate Title: A Bitter sweet Life
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Korean ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Korean ( Dolby DTS 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2005 and produced in:
South Korea ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Jee-woon Kim

Written By:
Jee-woon Kim

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

Coining the new term 'action noir' in Korea, director Kim Ji-woon follows up his extraordinary features A Quiet Family and A Tale Of Two Sisters with this blackly comic thriller. Lee Byeong-heon stars as Sun-woo, a unique character with a curious lifestyle; he's not only a valued gang member and the proprietor of a hotel bar but also the right-hand man to the powerful gang leader, Mr. Kang (Kim Yeong-chul). When Kang suspects that his beautiful young mistress Hee-soo (Shin Min-ah) might be messing around with another man, he enlists Sun-woo's help to resolve the matter, commanding him to follow her around to see what information he can dig up. Sun-woo's orders are explicit: if he catches Hee-soo cheating, he is to execute her. However, when Sun-woo spies Hee-soo with her boyfriend, he makes a fateful decision, one that will have major consequences for all involved...

Cool headed perfectionist Sun-woo has earned the trust of his boss by adeptly managing an upscale restaurant. When his boss suspects his young lover of an affair he orders Sun-woo to kill her if she has betrayed him. When Sun-woo catches her with her secret lover, he surprisingly lets them go. Soon his boss's gang declares an all out war. An ultra-cool film noir from Kim Jee-woon, one of Korea's most talented directors.

After doing a morally good thing, which conflicts with his boss's orders, Kim Sun-woo gets banished from the gang and escapes death narrowly, just so he could come back and avenge.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 02 October, 2013.