Chingoo (2001)

Director:

Kyung-Taek Kwak

Writer:

Kyung-Taek Kwak (writer)

Release Date:

31 March 2001 (South Korea)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Despite their different family backgrounds, four friends grew up together in the wearisome years of the 70s...

Plot Keywords:

Friendship | Betrayal

Awards:

4 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Oh-seong Yu	...	Lee Jeong-suk (as Ohsung Yoo)
Dong-gun Jang	...	Lee Han Dong-su
Tae-hwa Seo	...	Sang-taek
Un-taek Jeong	...	Jeong-ho
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ju-bong Gi
Hyeon Ju
Bo-kyeong Kim	...	Jin-sook
Chang Yun

Also Known As:

Chingu (South Korea) (alternative transliteration)
Friend (International: English title)

Runtime:

113 min | Finland:118 min | Argentina:118 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:18 | Singapore:R(A) | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Hong Kong:III

Company:

Cineline 2

Trivia:

The group of friends are based on the director and his friends that he grew up with.

Quotes:

Sang-taek: Joon-suk was the best fighter I ever saw. He once beat up a whole soccer team.

Movie Connections:

Features Barbara Broadcast (1977)

SEE this movie.

I found it sitting there at blockbuster and I grabbed it for the hell of it and was pleasantly surprised. This was one of the first Korean movies I saw and was completely blown away. Just about everything in this movie is done right. The story is extremely well told and interesting. Its a really intense/serious movie, but does not take itself TOO serious like so many movies and is quite often light hearted and comical. The acting really stands out in this movie, the performances are flawless.

PLEASE see this movie. Rent it, buy it, borrow it. You will NOT be disappointed.