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Director:
Writer:
Ji-woon Kim (writer)
Release Date:
1 April 2005 (South Korea)
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Tagline:
When doing right goes very, very wrong.
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Awards:
3 wins
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1 nomination
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Korean Director Wants Clive Owen, Sienna Miller for Remake
(From CinemaSpy. 27 August 2009, 8:56 AM, PDT)
(From CinemaSpy. 27 August 2009, 8:56 AM, PDT)
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Another breathtaking revenge movie from South-Korea
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Cast
(Credited cast) | 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 |
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Also Known As:
A Bittersweet Life (International: English title)
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Runtime:
120 min | Argentina:120 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:M18 |
Taiwan:R-18 |
UK:18 |
Ireland:18 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Sweden:15 |
Argentina:18 |
Germany:18 |
Australia:MA |
France:-12 (with warning) |
New Zealand:R18 |
Finland:K-18 |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:18 |
Japan:R-15
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The Korean title "Dalkomhan Insaeng" and the name of the bar "La Dolce Vita" translate to "The Sweet Life". As an ironic touch the International English title is called "A Bittersweet Life".
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References Taxi Driver (1976)
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I had the luck to watch this gem at the Fantasy-Film-Festival in Frankfurt yesterday. It was shown in a theater with about 600 seats and against my expectations the room was packed with people.
In comparison with Oldboy or Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance the story is not as deep and goes more straightforward to the pure revenge theme. But this does not make the movie less enjoyable. The cinematography is brilliant and the main-character delivers a great performance. It contains beautifully choreographed martial-arts and gunfight scenes with references to masterpieces like Taxi Driver and Kill Bill.
Despite the fact it is very harsh in some scenes the humor does not come to short. The scene with a discussion of Korean-Russian wannabe-gangsters made me nearly wet my pants.