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Writer:
Ji-woon Kim (writer)
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Release Date:
1 April 2005 (South Korea) more
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Tagline:
When doing right goes very, very wrong.
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
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Another breathtaking revenge movie from South-Korea more (51 total)

Cast

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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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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". more
Quotes:
Mr. Kang: What has gotten into you? Don't do this, Sun-woo.
Sun-woo: [shoots Mr. Kang through the heart] "We can't turn back time can we?"
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Movie Connections:
References Taxi Driver (1976) more

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What's with the ending?
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39 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Another breathtaking revenge movie from South-Korea, 14 August 2005
9/10
Author: raweater from Germany

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.

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