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Dalkomhan insaeng (2005)

120 min  -  Action | Crime | Drama  -   1 April 2005 (South Korea)
7.7
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Kim Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculating crime boss... See full synopsis »

Director:

Jee-woon Kim

Writer:

Jee-woon Kim

Stars:

Jeong-min Hwang, Yu-mi Jeong and Ku Jin
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Cast

Credited cast:
Jeong-min Hwang Jeong-min Hwang ...
President Baek
Yu-mi Jeong Yu-mi Jeong
Ku Jin Ku Jin ...
Min-gi
Hae-gon Kim Hae-gon Kim ...
Weapon smuggler
Roe-ha Kim Roe-ha Kim ...
Mun-suk
Yeong-cheol Kim Yeong-cheol Kim ...
Mr. Kang (as Kim Young-Chul)
Byung-hun Lee ...
Gi-yeong Lee Gi-yeong Lee ...
Mu-sung
Mu-yeong Lee Mu-yeong Lee
Eric Moon Eric Moon ...
Gun Dealer's Brother (as Eric)
Dal-su Oh Dal-su Oh ...
Myung-gu
Kwang-rok Oh Kwang-rok Oh
Min-a Shin Min-a Shin ...
Hee-soo
Sang-Jeon Woo Sang-Jeon Woo
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Storyline

Kim Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculating crime boss...  See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

Tragic Hero | Mafia | Warehouse | Death Of Protagonist | Last Stand  | See more »

Taglines:

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Official Sites:

Official site [South Korea] | Official site [South Korea] (English, Korean) | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean | Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

A Bittersweet Life See more »

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.O.M. Film Productions Co. See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | Argentina: (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

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". See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: Toward the end of the film, when Kim Sun-woo is walking down the corridor searching for his former boss, a guard sitting and reading a newspaper gets up to stop him. Kim Sun-woo shoots him but his gun is not pointed at the guard. Rather, it is clearly pointed at the wall where fake blood appears after the shot like a paint gun. See more »

Quotes

Mr. Kang: You can do a hundred things right, but it takes only one mistake to destroy everything.
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Connections

References Taxi Driver (1976) See more »