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01/04/2005 Action, Drama, Crime 1h 59m
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When doing right goes very, very wrong.

Overview

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

  1. Kim Jee-woon

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Lee Byung-hun

    Sun-woo

  2. Kim Yeong-cheol

    Mr. Kang

  3. Shin Min-a

    Hee-soo

  4. Kim Roi-ha

    Moon-seok

  5. Lee Ki-young

    Oh Moo-seong

  6. Hwang Jung-min

    Mr. Baek

  7. Eric Mun

    Tae-goo

  8. Oh Dal-su

    Myeong-goo

  9. Kim Hae-gon

    Tae-woong

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by badelf
Written by badelf on 2025-10-14
A Bittersweet Life: When Mind and Heart Move

Kim Jee-woon's "A Bittersweet Life" is less a crime drama and more a philosophical treatise dressed in the razor-sharp suit of a gangster film. From its opening invocation—"It is not the wind and trees that move, it is your mind and heart that move"—the film announces itself as something far more profound than a simple revenge narrative.

The cinematography is a masterclass in controlled chaos. Kim Jee-woon doesn't just frame scenes; he choreographs them with the precision of a ballet and the brutality of a street fight. Each frame feels li...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Korean

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$7,600,000.00

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