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A Bittersweet Life

SYNOPSIS

He felt he made the right choice…
But the world had already become his enemy.

From acclaimed Korean director Kim Jee-woon (A TALE OF TWO SISTERS, I SAW THE DEVIL) comes the Neo-Noir classic, A BITTERSWEET LIFE.

Sun-woo (Lee Byung-hun) is not just the manager of an elegant upscale restaurant in Seoul, he is also the trusted and loyal right-hand man for underworld figure Kang (Kim Young-chul).

When Kang suspects his young girlfriend, Hee-soo (Shin Min-a), of being unfaithful, he orders Sun-woo to take care of the problem. When Sun-woo discovers Hee-soo with her lover, instead of killing her as ordered, he grants them mercy and let”s them go.

Now Sun-woo is being hunted down by those he once considered brothers, and must battle his way through his own gang on a path to a final confrontation with Kang.

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YEAR OF PRODUCTION

2005

CAST

Lee Byung-hun
Shin Min-a
Yeong-cheol Kim

DIRECTOR

Kim Jee Woon

PRODUCER

Eugene Lee, Jeong-wan Oh

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