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A Bittersweet Life
2005
Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss, Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful, Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem... Read more
| Starring | Lee Byung Hun, Kim Young Chul, Shin Mina, Kim Roi Ha |
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| Director | Kim Jee Woon |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
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A Bittersweet Life
Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss, Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful, Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem...
| Starring | Lee Byung Hun, Kim Young Chul, Shin Mina, Kim Roi Ha, Hwang Jung Min, Moon Jung Hyuk |
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| Director | Kim Jee Woon |
| Studio | SONY DADC |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama, Thriller, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Korean |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 24 Apr 2006 |
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Having shown technical sophistication and superb tonal control in his last movie, the psychological horror âA Tale of... read more on Time Out
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Bittersweet masterpiece
Korean Cinema for the past few years have produced some of my favourite ever films and this is a prime example of why.
Ji-woon Kim, director of the ... read more » - 209815
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- 22 Feb 2006 at 04:46
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Bitter not sweet
A very silly film. 'Oh the cruelty,' indeed! I guess this is someone's idea of a tragedy. The only tragedy is that it was made at all.
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Good Korean ganster yarn...
Good Korean ganster story.
Like a lot of shot em up / martial arts type movies you have to suspend your disbelief a little but it's all very well... read more » - 996651
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Classy gangster drama
a stylish , classy Korean gangster thriller.I really hope Hollywood never attempts a remake cos I couldn't see it being as good as this original.
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A Bittersweet Life
Sunwoo is no ordinary hotel manager. He is also the ruthlessly efficient right hand man of underworld boss, Kang. But tough guy Kang has a weakness; his young girlfriend. Suspecting she's unfaithful, Kang orders Sunwoo to take care of the problem......
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