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A Bittersweet Life (2005)

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

  • Apr 1, 2005
  • 1h 59m

7.4/10

TMDB user score
1,061 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

A Bittersweet Life is a 2005 action and drama film directed by Kim Jee-woon. Its leading cast includes Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol and Shin Min-a. It runs for 1 hour 59 minutes. Its original language is Korean.

Synopsis

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.

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Time needed
1 hour 59 minutes
Language
Korean (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
7.4/10 from 1,061 TMDB votes

Trailer

"A Bittersweet Life" (2005) Trailer - Kim Ji-woon, Lee Byung-Hun · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • Lee Byung-hun Sun-woo
  • Kim Yeong-cheol Mr. Kang
  • Shin Min-a Hee-soo
  • Kim Roi-ha Moon-seok
  • Lee Ki-young Oh Moo-seong
  • Hwang Jung-min Mr. Baek
  • Eric Mun Tae-goo
  • Oh Dal-su Myeong-goo
  • Kim Hae-gon Tae-woong
  • Kim Han Se-yoon
  • Jin Goo Min-gi
  • Lee Hang-soo Chairman Won
  • Oh Kwang-rok Gangster
  • Jeon Kuk-hwan Chairman Baek
  • Lee Seung-ho Mr. Park
  • Kim Seung-oh Moo-seong's Subordinate
  • Lee Han-sol Moo-seong's Subordinate
  • Vadym Domashchenko Mikhail

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