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A Bittersweet Life

Film · 2005

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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The people who made it

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Behind the camera

  1. Kim Jee-woonwriter · director
  2. Choi Jae-geuneditor
  3. Kim Ji-yongcinematographer
  4. Jang Young-gyucomposer
  5. Dalpalancomposer
  6. Kim Jung-hwaproducer
  7. Oh Jung-wanproducer
  8. Lee Eugeneproducer
  9. Choi Pyung-hoproducer
  10. Ryu Seong-hieproduction designer

On screen

  1. Kim Yeong-cheollead actor
  2. Shin Min-alead actor
  3. Kim Roi-halead actor
  4. Lee Byung-hunlead actor
  5. Kim Hansupporting actor
  6. Eric Munsupporting actor
  7. Kim Hae-gonsupporting actor
  8. Jin Goosupporting actor
  9. Lee Ki-youngsupporting actor
  10. Hwang Jung-minsupporting actor
  11. Oh Dal-susupporting actor
  12. Kim Jee-woonguest actor
  13. Ahn Jang-hyeokguest actor
  14. Choi Hyo-hyeonguest actor
  15. Choi Si-yeonguest actor
  16. Hong Eun-miguest actor
  17. Hwang Dong-seokguest actor
  18. Jeon Hye-minguest actor
  19. Jeon Na-hyeonguest actor
  20. Jeong Goo-jinguest actor
  21. Jeong Gye-soonguest actor
  22. Jeong Mi-hyeguest actor
  23. Jeong Won-kyeongguest actor
  24. Jeong Yun-Heonguest actor
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From the people who made A Bittersweet Life

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