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A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

20057.41h 59m

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.

Directed by Kim Jee-woon
Written by Kim Jee-woon
Produced by Oh Jung-wan, Choi Pyung-ho, Lee Eugene
Box Office0Revenue: $7.6M

Top Cast

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Sun-woo

Kim Yeong-cheol

Kim Yeong-cheol

Mr. Kang

Shin Min-a

Shin Min-a

Hee-soo

Kim Roi-ha

Kim Roi-ha

Moon-seok

Lee Ki-young

Lee Ki-young

Oh Moo-seong

Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min

Mr. Baek

Eric Mun

Eric Mun

Tae-goo

Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

Myeong-goo

Kim Hae-gon

Kim Hae-gon

Tae-woong

Kim Han

Kim Han

Se-yoon

Themes & Keywords

buried alivehandlangerrevengefugitiveextramarital affairromanticenchant

About A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life is a action, drama, crime film released in 2005 exploring themes of buried alive, handlanger, revenge, fugitive, extramarital affair, romantic. Directed by Kim Jee-woon, it stars Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Shin Min-a. 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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