
State of Fear(2026)
As São Paulo erupts in an unprecedented wave of violence, a lawyer with underworld ties must strike a deal with the police to rescue her kidnapped niece.


“When doing right goes very, very wrong.”
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.

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
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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