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A Bittersweet Life (Korean: 달콤한 인생; RR: Dalkomhan insaeng; lit. "The Sweet Life") is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir action drama film [3] written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It stars Lee Byung-hun as Sun-woo, a hitman who becomes targeted by his boss after he spares the latter's cheating mistress.
A Bittersweet Life: Directed by Kim Jee-woon. With Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Kim Yeong-cheol, Hwang Jung-min. Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.
- (43K)
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Kim Jee-woon
- 2005-04-01
Another team up between director Kim Jee-woon & leading man Lee Byung-hun, makes "A Bittersweet Life" another impressive title from the two, a beautifully made & violent crime thriller. A...
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- Lee Byung-Hun
- Kim Jee-Woon
- Crime, Drama
Feb 27, 2020 · A Bittersweet Life plays out like a tragedy. The criminal who knows nothing else finds himself suddenly overtaken by the beauty of life itself, only to have it doom him. Holding onto a fleeting moment of passion, Sun-woo firmly plants himself in his own grave.
- Christopher Cross
A Bittersweet Life remains one of Kim's most focused, satisfying films, balancing blistering action sequences with moments of introspection, clearly emulating the feel of classic neo-noir films. The film's ambiguous coda also serves as a poignant reminder of the price of playing at being a gangster.
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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Apr 1, 2005 · A Bittersweet Life is a South Korean action crime drama directed by Kim Jee-woon. The film follows Sun-woo, an enforcer played by Lee Byung-hun, who faces dire consequences after defying the orders of his boss in the criminal underworld.
