Dalkomhan Insaeng (2005)
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Duration: 120 minuten
Alternative titles: A Bittersweet Life / 달콤한 인생
Country:
South Korea
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Starst: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol and Shin Min-a
IMDb score:
7,5 (47.383)
Releasedate: 1 April 2005
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Dalkomhan Insaeng plot
"When doing right goes very, very wrong."
Perfectionist Sun-woo has the confidence of his boss by diligently running a neat restaurant. When his boss Kang suspects that his younger girlfriend Hee-so has a secret crush, he orders Sun-woo to keep an eye on her and kill her if she betrays Kang. After following her for several days, he catches Hee-so with her boyfriend, but to his own surprise, he lets them go. With this decision, he has set in motion an irreversible struggle.
Actors and actresses
Sun-woo
Mr. Kang
Hee-soo
Moon-seok
Mr. Baek
Oh Moo-seong
Myeong-goo
Tae-woong
Se-yoon
Min-gi
Reviews & comments
FillumGek
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- 8987 messages
- 3421 votes
After seeing I Saw the Devil I decided to give this one a try. I've wanted to see it for a while, but the fact that Jee-woon Kim was behind it was an extra motivation to watch it now. And I am not disappointed, what a wonderfully hard film this has become!
A Bittersweet Life opens with an entertaining scene in which we are introduced to the violent Sun-woo. A Korean with a short fuse, but with his heart in the right place. Again a strong piece of acting by Byung-hun Lee who also played the stars of heaven in I Saw the Devil. When he lets the couple in love go, he suddenly ends up in shit and dozens of gangsters are after him.
Then we see a number of rock-hard scenes in which the blood flows abundantly. Good to see that for once there is no mercy, but just stop talking and put things in order. Visually, the film is quite dark, ideal to reinforce the depressive pit in which Sun-woo sinks further and further.
At first glance it is a standard revenge story, but Jee-woon Kim gives that little bit extra to make it something special. Beautiful emotions every now and then and a good crime film where time flies by.
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tattoobob
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- 8206 messages
- 2586 votes
What a fantastic South Korean movie this she 
.
Banging action scenes..black humor..matching music...I could go on and on...
Pfffff the Americans can learn something from this, the South Koreans prove time and time again.
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UmbraVitae
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- 4471 messages
- 4179 votes
Aah delicious Korean action, they can usually do something about it, love it. The film starts immediately, does not need a reconnaissance round fzo and does not waste any time to fire some action at the viewer, with that wonderful Korean atmosphere and attitude, really thumbs and fingers licking.
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