CinemaOSMovie · 2005 · 1h 59m
A Bittersweet Life

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

74%(1,054)IMDbActionDramaCrime

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 byKim Jee-woon

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 59m
Language
KO
Released
April 1, 2005
Revenue
$7,600,000
Studios
Bom Film ProductionsCJ Entertainment

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"A Bittersweet Life" (2005) Trailer - Kim Ji-woon, Lee Byung-Hun

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Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon
Written by
Kim Jee-woon
Kim Jee-woon
Produced by
Oh Jung-wan
Oh Jung-wan
Choi Pyung-ho
Choi Pyung-ho

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