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74% Critic Match
A Bittersweet Life
“When doing right goes very, very wrong.”
7.4 / 10• 2005• 1h 59m•NR• Korean
ActionDramaCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Lee Byung-hun
Sun-woo
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kim Jee-woon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Bittersweet Life is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
