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Suk-kyu Han, Hye-jin Shim, Sung-keun Moon, Myung Kye-Nam, Gye-nam Myeong ... see more see more... , Jae-yeong Jeong , Ji-hye Oh , Jin-yeong Jeong , Kang-ho Song , Mun-shik Lee , Seong-kun Mun , Seong-kyu Han , Han Sukgyu , Sim Hye-Jin

In this South Korean crime drama, Makdong (Han Suk-Kyu) is discharged from the army to find changes in his rural hometown village. Aboard a train, he meets nightclub singer Miae (Shim Hye-Jin), girlfr... read more read more...iend of a Seoul gang leader (Moon Sung-Keun). Makdong joins the gang, but his increasing interest in Miae puts him in conflict with the boss. This film won the 1997 Vancouver Film Festival's Dragons and Tigers Award, given to top Asian films. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 51 min.

Directed by: Chang-dong Lee

Release Date: November 26, 1997

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DVD Release Date: November 24, 2009

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  • kiriyamakazou
    December 24, 2007
    kiriyamakazou
    The director of the amazing Oasis first showed his remarkable talents with this brilliant piece of gangster cinema. Once again Chang-dong deals with a complex relationship which is anything but 2-D. His use of long takes are remarkable as he still moves the camera around fluently... read more and gracefully giving these long takes more motion and pace than still shots. A few very clever techniques such as the use of mirrors, cancelling out the necessity for shot/reverse shot cutting really highlight the skills on display here. The acting is phenomenol and is never too in your face or too subtle. The original music is a wonderfully gentle piece and any film that uses a Tom Waits song to great effect is bound to get high marks by me.

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Dennis Schwartz
June 11, 2010
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Unique dark thriller from Seoul. Full Review

Amber Wilkinson
November 9, 2008
Amber Wilkinson, Eye for Film

Chang-dong extracts a sterling performance from Suk-Kyu and finds plenty of depth in the film's more contemplative moments, but the gangland segments never quite attain the same ring of truth. Full Review

Ken Eisner
February 23, 2012
Ken Eisner, Variety

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