A Bittersweet Life (2005)

Original title

달콤한 인생

Directed by

Kim Ji-woon

Genre

drama film, action film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h

Rated

MA 15+

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 1,003 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A loyal hitman spares the life of his boss's mistress and must face the brutal consequences. The story follows his violent struggle for survival.

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What happens

A Bittersweet Life (Korean: 달콤한 인생; RR: Dalkomhan insaeng; lit. 'The Sweet Life') is a 2005 South Korean action film 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. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on 1 April 2005. It opened on 265 screens throughout the country, and registered a total of 1,112,950 admissions by the end of its run. It was also screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. A 30 seconds longer director's cut was later released, featuring slight cutting and re-arrangement of scenes, swapping of music placement and some additional scenes that do not appear in the theatrical cut. The film received an unofficial Indian remake titled Awarapan in 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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