Tazza: The High Rollers (2006)

Original title

타짜

Directed by

Choi Dong-hun

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 19m

Rated

R18+

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 100 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets drawn into the underground world of high-stakes gambling and card games. He navigates shady characters and dangerous rivals while trying to master the game and survive.

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What happens

Tazza: The High Rollers (Korean: 타짜) is a 2006 South Korean crime film directed by Choi Dong-hoon and based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. Produced by Sidus FNH and distributed by CJ Entertainment, the story revolves around a group of gambling drifters involved in the Korean card game hwatu. It was a huge commercial and critical success, becoming one of South Korea's highest-grossing films and winning numerous awards. It was the second best-selling film of 2006 in South Korea, with 6,847,777 admissions nationwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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