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When doing right goes very, very wrong. - A Bittersweet Life
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Title: A Bittersweet Life

Release Date: 1 Apr 2005

Runtime: 1h 59m

Genre: Action, Drama, Crime

Director: Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment

Production Companies: Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7.469 (881 votes)

Cast

  • Sun-woo: Lee Byung-hun
  • Mr. Kang: Kim Yeong-cheol
  • Hee-soo: Shin Min-a
  • Moon-seok: Kim Roi-ha
  • Mr. Baek: Hwang Jung-min
  • Oh Moo-seong: Lee Ki-young
  • Myeong-goo: Oh Dal-su
  • Tae-woong: Kim Hae-gon
  • Se-yoon: Kim Han
  • Min-gi: Jin Goo
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