Movie
A Bittersweet Life
When doing right goes very, very wrong.
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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A Bittersweet Life was released April 1, 2005. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
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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Cast
Lee Byung-hunSun-woo
Kim Yeong-cheolMr. Kang
Shin Min-aHee-soo
Kim Roi-haMoon-seok
Lee Ki-youngOh Moo-seong
Hwang Jung-minMr. Baek
Eric MunTae-goo
Oh Dal-suMyeong-gooCredits
- Directed by
- Kim Jee-woon
- Written by
- Kim Jee-woon
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Korean
- Original title
- 달콤한 인생
- Box office
- $7.6M
Production
Bom Film ProductionsSouth Korea
CJ EntertainmentSouth Korea