A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

★ 7.4IMDb Score
Released:2005-04-01
Duration:119 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Kim Jee-woon
Actors:Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Shin Min-a, Kim Roi-ha, Lee Ki-young
Production: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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