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A Bittersweet Life

1820051h 59mKim Jee-woon
IMDb 7.5 · Rotten Tomatoes 100%
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"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.

ActionDramaCrime
Buried AliveHandlangerRevengeFugitiveExtramarital AffairRomanticEnchant

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What is A Bittersweet Life (2005) about?

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.

Who stars in A Bittersweet Life?

A Bittersweet Life stars Lee Byung-hun (Sun-woo), Kim Yeong-cheol (Mr. Kang), Shin Min-a (Hee-soo), Kim Roi-ha (Moon-seok), Lee Ki-young (Oh Moo-seong). The film was directed by Kim Jee-woon.

How long is A Bittersweet Life?

A Bittersweet Life has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2005. It is rated 18.

Is A Bittersweet Life worth watching?

A Bittersweet Life holds an IMDb rating of 7.5/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 100. Fans of Action, Drama, Crime are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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