Released Date:
2005-04-01
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
134 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2222 Reviews)
Director:
Seung-wan RyooCheol-Hong Jeon (screenplay)
Seung-wan Ryoo
Kang Tae Sik is a 43-year-old former silver medalist boxer. He now spends his days hawking himself as a human punching bag to passersby in a shopping district in Seoul and other times hiding from various loan sharks. His wife wants a divorce and is threatening to take take their own only son with her. Yoo Sang Hwan is a troubled youth, who was only recently released from prison. Sang Hwan robbed and beat up his elderly neighbor in an attempt to pay off his debts. While in prison, a guard recommended Sang Hwan take up boxing as a way to release his aggression. Now, with his father having passed away, his mother's whereabouts unknown and his grandmother just having a stroke, Sang Hwan is desperate. An amateur boxing competition takes place, providing hope for these two men. They will meet in the ring.
Released Date:
2006-05-25
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
92 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (3367 Reviews)
Director:
Seung-wan RyooJung-min Kim
Won-jae Lee
Seung-wan Ryoo
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. At the funeral, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it each in his own way. Both of their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing and the two embark on a difficult battle.
Released Date:
2010-10-28
Languages:
Korean
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (1009 Reviews)
Director:
Seung-wan RyooHoon-jung Park (screenplay)
Seung-wan Ryoo (script editor)
A serial killer targeting elementary school students is on the loose. When the most probable suspect dies and the case looks like it's reached a dead end, police brass decide to create a killer - and anyone will do. Though Detective CHOI boasts an incredible number of arrests over his career his rank never showed it. Deciding this is his last chance for professional redemption, he makes a deal with JANG, who he has been investigating, and together they decide to set up an existing suspect as the murderer. The only hurdle in their plan is public prosecutor JOO, who takes on the case and who had been involved in a deal with rival construction contractor KIM. When secret deals and back alley agreements start to come to light, it only serves to drag all of them deeper and deeper into a dark hole of questionable ethics and abuse of the law.
Released Date:
2013-02-15
Languages:
Korean, English, German
Countries:
South Korea
Runtime:
120 min
Rated:
NOT RATED
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (4024 Reviews)
Director:
Seung-wan RyooTed Geoghegan (english dialogue)
Stefanie Y. Hong (translation)
Seung-wan Ryoo
A North Korean agent in Berlin is betrayed and cut loose in the midst of a financial espionage intrigue. Together with his wife, a translator at the North Korean embassy in Berlin, they try to escape being purged, as North and South Korean operatives relentlessly pursue them.
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