A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life (A)

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Buried Alive

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  • Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Action, Crime
  • Language(s): 한국어/조선말 (Korean)
  • Director(s): Kim Jee-woon, Lee So-yeong
  • Cast(s): Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Shin Min-A, Kim Roe-ha, Hwang Jung-min See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 59min
  • Music: Dalpalan ,Jang Young-gyu,Kim Kyung-tae
  • Award(s): Korean Association of Film Critics 2005 (Won)
    Grand Bell 2005 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: A Company Man, The Villainess
  • Story:

    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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STORY

Story

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.

AWARDS

Won
Korean Association of Film Critics Award

Best Actor | 2005 | Lee Byung-hun

Baek Sang Film Award

Best Actor | 2006 | Lee Byung-hun

Grand Bell Award

Best Supporting Actor | 2005 | Hwang Jung-min

Blue Dragon Award

Best Cinematography | 2005 | Kim Ji-yong

Busan Film Critics Association Award

Best Cinematography | 2005 | Kim Ji-yong

Nominations
Grand Bell Award

Best Actor | 2005 | Lee Byung-hun

Best Cinematography | 2005 | Kim Ji-yong

Blue Dragon Award

Best Actor | 2005 | Lee Byung-hun

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Collection 7,600,000 USD

TRIVIA

Trivia

The Korean title "Dalkomhan Insaeng" and the name of the bar "La Dolce Vita" translate to "The Sweet Life". As an ironic touch the International English title is called "A Bittersweet Life".

The narration that opens and closes the film are Buddhist parables.

In some alternate posters Byung hun Lee is shown smoking, but in the movie he never smokes.

Byung-Hun Lee and Ku Jin previously starred together in a show All In (2003). Ku Jin played the younger version of Byung-Hun's character.

In an interview the director states, that Kill Bill (2004) was one of his main influences for this movie.