A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

  • Director: Jee-woon Kim
  • Writer: Dong-Cheol Kim,Jee-woon Kim
  • Countries of origin: South Korea
  • Language: Korean, Russian
  • Release date: April 1, 2005
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital EX
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Гірко-солодкий присмак життя
  • "Dalkomhan insaen" by Kim Jee-woon directed and screenwriter by Lee Byunghun , Jinrong Zhe , Shin Min A , starring actors such as the Korean gangster theme of the works.
    The film describes the story of fame and secret fights between gangs.
    The film was released in South Korea on April 1, 2005   .

    Details

    • Release date April 1, 2005
    • Filming locations South Korea
    • Production companies CJ Entertainment, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics, B.O.M. Film Productions Co.

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $10,080,094

    Movie reviews

     ( 68 ) Add reviews

    • By Lydia 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      달콤한인생

      Sun Woo (played by Lee Byung Hun) is loyal to Boss Jiang, the boss of the gang, and he has won the trust and love of Boss Jiang for doing things seriously and properly. Boss Jiang even handed over his restaurant to Shanyu to take care of.
      Boss Jiang is famous for being ruthless and ruthless, and no one can break his rules. Recently, he felt that his lover Hee Soo (played by Shin Min Ah) might have another man, so Boss Jiang placed his confidant Sun Woo by Hee Soo's side. Hee-soo is...

    • By Arne 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      Put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot

      A young girl, weighing 200 pounds, kept eating, filling the table with food she liked, drinking 4 bottles of different drinks in ten minutes, overflowing with happiness and contentment, covering her face. The dream clearly grows on her and is extremely powerful. The funny thing is that the dream does not give birth to wings, but to the fat that drags her down. What's even more ridiculous is that even such a powerful dream, as long as you pass by and say a dead fat man, It can easily penetrate...

    • By Therese 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      full of blood

      --I heard Ah Zhong say it was abusive, so I went to watch it, but I didn't feel anything at all. The film mainly tells the story of a younger brother who betrayed his boss and the two sides pinched each other (which can be summed up as a murder case caused by a woman). To be honest, this film is not very good. The transformation of the characters in the key plot is not very convincing. The biggest flaw is that the male protagonist suddenly falls in love with his "target", and the...

    • By Carol 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      This is the sweet life that can never be touched

      A young student on an autumn night woke up crying and his master felt strange, so he asked him: "Have a bad dream?" He said, "No." "Have a sad dream?" "No! Master. The dream is very beautiful." " Then why are you so sad?" The young student wiped away his tears and said softly, "Because this dream will never come true." I will never forget the monologue at the end of the movie, accompanied by Shanyu's fading soul, and the never-reachable sweet life. Love is hope, and Shanyu, who was wandering...

    • By Briana 2022-04-20 09:02:10

      A piece of music kills a person's life - sweet life

      He said, "It's ridiculous~"



      A piece of music kills a person's life . When the

      piece is about to end, he has the only smile he has. The smile that opened in the
      bloodstains fell down in the sound of gunfire.
      After the tears flowed down The sound of gunshots

      , music and smiling faces suddenly stopped
      90 degrees in the air.
      There were leaves falling

      one night in late autumn. The disciple suddenly sat up and cried bitterly....

    User comments

      ( 89 ) Add comments

    • By Herminia 2023-08-23 13:55:43

      Lee Byung Hun was so handsome, the last shootout was very hot, the story is actually very simple, the shooting is...

    • By Elinore 2023-06-29 02:57:08

      la dolce vita, the last few shots are a good link between the past and the future. A leaf slowly falls, which is moving; why did Lee Byung Hun cry at the end? Because the dream didn't come true. Many scenes are beautiful and violent, but unfortunately the pace of the previous story is too slow, only the action part is more brilliant, the emotional scene is average, basically the whole film is supported by Li Bingxian's eyes~PS: la dolce vita was finally blown...

    • By Zack 2022-12-11 22:03:00

      The details are too rough. It is obvious that the master-servant friendship in the front is the explosion point that triggers the revenge later, but there is not much ink, and there are some things that are not included. Then the girl smiled, and Li Bingxian melted. The characters don't make much sense. Of course, Huang Zhengmin is still as good as...

    • By Josue 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      "Have you had a nightmare?" "No" "A sad dream?" "No, it was a very sweet dream." "Then why are you crying so sadly?" "Because it's just a dream, not...

    • By Franco 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      This director is quite spiritual, and his style is similar to...

    Movie plot

    Sun Woo (played by Lee Byunghun) is the confidant of Boss Jiang, the boss of the underworld. He is loyal to Boss Jiang, silent and pragmatic, and can always handle everything properly without leaking. Therefore, he is trusted by Boss Jiang, so Boss Jiang will take his own industry to a skyscraper. Let Sunwoo take care of the restaurant.
    Boss Jiang is cruel and suspicious, no matter who he is, as long as he breaks his rules, he will not...
    more about A Bittersweet Life Movie plot

    Behind the scenes gags

    Lee Byunghun, the general director of the "Dalkomhan insaen" film promotional video, spent 3 days alone in the editing room to sort out all the NG expressions of the protagonist in the film. 
    At the end of 2004, the crew filmed a scene in which Sun Woo was kidnapped by a murderer to a seafood warehouse and was tortured. Due to restrictions on the use of venues, the crew had to finish the filming within 12 hours at night. As a result,...
    more about A Bittersweet Life Behind the scenes gags

    Creative background

    In the Korean film market, which is full of comedy and horror movies, director Kim Jee-woon attracts audiences with his unique shooting style. Even for gang-themed movies, unlike previous stories that focused on fame and secret battles between gangs, "Dalkomhan insaen" revealed a poetic-like alternative personality. The subtle emotional factors developed into the fuse of the opposition, and the story began to unfold with the extreme...
    more about A Bittersweet Life Creative background

    Scene processing

    There is a set of shots, where the male protagonist's whole body is tied up, and even during the break, he must maintain the appearance of being tied up with a rope. Wearing foul-smelling clothes, hands tied up with ropes and hung in the air, being splashed with cold water many times, and finally buried in a 1-meter-deep burrow, it is really a hell-like experience. There was also a total of 100 tons of water continuously washed by a...
    more about A Bittersweet Life Scene processing

    Positive reviews

    In "Dalkomhan insaen", it can be seen from the whole film and the details that the director has constructed a complete "gangster system" and "gangster concept". Those who conform to this system will survive in the world, and those that do not conform to this system will survive in the world. Will perish. In a dialogue at the end of the film, the Zen-style question and answer deepens the blackness of the film   . ( Sina Entertainment...
    more about A Bittersweet Life Positive reviews

    Movie quotes

    • Mr. Kang: What has gotten into you? Don't do this, Sun-woo.

      Sun-woo: [shoots Mr. Kang through the heart] "We can't turn back time can we?"

    • President Baek: Life is pain. Didn't you know that?

    • Mu-sung: Apologize, then nothing will happen. "I. Was. Wrong." Three little words. If you say those three words, nothing horrible will happen. "I. Was. Wrong." Just three words.

      Sun-woo: Fuck. Off. Asshole.