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Director: Kim Jee-woon Starring: Lee Byung-hun, Sin Min-a, Hwang Jung-min A loyal gangster falls foul of his gang when he’s assigned to keep watch over the young mistress of his crime boss. Things take a violent and bloody turn when he is unable to carry out an order to dispatch the girlfriend and her new lover. Special Features New scene specific audio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon and film academic Areum Jeong New audio commentary by Pierce Conran and James Marsh Audio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon and Actors Kim Young-chul and Lee Byung-hun Audio commentary with Director Kim Jee-woon, Director of Photography Kim Ji-y and Set Designer Yoo Seong-hee Making of A Bittersweet Life with optional commentaries Archive featurettes: Art; Music; Sound; Action; Gun Smith; Special Art; Special Effects; CG; Tell Me Why; A Bittersweet Life in Cannes Deleted and Alternate Scenes with optional commentary Music Videos Teaser, Trailer and TV Spot Catalogue number: 2NDBR4221 Certificate: 18 Region: Blu-ray Region B Language: Korean Subtitles: English Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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A Bittersweet Life (2005)
119 min
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.