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A Bittersweet Life
Why this pick
Matches A Hard Day’s morally compromised protagonist and tightening spiral of consequences, delivered with sleek Korean neo-noir style, sudden violence, and mounting pressure.
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MOVIE2014 1h 51m KOR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After trying to cover up a car accident that left a man dead, a crooked homicide detective is stalked by a mysterious man claiming to have witnessed the event.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lee Sun-kyun
Go Gun-su
Cho Jin-woong
Park Chang-min
Shin Jung-geun
Chief of homicide
Heo Jung-eun
Min-A
Kim Dong-young
Detective Doh
Park Bo-gum
Lee Jin-ho