A Bittersweet Life

A Bittersweet Life

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

2005•1h 59m•7.4/10

ActionDramaCrime

Ratings

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7.4/10(969)

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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Production

Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Sun-woo

Kim Yeong-cheol

Kim Yeong-cheol

Mr. Kang

Shin Min-a

Shin Min-a

Hee-soo

Kim Roi-ha

Kim Roi-ha

Moon-seok

Lee Ki-young

Lee Ki-young

Oh Moo-seong

Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min

Mr. Baek

Eric Mun

Eric Mun

Tae-goo

Oh Dal-su

Oh Dal-su

Myeong-goo

Kim Hae-gon

Kim Hae-gon

Tae-woong

Kim Han

Kim Han

Se-yoon

Jin Goo

Jin Goo

Min-gi

Lee Hang-soo

Chairman Won

Oh Kwang-rok

Oh Kwang-rok

Gangster

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Chairman Baek

Lee Seung-ho

Lee Seung-ho

Mr. Park

Kim Seung-o

Kim Seung-o

Moo-seong's Subordinate

Lee Han-sol

Lee Han-sol

Moo-seong's Subordinate

Vadym Domashchenko

Vadym Domashchenko

Mikhail

Sonny

Filipino Gang

Nico

Filipino Gang

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