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City of the Rising Sun(Tae-yang-eun eobda)

태양은 없다 KOREAN

1998 | No - 18 Republic of Korea 108min 1999-01-01 (Release) 329,778(Total Admissions)

Production: Wu No Film
Distributors: Samsung Film Business
Director: Kim Sung-su
Actor: Jung Woo-sung , Lee Jung-jae , Lee Beom-soo , Han Go-Eun , Park Ji-hun See all

Plot

Do-chul is a hard luck boxer whose recent string of losses cause him to give up the sport. While visiting a credit bureau on the insistence of the gym owner, he meets Hong-ki who is a habitual swindler constantly scheming while proclaiming he'll own a high-rise building in six years. During his stay at Hong-ki's rented room, he meets Mimi, a would-be actress. Hong-ki tries to seduce Mimi by promising her that he would cast her in a movie. At a party thrown for aspiring actors/actress, drunken Do-chul creates a scene and gets his head smashed with a beer bottle by Mimi's manager. With this, he ends up in a hospital. Hong-ki runs away with Do-chul's compensation pay. blowing it all while betting on a horse race. With nowhere else to go, Do-chul, staying at his gym. Tired of being hunted down by a collector, Hong-ki kills him as Do-chul is mercilessly beaten inside the ring.

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Director :: Kim Sung-su
Actor :: Jung Woo-sung 도철 역
Lee Jung-jae 홍기 역
Lee Beom-soo 병국 역
Han Go-Eun 미미 역
Park Ji-hun 성훈 역

Staff

Screenplay

: Sim San Kim Sung-su

Producer

: Tcha Sung-jai

: Jo Min-whan

Planner

: Tcha Sung-jai

Cinematography

: Kim Hyung-koo

Light

: Lee Kang-san Jeong Young-min

Edit

: Kim Hyeon

Music

: Park Young