The City of Violence
The City of Violence (; lit. "Partner" or "Pal") is a 2006 South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong.
Plot
Wang-jae is an ex-gangster who chases a gang of punks into an alley where he is fatally stabbed to death. His four childhood friends reunite in nearly 20 years at Wang-jae's funeral. Up to then, each person has gone their own way: Tae-su became a Seoul police detective. Pil-ho has taken over his brother-in-law Wang-jae's business. Seok-hwan works as a debt collector while his older brother Dong-hwan struggles as a mathematics professor. After the funeral, Tae-su decides to investigate the murder within a week before he would return to his job in Seoul.
Cast
More details
author | Ryoo Seung-wan |
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director | Ryu Seung-wan |
editor | Nam Na-yeong |
events | organized crime |
genre | action crime thriller |
keywords | attack childhood friends debt collector gasoline hunt katana mathematics older brother planned murder police detective seoul stabbed to death their way wait youth gang |
musicBy | Bang Jun-seok |
producer | Ryoo Seung-wan |
publisher | CJ Entertainment |
theme | buddy south korean |