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, who 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 baseball bat bike bind childhood friends debt collector elite gasoline hockey stick hunt katana kill mathematics motorcycle older brother planned murder police detective seoul stabbed to death their way wait yo-yo youth gang |
musicBy | Bang Jun-seok |
producer | Ryoo Seung-wan |
publisher | CJ Entertainment |
theme | buddy hip hop south korean |