Bloody Tie

2006 South Korean film
  • April 26, 2006 (2006-04-26)
Running time
117 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKoreanBudget$5 millionBox office$10.6 million[1]

Bloody Tie (Korean: 사생결단; RR: Sasaeng gyeoldan; lit. "A Life-or-Death Decision") is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action crime film directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jung-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryoo Seung-bum.

Plot

Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncle's meth labs blew up in an accident.

Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules. Do's partner died four years ago, while trying to take down the top drug dealer Jang Chul (Lee Do-kyeong) in Busan. Since his partner's death, Do has been driven to arrest Jang Chul and this time he plans to use Sang-do to finally take him down.[2][3]

Cast

  • Ryoo Seung-bum - Oh Sang-do
  • Hwang Jung-min - Do Jin-kwang
  • Kim Hee-ra - Lee Taek-jo
  • Choo Ja-hyun - Ji-young
  • Lee Do-kyeong - Jang Chul
  • On Joo-wan - Yoo Sung-geun
  • Kim Jin-hyeok - Young-nam
  • Jung Woo - Detective Kim
  • Lee Eol - Detective Kim
  • Shin Jung-geun - Section chief Go
  • Yang Ki-won - Hyung-nam
  • Kim Sun-hwa - Hyung-nam's girl
  • Min Do-gi
  • Choi Jin-ho - Chang-joon

Awards and nominations

2006 Busan Film Critics Awards[4]

  • Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
  • Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

2006 Grand Bell Awards

2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards

  • Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
  • Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
  • Nomination - Best Lighting - Im Jae-young
  • Nomination - Best Music - Kim Sang-man

2006 Korean Film Awards

2006 Director's Cut Awards

2007 Baeksang Arts Awards

References

  1. ^ "Box office by Country: Bloody Tie" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ^ Elley, Derek (10 July 2006). "Bloody Tie". Variety. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  3. ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Bloody Tie". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  4. ^ "Bloody Tie - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

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