The City of Violence
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 Film poster | |
| Hangul | 짝패 |
| Revised Romanization | Jjakpae |
| McCune–Reischauer | Tchakp'ae |
| Directed by | Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Written by | Kim Jung-min Lee Won-jae Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Produced by | Kim Jung-min Ryoo Seung-wan |
| Starring | Ryoo Seung-wan Jung Doo-hong Lee Beom-soo |
| Cinematography | Kim Yeong-cheol |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
| Music by | Bang Jun-seok |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$2.7 million |
| Box office | US$6.2 million[1] |
The City of Violence (Korean: 짝패; RR: Jjakpae; lit. Partner; 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.[2][3][4][5][unreliable source?]
Plot
[edit]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.
Meanwhile, Seok-hwan decides to find and kill Wang-jae's murderers. While investigating, Tae-su is attacked by youth gangs, where he barely escapes with his life after Seok-hwan's unexpected arrival. They decide to work together. After hunting the gangs, they discover Wang-jae's death is not a random mindless attack, but was a planned murder. The revelation leads them to Dong-hwan, who confesses that Pil-ho was behind the plan after Wang-jae disapproved Pil-ho's plans to turn their city into a tourist district. After strangers tried to kill him as part of tying up Pil-ho's loose ends, Wang-jae's young murderer agrees to testify against Pil-ho.
A killer douses the young murderer in gasoline and sets him on fire. Later, Pil-ho badly thrashes Tae-su and also targets to finish Seok-hwan, Dong-hwan and their mother in an accident, but Seok-wan survives. After Dong-hwan and his mother's funeral, Seok-hwan and Wang-jae's widow leave the funeral house and sees Tae-su waiting outside. Tae-su persuades Wang-jae's widow into revealing information on her brother Pil-ho's whereabouts. Tae-su and Seok-hwan storm Pil-ho's fortress where they fight their way through swarms of armed cooks and bodyguards until the banquet room.
Meanwhile, Pil-ho kills the Seoul president, which prompts all guests to leave. Tae-su and Seok-hwan confronts Pil-ho, who is along with his four elite guards in the room. A fight ensues where Tae-su and Seok-hwan manages to defeat Pil-ho's elite guards and sets to take on Pil-ho, who takes them by surprise by attacking Seok-hwan. Pil-ho turns and stabs Tae-su, but Seok-hwan later finishes Pil-ho with a katana. As Tae-su bleeds to death, an exhausted Seok-hwan notices the carnage that he and Tae-su had created and sighs heavily.
Cast
[edit]- Ryoo Seung-wan – Yoo Suk-hwan
- Kim Si-hoo – Yoo Suk-hwan (young)
- Jung Doo-hong – Jung Tae-soo
- On Joo-wan – Jung Tae-soo (young)
- Lee Beom-soo – Jang Pil-ho
- Kim Dong-young – Jang Pil-ho (young)
- Jung Suk-yong – Yoo Dong-hwan
- Park Young-seo – Yoo Dong-hwan (young)
- Lee Joo-shil – Yoo Suk-hwan's mother
- Ahn Gil-kang – Oh Wang-jae
- Jung Woo – Oh Wang-jae (young)
- Kim Byeong-ok – Youth president
- Kim Seo-hyung – Jang Mi-ran
- Jo Deok-hyun – Boss Jo
- Kim Gi-cheon – Sal-soo
- Kim Kkot-bi – high school girl with razor blade
- Kim Su-hyeon – Seoul detective
- Im Jun-il – Team leader Im
- Lee Na-ri – Miss Bae
- Park Ji-hwan – teen gang boss
- Lee Hong-pyo – Onsung area cop
- Oh Joo-hee – hanbok-wearing woman in special room 2
- Kim Hyo-sun – secretary
Awards and nominations
[edit]- Best Supporting Actor - Lee Beom-soo
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards[6]
- Best Cinematography - Kim Yeong-cheol
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Lee Beom-soo
2006 Korean Film Awards
- Best Supporting Actor - Lee Beom-soo
- Nomination - Best Editing - Nam Na-yeong
- Nomination - Best Music - Bang Jun-seok
- Nomination - Best Sound - Seo Yeong-jun, Jo Min-ho
- Nomination - Best Director - Ryoo Seung-wan
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Lee Beom-soo
- Nomination - Best Cinematography - Kim Yeong-cheol
- Nomination - Best Editing - Nam Na-yeong
References
[edit]- ^ "The City of Violence". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ 시사회 - PRESS SCREENING: 짝패 (The City of Violence). Twitch Film. 10 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Lee, Hoo-nam; Lee, Min-a (15 May 2006). "Film noir showcases duo's martial arts skills". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ "A Trip Inside The City of Violence: Ryu Seung-Wan and Jung Doo-Hong Talk 짝패". Twitch Film. 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
- ^ Kim, Kyu Hyun (5 February 2008). "City of Violence: Lean and Mean". OhmyNews International. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
- ^ "The City of Violence - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
External links
[edit]- The City of Violence at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- The City of Violence at IMDb
- The City of Violence at HanCinema
- The City of Violence at AllMovie
- The City of Violence at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2006 films
- 2006 action thriller films
- 2006 crime thriller films
- 2000s crime action films
- 2000s buddy films
- Films about organized crime in South Korea
- Films directed by Ryoo Seung-wan
- 2000s Korean-language films
- Police detective films
- South Korean action thriller films
- South Korean crime thriller films
- South Korean crime action films
- CJ Entertainment films
- 2000s South Korean films