A Bittersweet Life (2005)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
When doing right goes very, very wrong.
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
- Released: 2005-04-01
- Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
- Runtime: 1h 59m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 1,037 votes
Directed by Kim Jee-woon.
Top cast
- Lee Byung-hun as Sun-woo
- Kim Yeong-cheol as Mr. Kang
- Shin Min-a as Hee-soo
- Kim Roi-ha as Moon-seok
- Lee Ki-young as Oh Moo-seong
- Hwang Jung-min as Mr. Baek
- Eric Mun as Tae-goo
- Oh Dal-su as Myeong-goo
- Kim Hae-gon as Tae-woong
- Kim Han as Se-yoon
Where to watch A Bittersweet Life
- United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, BFI Player, Shudder, BFI Player Amazon Channel, Shudder Amazon Channel, BFI Player Apple TV Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, ARROW; watch free on Rakuten TV; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Australia: stream on Foxtel Now; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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