A Bittersweet Life
A Bittersweet Life (Korean: 달콤한 인생; RR: Dalkomhan insaeng; lit. "The Sweet Life") is a 2005 South Korean neo-noir action drama film written and directed by Kim Jee-woon. It stars Lee Byung-hun as Sun-woo, a hitman who becomes targeted by his boss after he spares the latter's cheating mistress.
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| Hangul | 달콤한 인생 |
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| Revised Romanization | Dalkomhan insaeng |
| McCune–Reischauer | Talk‘omhan insaeng |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Written by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Produced by | Park Dong-ho Eugene Lee |
| Starring | Lee Byung-hun Kim Yeong-cheol Shin Min-ah Kim Roi-ha |
| Cinematography | Kim Ji-yong |
| Edited by | Choi Jae-keun |
| Music by | Jang Young-gyu Dalpalan |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean Russian Filipino |
| Box office | US$7.6 million |
The film was released theatrically in South Korea on 1 April 2005. It opened on 265 screens throughout the country, and registered a total of 1,112,950 admissions by the end of its run. It was also screened out of competition at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. A 30 seconds longer director's cut was later released, featuring slight cutting and re-arrangement of scenes, swapping of music placement and some additional scenes that do not appear in the theatrical cut. The film received an unofficial Indian remake titled Awarapan in 2007.