Cruel Winter Blues
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Poster for Cruel Winter Blues (2006)
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| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Yeolhyeolnama |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏrhyŏlnama |
| Directed by | Lee Jeong-beom |
| Produced by | Cha Seung-jae Kim Mi-hee |
| Written by | Lee Jeong-beom |
| Starring |
Sol Kyung-gu Jo Han-sun Na Moon-hee |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seok |
| Cinematography | Kim Dong-cheon |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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118 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | US$4 million |
| Box office | US$2,507,321 |
Cruel Winter Blues (Hangul: 열혈남아; RR: Yeol-hyeol-nam-a; lit. "A Hot-blooded Man") is a 2006 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom.
Mis-marketed as a gangster action movie, reviewers called it an intense family drama about motherhood, as a strong, self-sacrificing mother has no choice but to endure the hardships of having a hoodlum son.
A mob hitter, Jae-mun (Sol Kyung-gu) is the seasoned veteran of a mob family. He decides to go after rival mobster Dae-sik, the man who killed his boss and childhood friend a few years earlier. He takes Chi-guk with him as his partner in the assassination. Although a physically imposing black belt in Taekwondo, Chi-guk (Jo Han-sun) is a soft-spoken newcomer to gang life, who is quietly offended by Jae-mun's arbitrary and random acts of cruelty and rudeness against him and others. Together, they travel to Dae-sik's hometown, a remote rural village called Bulgyo in South Jeolla Province.
While waiting for an opportunity to perform the hit, Jae-mun coincidentally befriends Dae-sik's mother Jeon-sim (Na Moon-hee) and spends some time with her. She comes to lovingly treat him as another son, and Jae-mun begins to feel conflicted. A tragic plot develops, culminating in a bloody showdown between Jae-mun and Dae-sik.
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