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Hangul | |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Tong jeung |
McCune–Reischauer | T‘ong jŭng |
Directed by | Kwak Kyung-taek |
Produced by | Lee Ji-seung |
Screenplay by | Han Soo-ryun |
Story by | Kang Full |
Starring |
Kwon Sang-woo Jung Ryeo-won |
Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
Cinematography | Hwang Ki-seok |
Edited by |
Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
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Running time
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104 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$4,433,282 |
Pained (Hangul: 통증; RR: Tong jeung; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek. Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and gangster movies. It is adapted from an original story by popular webtoon artist Kang Full.
Debt collector Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo) lost his sense of pain after a traumatic accident during his youth, and now regularly takes beatings for his job. Street vendor Dong-hyun (Jung Ryeo-won) suffers from severe hemophilia, a disorder that impedes the body's ability to stop bleeding. For Dong-hyun, even the most minor of injuries could be deadly. She's left homeless after Nam-soon collects the last of her money, so he decides to take her in. As the two grow closer, Nam-soon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again...