A man born and raised in the outskirts of Busan gets involved in a gangster war for survival.
(Source: HanCinema)
Adapted from the novel by Kim Un Su.
Duration: 1 hr. 59 min.
Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older
Set in Busan, South Korea during the 1970's, Lee Doo-Sam works for a group who become involved in smuggling high priced items like gold and watches. The government then implements a crackdown. Lee Doo-Sam becomes the scapegoat for his boss and serves time in prison. When he is released, Lee Doo-Sam jumps into the business of manufacturing and distributing methamphetamine. At a party, he meets lobbyist Kim Jung-A who has connections with powerful people. Kim Jung-A joins Lee Doo-Sam’s business venture. Lee Doo-Sam makes incredible profits, but he becomes restless and gets addicted to methamphetamine.
Meanwhile, Prosecutor Kim In-Goo is transferred to the Busan Prosecutors' Office. While investigating a drug case, he notices Lee Doo-Sam. He targets Lee Doo-Sam and the powerful people who took bribes from him.
Based on the Japanese Invasion, a drug king sells drugs to China and Japan and uses the money on Joseon Independence movement.
Duration: 2 hr. 19 min.
Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)
Mrs. Hong's family, launches a new business of setting up a kimchi manufacturing company after putting an end to their crime-related dirty business. The new business is a huge success due to Mrs. Hong's talent in food, and her three sons and their wives help her to write a new chapter for their family history, learning what an ordinary man's life is like. But the Hongs meet a new crisis when former prosecutor Bong, imprisoned for manipulating evidences in the second installment, is released and prepares for a revenge on the Hongs, who largely contributed to his conviction.
Bong, along with the help of another criminal gang come up with an idea to pay back the Hongs. He poisons the products from Hong's brand which causes the family to be on the verge of going out of business. But as Bong's simple plot succeeds, the Hongs easily tackle the crisis in the end. And to fill the empty space in the flimsy story, much of the film is devoted to scenes of recollection of each character's past.
Seon Woo receives calla every morning and wants to find out who the secret admirer is. One day, he goes to a nearby florist’s where he meets Ji Hee. He falls in love with her at first sight, thinking she is the one who is sending him flowers. Seon Woo asks Ji-hee to go on a date and she agrees. He arrives at the rendenvous only to find that Ji-hee is held hostage and, to his horror, killed before his eyes.
Duration: 1 hr. 45 min.
Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older