City of the Rising Sun (1999)
태양은 없다
The last one is going in style!
Do-chul is a boxer who never wins a game. While trying to make some money, he gets involved with Hong-ki, a small-time crook. They somehow make friends and hang around together, but their views toward life and the world are almost opposite.
- Date of release
- 1999-01-09
- TMDB
- 7.2 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Kim Sung-soo
Casting
- Jung Woo-sung — Do-chul
- Lee Jung-jae — Hong-ki
- Lee Beom-soo — Byeong-guk
- Han Go-eun — Mimi
- Park Ji-hoon — Seong-hoon
- Lee Ki-yeol — Mr. Moon
- Han Bok-hui — Hong-ki's Mother
- Park Sung-woong — Byeong-guk's Man
- Kim Young-ho — Boxing Trainer
- Kwon Tae-won — Man
- Lee Bong-gyu — Lender
- Choi Sun-joong — Doctor
Interesting facts
City of the Rising Sun is a 1999 South Korean drama film directed by Kim Sung-su, starring Jung Woo-sung and Lee Jung-jae. It follows two friends, Hong-ki and Do-chul, in their mid-twenties struggling in life, set against the backdrop of late 1990s Korea. The film was released theatrically on January 9, 1999.
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