A veteran gangster, Hee-su, is looking to retire from his crime family in the violent port town of Kuam, Korea. But an unexpected betrayal leads him down a bloody path where he gets caught in the middle of a mob war with deadly consequences.
Acting
Jung Woo's exhausted eyes carry decades of regrets without dialogue.
Production
Kuam's dockside decay becomes a character—wet, rotting, inescapable.
Direction
Cheon Myeong-kwan lets violence breathe, then suffocates you with it.
Director
Cheon Myeong-kwan
Jung Woo
Hee-soo
Kim Kap-soo
Elder Son
Choi Moo-seong
Yong-kang
Ji Seung-hyun
Cheol-jin
Kim Hae-gon
Yang-dong
Yoon Ji-hye
In-sook
Lee Hong-nae
Ah-mi
Yoon Je-moon
Loan Shark
Jeong Young-ju
Madam Yoon
Jung Ho-bin
Cheon Dal-ho
Kim Jong-goo
President Nam
Lee Young-suk
Dal-ja
Cha Soon-bae
Mr Ok
Heo Dong-won
Dodari
Lee Ho-cheol
Dan-ga
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Kim Un-su's novel 'Hot Blood,' which spent years in development hell before Cheon Myeong-kwan finally secured rights.
Kuam's real-life port economy collapse mirrors Korea's forgotten labor class, making the gangsters almost sympathetic as failed capitalism's debris. The 'be assertive' tagline directly references Busan's working-class slang for survival.
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