Min, a tough guy whose widowed mother is a drunk. The story traces his journey from high school to the underworld as one of his friends introduces him to life in the mob. Complicating Min's life further is his romance with Romi, a girl from an upper-class family with dreams of going to a prestigious college.
Acting
Jung Woo-sung's wounded bravado before he became a superstar.
Direction
Kim Sung-soo captures 90s Seoul's neon-soaked desperation.
Cinematography
Grimy alleyways and desperate romance in harsh fluorescent light.
Director
Kim Sung-soo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Korea's explosive 1990s gangster film wave, reflecting real IMF crisis anxieties about collapsing social mobility.
Jung Woo-sung and Ko So-young's chemistry here launched them as Korea's 'it' couple—offscreen too, briefly.
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