Bloody Tie

Bloody Tie
Bloody Tie
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Choi Ho
Written by	Choi Ho; Yun Deok-won
Produced by	Shim Bo-kyung ; Lee Jong-ho
Starring	Ryoo Seung-bum; Hwang Jung-min
Cinematography	Oh Hyun-je
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum; Kim Jae-bum
Music by	Kim Sang-man
Production; companies	KD Media; Myung Films; Pancinema
Distributed by	MK Pictures
Release date	April 26, 2006;
Running time	117 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	$5 million
Box office	$10.6 million

Bloody Tie (Korean: 사생결단; RR: Sasaeng gyeoldan; lit. "A Life-or-Death Decision") is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action crime film directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jung-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryoo Seung-bum.

Plot

Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncle's meth labs blew up in an accident.

Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules. Do's partner died four years ago, while trying to take down the top drug dealer Jang Chul (Lee Do-kyeong) in Busan. Since his partner's death, Do has been driven to arrest Jang Chul and this time he plans to use Sang-do to finally take him down.^[2]^[3]

Cast

Ryoo Seung-bum - Oh Sang-do
Hwang Jung-min - Do Jin-kwang
Kim Hee-ra - Lee Taek-jo
Choo Ja-hyun - Ji-young
Lee Do-kyeong - Jang Chul
On Joo-wan - Yoo Sung-geun
Kim Jin-hyeok - Young-nam
Jung Woo - Detective Kim
Lee Eol - Detective Kim
Shin Jung-geun - Section chief Go
Yang Ki-won - Hyung-nam
Kim Sun-hwa - Hyung-nam's girl
Min Do-gi
Choi Jin-ho - Chang-joon

Awards and nominations

2006 Busan Film Critics Awards^[4]

Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

2006 Grand Bell Awards

Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum

2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards

Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
Nomination - Best Lighting - Im Jae-young
Nomination - Best Music - Kim Sang-man

2006 Korean Film Awards

Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum

2006 Director's Cut Awards

Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

2007 Baeksang Arts Awards

Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun

References

^ "Box office by Country: Bloody Tie" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
^ Elley, Derek (10 July 2006). "Bloody Tie". Variety. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
^ Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Bloody Tie". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
^ "Bloody Tie - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Bloody Tie at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Bloody Tie at IMDb
Bloody Tie at HanCinema

[1] "Box office by Country: Bloody Tie" Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.

[2] Elley, Derek (10 July 2006). "Bloody Tie". Variety. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

[3] Kim, Kyu Hyun. "Bloody Tie". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

[4] "Bloody Tie - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

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