A Dirty Carnival

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A Dirty Carnival
Directed by	Yu Ha
Produced by	Cha Seoung-Jae Kim Mi-heui Choi Seon-jung
Written by	Yu Ha
Starring	Jo In-seong Cheon Ho-jin Nan-gung Min Lee Bo-yeong
Release date(s)	2006 (South Korea)
Running time	141 min.
Language	Korean
Korean name
Hangul:	비열한 거리
Hanja:
Revised Romanization:	Biyeolhan geori
McCune-Reischauer:

A Dirty Carnival, (Korean: 비열한 거리), is poet Yu Ha's fourth feature film. Released in 2006, this film noir sold 1.6 million tickets.

[edit] Plot

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A Dirty Carnival is the story of Byung-du, a small-time gangster in his late 20's, for whom life is going to take a different turn. To save his family from getting evicted, Byung-du accepts to murder public attorney Park, who was standing in the way of his superior, President Hwang. Fascinated by the violent life of Byung-Du, one of his high-school friends, Min-Ho, now a movie director, decides to interview him and adapt his real-life story to improve his script, for a film about gangsters. Meanwhile, old flame Hyun-Joo reappears and brings with her the hope of a happier life...