Tazza: The High Rollers
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Directed by | Dong-hun Choi |
Written by | Dong-hun Choi Yeong-min Ha |
Starring | Jo Seung-woo Baek Yun-shik Kim Hye-su Yun-seok Kim |
Release date(s) | September 28, 2006 (South Korea) |
Running time | 139 min. |
Language | Korean |
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Korean name | |
Hangul: | 타짜 |
Hanja: | |
Revised Romanization: | Tajja |
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Tazza : The High Rollers (타짜) is a 2006 South Korean movie. The story involves a group of grifters involved in the Korean card game called Hwatu.
[edit] Plot
Go-nee has lost his entire savings, saved over a period of 5 years, at a gambling joint. While Go-nee drinks heavily, determined to throw away his life, he discovers that he was swindled by professional fraudulent gamblers, so-called ‘slickers’. To regain his sister’s money, Go-nee begins training to be the best slicker under a master of gambling, Mr. PYEONG. Go-nee becomes famous, wandering about different gambling places throughout the country with PYEONG. Moreover, Madam JUNG who has never gotten along with Mr. PYEONG, begins to show interest in Go-nee…