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
Music by Jo Yeong-wook
Cinematography Choi Hyeon-gi
Editing by Park Kok-ji
Distributed by CJ Entertainment
Release date(s) June 15, 2006
Running time 141 min.
Country South Korea
Language Korean
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Korean name
Hangul 비열한 거리
Revised Romanization Biyeolhan geori

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

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A Dirty Carnival is the story of Byung-du, a small-time gangster in his late 20s, 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...

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