Beat | |
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Hangul | 비트 |
RR | Biteu |
MR | Pit‘ŭ |
Directed by | Kim Sung-su |
Produced by | Cha Sung-ji |
Written by | Sam Shin |
Starring | Jung Woo-sung Ko So-young Im Chang-jung Yoo Oh-seong |
Music by | Kim Jae-won |
Cinematography | Kim Hyung-koo |
Editing by | Kim Hyeon |
Release date(s) | May 3, 1997 |
Running time | 119 min. |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Beat (비트 Biteu) is 1997 South Korean crime action film by Kim Sung-su and based of manhwa by Sim San is about high school dropout who become gangster it stars Jung Woo-sung and Ko So-young in lead roles it was breakout role for Jung Woo-sung as well based of real exepeice as high school dropout as teenager and this is third and final collabtion of Jung and Ko So-young and director wolud worked with lead actor for Musa (2001)
This movie follows the story of three friends in Korea, all three of whom drop out of school. The main character is 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.