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The Shameless
2015 South Korean film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Shameless (Korean: 무뢰한; RR: Muroehan; lit. 'A Thug') is a 2015 South Korean neo-noir crime drama film starring Jeon Do-yeon and Kim Nam-gil.[2][3][4][5] It is written and directed by Oh Seung-uk, who described it as a "hardboiled romantic noir thriller.[6][7][8]
The Shameless made its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
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The police are staking out Park Joon-gil for the murder of Hwang Choong-nam, and jaded detective Jung Jae-gon is being pressured to close the case, particularly by his former superior Moon Ki-beom, who lost his badge for corruption. Joon-gil was once the mob enforcer for Jay Investment, but had fallen out of favor when he embezzled and stole the heart of Kim Hye-kyung, the girlfriend of the company's vice president Park Jong-ho. Jay Investment representative Min Young-ki approaches Jae-gon and offers him US$5,000 to ensure that Joon-gil is maimed during the arrest as payback. Jae-gon reluctantly agrees, but a botched arrest sends Joon-gil on the run, and Jae-gon decides the best way to find him again is by sticking with Hye-kyung, hoping she will lead him to the fugitive. Hye-kyung now works as a bar hostess to pay off her substantial debt to Jong-ho, and Jae-gon threatens his way into an undercover job as a floor manager at the nightclub she works at. Introducing himself as Joon-gil's former cellmate Lee Young-joon, Jae-gon begins to spend time with the suspicious Hye-kyung and gradually wins her trust. But when Joon-gil returns asking Hye-kyung for money for a potential deal, Jae-gon's newfound feelings of love and jealousy rise to the surface.
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Cast
- Jeon Do-yeon as Kim Hye-kyung
- Kim Nam-gil as Jung Jae-gon
- Park Sung-woong as Park Joon-gil
- Kwak Do-won as Moon Ki-beom
- Kim Min-jae as Min Young-ki
- Oh Ha-nee as Son Min-ji
- Park Ji-hwan as Son Kyung-soo
- Choi Young-do as Kim Ho-gil
- Ha Ji-eun as Han Ji-yeon
- Kang Tae-young as Kim Jin-hyung
- Ji Seung-hyun as Kim Dong-soo
- Chu Gwi-jeong as Strange woman
- Sung Seung-hyun as Drug addict
- Shin Sam-bong as Shopkeeper
- Ji Goon-woo as Drug dealer
- Lee Dong-jin as Hwang Choong-nam
- Yoo Ji-yeon as Hwang's lover
- Jung Jae-woong as Kim Hyung-seok
- Yoon Seung-won as Park Jong-ho
- Jo Won-hee as Deok-ryong
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Production
This is the second film Oh Seung-uk has directed, 15 years after his directorial debut Kilimanjaro (2000).[6] Oh was a prominent screenwriter in the 1990s, having written Green Fish (1997) and Christmas in August (1998).[18][19][20]
Lee Jung-jae was originally cast in the leading role as Jung Jae-gon, but dropped out after he was injured on the set of his 2014 film Big Match. He was replaced by Kim Nam-gil.[21]
The Shameless began filming in June 2014.[22]
Box office
The Shameless was released on May 27, 2015. It opened at fourth place in the box office, grossing ₩2.14 billion (US$1.92 million) from 272,000 admissions in its first five days.[23][24] By the end of its run, it had grossed ₩3,255,796,431 (US$2,805,292) from 413,836 admissions.
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