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| The Show Must Go On | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Hangul | 우아한 세계 |
| Hanja | 우아한 世界 |
| Revised Romanization | Uahan segye |
| McCune–Reischauer | Uahan segye |
| Directed by | Han Jae-rim |
| Written by | Han Jae-rim |
| Starring | Song Kang-ho Oh Dal-su Yoon Je-moon Choi Il-hwa Park Ji-young |
| Music by | Yoko Kanno |
| Cinematography | Park Yong-soo |
| Edited by | Kim Sun-min |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$6.7 million[1] |
The Show Must Go On (Hangul: 우아한 세계; RR: Uahan segye; lit: Elegant World) is a 2007 South Korean action noir film written and directed by Han Jae-rim, starring Song Kang-ho in the lead role. The film revolves around a full-time gangster who's aspiring to be a full-time husband and dad.
The film released theatrically in South Korea on 5 April 2007.
Contents
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Release
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links
Plot
In-gu is a gangster but also a husband and father who dreams of moving his family out of their drab apartment and into a bigger home. Shunned by his daughter and nagged by his wife to get a respectable job, In-gu nonetheless perseveres down his chosen path to provide for his family. But his family life starts to get in the way of his business, and to make matters worse he is plotted against by the younger brother of his boss which favors In-gu for his abilities to enforce territorial rights.
Cast
Song Kang-ho ... In-gu- Park Ji-young ... Mi-ryung
Kim So-eun ... Hee-soo
Oh Dal-su ... Hyun-soo
Yoon Je-moon ... Director Noh
Choi Il-hwa ... Chairman Noh- Choi Jong-ryul ... owner of dumpling restaurant
Jung In-gi ... police chief- Kim Kyeong-ik ... Hee-soo's teacher
- Kwon Tae-won ... police chief of police substation
Lee Dae-yeon ... company president Baek
Oh Jung-se ... manager- Lydia Park ... female employee
- Lee Yong-yi ... granny in broken-down home
- Min Seong-wook ... Director Noh's subordinate
- Son Se-bin ... daughter of woman in mourning
- Park Jin-woo ... reporter
- Lee Jang-hoon ... Yong-seok
Release
The film was released in South Korea on April 5, 2007, and received a total of 1,025,781 admissions nationwide.[2]
Awards
The Show Must Go On won Best Film and Best Actor for Song Kang-ho at the 28th Blue Dragon Film Awards in 2007.[3]
References
^ "Woo-ah-han Sae-gye (The Show Must Go On) (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
^ "Box-Office Admission Results (2007)". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
^ "Show Must Go on Wins Blue Dragon Award". KBS World. 24 November 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
External links
The Show Must Go On on IMDb
The Show Must Go On at the Korean Movie Database
The Show Must Go On at HanCinema
The Show Must Go On at AllMovie
The Show Must Go On review at Koreanfilm.org
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