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''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful Korean mobster who goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun Creator/LeeByunghun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful Korean mobster who goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Sun-woo kills his boss and his henchmen, but dies alone in the process, and Hee-soo and her lover are likely to remain separated and unaware of these events.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Sun-woo kills his boss Kang and his henchmen, but dies alone in the process, and Hee-soo and her lover are likely to remain separated and unaware of these events.]]
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Sun-woo kills his boss and his henchmen, but dies alone in the process, and Hee-soo and her lover are likely to remain separated and unaware of these events.]]
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* DeadMansTriggerFinger: In the final shootout, Sun-woo managed to wound one of the mercenaries who's armed with an AK-47. Said mercenary ends up staggering backwards and firing his weapon as he fall, killing maybe a dozen random mooks on accident.
* DestinationDefenestration: In the final shootout, a gangster hit by stray gunfire ends up staggering backwards... through the penthouse window. Behind that is a twenty-storey drop.
* DestinationDefenestration: In the final shootout, a gangster hit by stray gunfire ends up staggering backwards... through the penthouse window. Behind that is a twenty-storey drop.
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* BallisticDiscount: [[spoiler: At first, Sun-woo tries to buy one gun peacefully. However, the arms dealers figure out his ruse so he is forced to kill them all. He then takes all the weapon he can carry.]]
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* PrettyLittleHeadshots: [[spoiler: averted with one of the arms dealers, whose head miss a huge chunk where the bullet exits.]]
* StupidCrooks: The three arms dealer. Two of them relentlessly argue with each other. The boss isn't much better, [[spoiler:leaving loaded magazines within the customer's arm reach.]]
* StupidCrooks: The three arms dealer. Two of them relentlessly argue with each other. The boss isn't much better, [[spoiler:leaving loaded magazines within the customer's arm reach.]]
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%%* TortureTechnician: Mu-sung is a torture technician for hire.
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%%* TortureTechnician: Mu-sung is a torture technician for hire.hire.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Sun-woo ends up being killed by the gun dealer's brother at the end. Interestingly, the gun dealer's brother doesn't seem to know that Sun-woo was the one who killed his brother, he just knows that it's one of the people participating in the shootout at the end, so he kills all the survivors.
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* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler: Sun-woo ends up being killed by the gun dealer's brother at the end. Interestingly, the gun dealer's brother doesn't seem to know that Sun-woo was the one who killed his brother, he just knows that it's one of the people participating in the shootout at the end, so he kills all the survivors.]]
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* OnlyAFleshWound: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead. The only one who's finally successful in killing him is the gun dealer's brother.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: The protagonist [[spoiler: takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead. The only one who's finally successful in killing him is the gun dealer's brother.]]
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''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful korean mobster that goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful korean Korean mobster that who goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Sun-woo ends up being killed by the gun dealer's brother at the end. Interestingly, the gun dealer's brother doesn't seem to know that Sun-woo was the one who killed his brother, he just knows that it is one of the people participating in the shootout at the end, so he kills all the survivors.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Sun-woo ends up being killed by the gun dealer's brother at the end. Interestingly, the gun dealer's brother doesn't seem to know that Sun-woo was the one who killed his brother, he just knows that it is it's one of the people participating in the shootout at the end, so he kills all the survivors.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead. The only one who's finally successful in killing him is the gun dealer's brother.
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* ActionHero: Sun-woo, a mobster trained in martial arts who won't die easy.
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* {{Badass}}: Sun-woo, a mobster trained in martial arts who won't die easy.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Sun-woo again.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Kang and Baek, leaning towards Kang.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Sun-woo again.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Kang and Baek, leaning towards Kang.
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* MadeOfIron: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead.
* MadeOfIron: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead.
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* MadeOfIron: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead.
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* TortureTechnician: Mu-sung is apparently a torture technician for hire.
* TortureTechnician: Mu-sung is apparently a torture technician for hire.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: See MadeOfIron above.
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* BigBad: BigBadDuumvirate: Kang and Baek, leaning towards Kang.
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* TheTorturer: Mu-sung is apparently a torturer-for-hire.
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* TheTorturer: TortureTechnician: Mu-sung is apparently a torturer-for-hire.torture technician for hire.
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* AvengingTheVillain: Sun-woo ends up being killed by the gun dealer's brother at the end. Interestingly, the gun dealer's brother doesn't seem to know that Sun-woo was the one who killed his brother, he just knows that it is one of the people participating in the shootout at the end, so he kills all the survivors.
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* BuriedAlive: Happens to Sun-wo. He manages to dig himself out, but is threatened with being buried in a ditch three times deeper after. Fortunately, he manages to escape before that can happen.
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* BuriedAlive: Happens to Sun-wo.Sun-woo. He manages to dig himself out, but is threatened with being buried in a ditch three times deeper after. Fortunately, he manages to escape before that can happen.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: See MadeOfIron above.above.
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* TheTorturer: Mu-sung is apparently a torturer-for-hire.
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* BuriedAlive: Happens to Sun-wo. He manages to dig himself out, but is threatened with being buried in a ditch three times deeper after. Fortunately, he manages to escape before that can happen.
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* CombatPragmatist: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other shot down with no time to react, respectively.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: See MadeOfIron above.
* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other shot down with no time to react, respectively.
* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other shot down with no time to react, respectively.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: See MadeOfIron above.
* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other shot down with no time to react, respectively.above.
* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other shot down with no time to react, respectively.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: Sun-woo again.
* BigBad: Kang.
* BigBad: Kang.
* TheDragon: Sun-woo seems to serve as this to Kang, until their falling out.
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* FallenHero: Sun-woo descends from a respected and feared mobster to a renegade criminal being chased by the very family that led him to the top.
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* {{Badass}}: Sun-woo, a mobster trained in martial arts who won't die easily.
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* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other popped shot down with no time to react, respectively.
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* PragmaticHero: Rather than engaging in a bloody one on one fight only the best would win, Sun-woo prefers to kill [[spoiler:the three major antagonists]] by gunshots. Especially noticeable in [[spoiler:Mr. Kang's]] and [[spoiler:Mun-suk's]] cases, one killed by a sudden point blank shot to the chest and the other popped with no time to react, respectively.
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* CallBack: ''"No, not that kind of thing. Tell me the real reason."''
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* CallBack: Near the end, Sun-woo references Mr. Kang's words to him after being asked why he didn't kill Hee-soo and the man she was meeting with earlier in the film.
--> ''"No, not that kind of thing. Tell me the real reason."''"''
* [[spoiler:TheEndingChangesEverything: If you're a supporter of the AllJustADream interpretation.]]
--> ''"No, not that kind of thing. Tell me the real reason.
* [[spoiler:TheEndingChangesEverything: If you're a supporter of the AllJustADream interpretation.]]
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* NotSoStoic: There's only three moments in the entire movie at which Sun-woo is shown smiling. His lifestyle and monotonous daily habits also suggest he doesn't have much of a off duty life. As in Hee-soo's words, ''"You're so boring to talk to."''. However, he proves to be able to demonstrate feelings ranging from endearment when seeing Hee-soo play the cello to hurt in [[spoiler:his last conversation with Mr. Kang before killing him]].
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* MadeOfIron: The protagonist takes multiple stabs to the stomach and is hit by several bullets but still stands after all the mooks in the restaurant are dead.
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* OnlyAFleshWound: See MadeOfIron above.
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->''"You can do a hundred things right, but it takes only one mistake to destroy everything."''
''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful korean mobster that goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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* AntiHero: Sun-woo is a skilled and ruthless enforcer working for a big criminal organisation, but lets Hee-soo and her lover walk out (mostly) unharmed, as long as they agree to stop seeing each other, instead of murdering the two of them. Whether this choice is caused by pity, ethical reasons or [[spoiler:by his growing feelings for Hee-soo]] is up to debate.
* FallenHero: Sun-woo descends from a respected and feared mobster to a renegade criminal being chased by the very family that led him to the top.
->''"You can do a hundred things right, but it takes only one mistake to destroy everything."''
''A Bittersweet Life'' is a 2005 South-Korean {{Revenge}} movie directed and written by Kim Ji-Woon (''Film/ISawTheDevil'', ''Film/TheGoodTheBadTheWeird'') starring Lee Byung-Hun as Sun-woo, a high-ranking enforcer for a powerful korean mobster that goes through hell after disobeying one of his boss' orders. Being Mr. Kang's most loyal employee, Sun-woo is assigned with the task of watching over the former's young mistress, whom is suspected of being involved with another man. But Sun-Woo finds himself incapable of following the order of killing the two lovers after the suspicions are proven right, starting a war with his former crime family.
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This movie provides examples of the following:
* AntiHero: Sun-woo is a skilled and ruthless enforcer working for a big criminal organisation, but lets Hee-soo and her lover walk out (mostly) unharmed, as long as they agree to stop seeing each other, instead of murdering the two of them. Whether this choice is caused by pity, ethical reasons or [[spoiler:by his growing feelings for Hee-soo]] is up to debate.
* FallenHero: Sun-woo descends from a respected and feared mobster to a renegade criminal being chased by the very family that led him to the top.
