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The City of Violence

The City of Violence

"The rowdy pair is in town."

6.6(140 votes)
2006
1h 32m
ActionThrillerCrime

Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.

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Production

Budget:$2,700,000
Companies:
CJ Entertainment
Filmmaker R&K

Languages

Original:ko
Spoken:
Korean

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