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Aimless Bullet
오발탄
Directed by Yu Hyun-mok
1961•1h 48m•NR•★ 7.1
Crime / Drama
Synopsis
In the impoverished shantytowns of post-Armistice Seoul, a tormented clerk suffering from chronic toothache struggles to support his shell-shocked mother who endlessly shrieks 'Let's get out of here!', his pregnant wife, an unemployed veteran brother who turns to bank robbery, and a sister driven to military prostitution, ending in a taxi wandering aimlessly with bleeding gums. Yu Hyun-mok's banned neorealist masterpiece recognized as the greatest Korean film of the classic era.
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DirectorYu Hyun-mok
WriterLee Jong-giLee I-ryeong
CinematographyHak-seong Kim
MusicSeong-tae Kim
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Runtime1h 48m (108 mins)
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DirectorYu Hyun-mok
LanguagesKorean
CountryKR
StudioDaehan Films
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