A Dirty Carnival
(2006)
★ 7 IMDb · 232 votes
Year: 2006
Runtime: 141 мин
Country: South Korea
Director: 유하
Cast: Чо Ин-сон, Чхон Хо-джин, Намгун Мин, Ли Бо Ён, 진구, 윤제문, 선우은숙, 이종혁, 조진웅, 허이재
Plot
A small-time thug who collects debts for the local triad is torn between his criminal aspirations and his devotion to family.
Kim Byung-doo, a low-level criminal, is far from becoming a professional gangster. Dangerous and ambitious in equal doses, Byung-doo is willing to go to great lengths to rise through the ranks of his boss Sang-chul's organisation; however, he still hasn't earned it. Desperate for cash, while unable to take care of his family, eventually, Byung-doo seizes his golden opportunity to impress the big boss and accepts to do away with a greedy public prosecutor who knew too much. Nevertheless, every promotion has a price, and nothing is what it seems in the cruel realm of the violent criminal underworld. And before long, Byung-doo will discover the dirty truth in an already dangerous game.