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Lament
Lament
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Lament

Original Title: 지상만가

1997
1h 28m
Romance

Status

Released

Release

1997

Runtime

1h 28m

Storyline

Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Feb 22, 1997
Languages
Korean
Director
Kim Hui-cheol
Production Countries
South Korea

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Shin Hyun-jun

Shin Hyun-jun

Kwang-su

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Jong-man

Jung Sun-kyung

Jung Sun-kyung

Sae-hee

Ye In

Kim Jae-seon

Kim Hui

Park Bong-mi

Jeon Hun

Seo Gwang-jae

Seo Gwang-jae

Lee Beom-soo

Lee Beom-soo

Pyo Sang-yong

Kim Il-woo

Kim Il-woo

Pup owner

Choi Hak-rak

Jang-hyun

Nam Myung-ryeol

Nam Myung-ryeol

Director

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