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Break Out is a film of genre Comedy directed by Jang Hang-jun with Kim Seung-woo
Break Out (2002)
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Add to a movie listBreak Out (Hangul: 라이터를 켜라; RR: Laiteoreul Kyeora; lit. "Spark the Lighter") is a 2002 South Korean film.
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A loser, Bong-gu (Kim Seung-woo), attends a high school reunion, where he is ridiculed for his lack of accomplishments. The next day he goes to the country for army reserve training, where he encounters further humiliation and failure. With his last few won he purchases a cheap cigarette lighter. With no other way home, he shares a taxi to Seoul train station with a fellow reservist and malcontent named Bum-soo (Kang Sung-jin).Actors
Kim Seung-woo
(Heo Bong-gu)
Cha Seung-won
(Yang Chul-gon)
Park Yeong-gyu
(Park Yeong-gab)
Lee Moon-sik
Yoo Hae-jin
((uncredited))
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