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City of the Rising Sun is a film of genre Drama directed by Kim Seong-su with Jeong Woo-seong
City of the Rising Sun (1999)
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Add to a movie listCity of the Rising Sun (Hangul: 태양은 없다; RR: Taeyanggeun Ebdoa) is a 1999 South Korean film about two friends, Hong-ki and Do-chul in their mid twenties, struggling on life in the late 1990s Korean scenario. The film stars Jung Woo-sung as Do-chul and Lee Jung-jae as Hong-ki.
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Do-chul is a boxer whose recent string of losses cause him to give up the sport. While visiting a credit bureau on the insistence of the gym owner, he meets Hong-ki who is a habitual swindler constantly scheming while proclaiming he'll own a high-rise building in six years. During his stay at Hong-ki's rented room, he meets Mimi, a would-be actress. Hong-ki tries to seduce Mimi by promising her that he would cast her in a movie. At a party thrown for aspiring actors and actresses, drunken Do-chul creates a scene and gets his head smashed with a beer bottle by Mimi's manager. With this, he ends up in a hospital. Hong-ki runs away with Do-chul's compensation pay, blowing it all on horse race betting. With nowhere else to go, Do-chul stays at his gym. Tired of being hunted down by a collector, Hong-ki kills him as Do-chul is mercilessly beaten inside the ring.Actors
Jeong Woo-seong
(Do-chul)
Lee Jung-jae
(Hong-ki)
Han Go-eun
(Mimi)
Lee Beom-soo
(Byeong-guk)
Park Sung-woong
(Byeong-guk's Man)
Kim Young-ho
(Boxing Trainer (uncredited))
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