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|director = Choi Dong-hoon

|producer = Lee Seok-won

|writer = Choi Dong-hoon

|starring = Park Shin-yang
Yum Jung-ah
Baek Yoon-sik

|music = Han Jae-kwon

|cinematography = Choi Young-hwan

|editing = Shin Min-kyung

|distributor = Showbox

|released =

|runtime = 116 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

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'The Big Swindle' is a 2004 South Korean heist film written and directed by Choi Dong-hoon. It was Choi's feature film directorial debut. It follows a group of four con men, one con woman, and one forger in a complex set of plots and counterplots against individual marks, against the Bank of Korea, against the police, and against each other.

Plot



Choi Chang-hyeok (Park Shin-yang) is driving in his car, when he suddenly finds himself followed by the police. In the following chase he tries to get away, but as his car emerges from a tunnel it goes over the side, down a cliff and he is killed in the burning wreck.

The reason he tried to get away, is that he had just left the Bank of Korea, where he was part of a scam, that got him and his four accomplices the neat sum of 5 billion won. He died, one of his accomplices was caught, and the other three disappeared and so did all the money.

Eol-mae (Lee Moon-sik) was the one caught by the police, and they try to get him to talk and reveal the scam and his accomplices. In flashbacks we see how the plan was hatched, and get to know the criminals.

The police tries to find out more about the killed Chang-hyeok, and find his brother, who is the owner of a used book store. He has been at odds with his deceased brother, but now gets a big life insurance.

This interests Seo In-kyeong (Yum Jung-ah) very much. She has been living with Mr. Kim (Baek Yoon-sik), who is a veteran con-artist and the money-man in the scam. In-kyeong got to know Chang-hyeok and now wants to get to know his brother.

Awards and nominations



;2004 Busan Film Critics Awards

* Best Supporting Actor Baek Yoon-sik

* Best New Director Choi Dong-hoon

;2004 Grand Bell Awards

* Best Original Screenplay Choi Dong-hoon

* Best New Director Choi Dong-hoon

* Nomination Best Actor Park Shin-yang

* Nomination Best Supporting Actor Chun Ho-jin

* Nomination Best Supporting Actor Lee Moon-sik

* Nomination Best Editing Shin Min-kyung

;2004 Blue Dragon Film Awards

* Best Supporting Actress Yum Jung-ah

* Best Screenplay Choi Dong-hoon

* Best New Director Choi Dong-hoon

* Nomination Best Film

* Nomination Best Actor Park Shin-yang

* Nomination Best Supporting Actor Baek Yoon-sik

* Nomination Best Cinematography Choi Young-hwan

* Nomination Best Art Direction Lee Min-bok

* Nomination Best Visual Effects Kim Tae-hun

;2004 Korean Film Awards

* Best Supporting Actor Baek Yoon-sik

* Best Screenplay Choi Dong-hoon

* Best New Director Choi Dong-hoon

* Best Editing Shin Min-kyung

* Nomination Best Actor Park Shin-yang

* Nomination Best Art Direction Lee Min-bok

;2004 Director's Cut Awards

* Best New Director Choi Dong-hoon

References




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