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Bloody Tie
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Wikipedia article
'Bloody Tie' (; lit. "A Life-or-Death Decision") is a 2006 South Korean action crime film directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jung-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryoo Seung-bum.
Plot
Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncles meth labs blew up in an accident.
Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules. Do's partner died four years ago, while trying to take down the top drug dealer Jang Chul (Lee Do-kyeong) in Busan. Since his partner's death, Do has been driven to arrest Jang Chul and this time he plans to use Sang-do to finally take him down.
Cast
*Ryoo Seung-bum - Oh Sang-do
*Hwang Jung-min - Do Jin-kwang
*Kim Hee-ra - Lee Taek-jo
*Choo Ja-hyun - Ji-young
*Lee Do-kyeong - Jang Chul
*On Joo-wan - Yoo Sung-geun
*Kim Jin-hyeok - Young-nam
*Jung Woo - Detective Kim
*Lee Eol - Detective Kim
*Shin Jung-geun - Section chief Go
*Yang Ki-won - Hyung-nam
*Kim Sun-hwa - Hyung-nam's girl
*Min Do-gi
*Choi Jin-ho - Chang-joon
Awards and nominations
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards[http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/bloodytie/recompenses.html "Bloody Tie - Awards"]. 'Cinemasie'. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
* Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
* Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
2006 Grand Bell Awards
* Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
* Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
* Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards
* Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
* Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
* Nomination - Best Lighting - Im Jae-young
* Nomination - Best Music - Kim Sang-man
2006 Korean Film Awards
* Best Supporting Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
* Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
* Nomination - Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
* Nomination - Best Actor - Hwang Jung-min
* Nomination - Best Cinematography - Oh Hyun-je
* Nomination - Best Editing - Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
2006 Director's Cut Awards
* Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
2007 Baeksang Arts Awards
* Best Actor - Ryoo Seung-bum
* Nomination - Best New Actress - Choo Ja-hyun
References
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