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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Cruel Winter Blues
| image = Cruel Winter Blues.jpg
| caption = Poster for 'Cruel Winter Blues' (2006)
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| director = Lee Jeong-beom
| producer = Cha Seung-jae
Kim Mi-hee
| writer = Lee Jeong-beom
| starring = Sol Kyung-gu
Jo Han-sun
Na Moon-hee
| music = Kim Jun-seok
| cinematography = Kim Dong-cheon
| editing = Shin Min-kyung
| distributor = CJ Entertainment
| released =
| runtime = 118 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget =
| gross = [https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fCRUELWINTERBLUES01 "Cruel Winter Blues"]. 'Box Office Mojo'. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
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'Cruel Winter Blues' (; lit. "A Hot-blooded Man") is a 2006 South Korean film written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It stars Sol Kyung-gu, Jo Han-sun and Na Moon-hee in the lead roles. The narrative centers around a small-time crook who partners with a retired taekwondo practitioner to seek revenge on the man who killed his mentor, and ends up befriending the killer's mother who reminds him of his hometown.
The film released on 9 November 2006.
Synopsis
A mob captain, Jae-mun (Sol Kyung-gu) is the seasoned veteran of a mob family. He decides to go after rival mobster Dae-sik, the man who killed his boss and childhood friend a few years earlier. He takes Chi-guk with him as his partner in the assassination. Although a physically imposing black belt in taekwondo, Chi-guk (Jo Han-sun) is a soft-spoken newcomer to gang life, who is quietly offended by Jae-mun's arbitrary and random acts of cruelty and rudeness against him and others. Together, they travel to Dae-sik's hometown, a remote rural village called Bulgyo in South Jeolla Province.
While waiting for an opportunity to perform the hit, Jae-mun coincidentally befriends Dae-sik's mother Jeon-sim (Na Moon-hee) and spends some time with her. She comes to lovingly treat him as another son, and Jae-mun begins to feel conflicted. A tragic plot develops, culminating in a bloody showdown between Jae-mun and Dae-sik.
Cast
* Jo Han-sun as Chi-guk
* Sol Kyung-gu as Jae-mun
* Na Moon-hee as Jeon-sim
* Kim Kwak-kyung-hee as Flat woman
Awards and nominations
;2006 Women in Film Korea Awards
* Best Actress - Na Moon-hee
;2007 Baeksang Arts Awards[http://www.cinemasie.com/en/fiche/oeuvre/cruelwinterblues/recompenses.html "Cruel Winter Blues"]. 'Cinemasie'. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
* Nomination - Best Actress - Na Moon-hee
* Nomination - Best New Director - Lee Jeong-beom
;2007 Chunsa Film Art Awards
* Best Supporting Actor - Jo Han-sun
;2007 Blue Dragon Film Awards
* Best Supporting Actress - Na Moon-hee
* Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Jo Han-sun
* Nomination - Best New Director - Lee Jeong-beom
;2007 Korean Film Awards
* Nomination - Best Actor - Sol Kyung-gu
* Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Jo Han-sun
* Nomination - Best New Director - Lee Jeong-beom
References
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