Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 2006
Sunflower (2006 film)
Buy Sunflower (2006 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Sunflower
| image = Sunflower film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| native_name =
| director = Kang Seok-beom
| producer = Jeon Ho-jin
Jeon Jae-sun
| writer = Kang Seok-beom
| starring = Kim Rae-won
Kim Hae-sook
| music = Angelo Lee
| cinematography = Kim Woo-jae
| editing = Hahm Sung-won
| distributor = Showbox
| released =
| runtime = 117 minutes
| country = South Korea
| language = Korean
| budget = $3.3 million
| gross = $8.22 million
}}
'Sunflower' is a 2006 South Korean action film directed by Kang Seok-beom.
Premise
Former gangster Tae-sik is released from prison and heads back to his hometown to live in a small restaurant with a woman. Attempting to leave his past behind, he takes a job in a garage and tries to keep away from the local gangs, most of whom still live in fear of his brutal reputation. When a local politician wants to knock down his adoptive mom's restaurant to build a new shopping mall, Tae-sik struggles to avoid returning to a life of violence.
Cast
* Kim Rae-won - Oh Tae-sik
* Kim Hae-sook
* Huh E-jae
* Kim Byung-ok
* Kim Jung-tae - Yang-ki
* Han Jung-soo
* Ji Dae-han
* Park Sung-woong
* Park Cheol-ho
Release
'Sunflower' was released in South Korea on 23 November 2006,"[http://www.koreanfilm.org/films2006.html#boxoffice Box-Office Admission Results]" (2006). 'Koreanfilm.org'. Retrieved on 12 December 2008. and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 267,065 admissions."[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2006.11.24+%7E+2006.11.26&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (Week-end 2006.11.24 ~ 2006.11.26). 'HanCinema'. Retrieved on 12 December 2008. It held the number-one spot for a second consecutive weekend,"[http://www.hancinema.net/korean_boxoffice.php?weekend=2006.12.01+%7E+2006.12.03&title=HanCinema+News&email=&uri=hancinema%2FAUJj&loc=en_US Korean Box Office]" (Week-end 2006.12.01 ~ 2006.12.03). 'HanCinema'. Retrieved on 12 December 2008. and went on to receive a total of 1,543,429 admissions, with a gross (as of 7 January 2007) of .
References
Buy Sunflower (2006 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 2006