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'Tazza: The Hidden Card' (; lit. 'Tazza: Hand of God') is a 2014 South Korean gambling film directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name. It is followed by 'Tazza: One Eyed Jack', released in 2019.

After Ham Dae-gil enters the gambling world, he is set up as the fall guy in a crooked deal. To get revenge, he enters a final game which could be fatal to the loser.

Cast



*Choi Seung-hyun (T.O.P) as Ham Dae-gil

**Jung Yoon-seok as young Dae-gil

*Shin Se-kyung as Heo Mi-na

*Kwak Do-won as Jang Dong-sik

*Lee Hanee as President Woo

*Yoo Hae-jin as Ko Gwang-ryeol

*Kim Yoon-seok as Agui

*Han Joon-woo as Choi Wang-geun

*Lee Geung-young as Kko-jang

*Kim In-kwon as Heo Gwang-chul, Mi-na's older brother

*Oh Jung-se as Director Seo

*Park Hyo-joo as Little Madam

*Go Soo-hee as Madam Song

*Kim Joon-ho as Yu-ryeong ("Ghost")

*Lee Dong-hwi as Jjari ("Worth")

*Kim Won-hae as Artist Jo

*Lee Jun-hyeok as Benjie ("Pliers"), Dae-gil's helper

*Kim Min-sang as Dr. Hwang

*Jo Kyung-hyun as young Mr. Kim

*Son Sang-gyeong as Father Jang

*Park Soo-young as Chang-sik

*Im Jung-eun as Dae-gil's mother

*Lee Dong-yong as Auto repair owner

*Ha Seong-gwang as The Dark Knight of Ansan

*Song Jae-ryong as Gambling den bouncer

*Kim Dae-myung as Billiards hall owner

*Yoon Kyung-ho as Gambler in billiards hall

*Nicky Lee as Ppappa

*Bae Yu-ram as "Halibut"

*Ahn Jae-hong as Woon-do

*Jung Da-won as Joong-ki

*Cha Seung-ho as Bribed detective

*Kwak Soo-jung as Wife of auto repair owner

*Lee Joon-ik as O-ring man (cameo)

*Oh Yeon-soo as Woman at the observatory (cameo)

*Yeo Jin-goo as Agui's pupil (cameo)

*Cha Tae-hyun as Radio DJ (cameo)

Production



Due to the box office success of Choi Dong-hoon's gambling epic 'Tazza: The High Rollers' (it attracted 6.84 million in admissions in 2006, making it one of the highest-grossing Korean films that year), production company Sidus FNH announced a sequel, with Jang Joon-hwan originally attached as screenwriter/director and a release planned for late 2008. But pre-production was later halted, and Jang pulled out of the film.

Speculation about a sequel continued, given that 'Tajja', the famous local comic series (or "manhwa") illustrated by Huh Young-man and written by Kim Se-yeong that served as the 2006 film's source material comes in four volumes, each with entirely different characters and settings. 'Tazza 2' is based on the second volume 'Tazza: Hand of God', which was published on November 16, 2006, by Random House Korea.

In 2012, Kang Hyeong-cheol signed on to direct the sequel, and casting was finalized in late 2013, with Choi Seung-hyun as lead character Ham Dae-gil, the nephew of Goni, the protagonist in 'Tazza: The High Rollers'.

Filming began on January 2, 2014, at a pool hall in Cheongnyangni-dong, Seoul.

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