Break Out (2002)
Overview
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ko |
| Popularity | 3.127 |
Directed By
Jang Hang-jun
Crew
Ko Im-pyo
Seung-hyuk Kim
Lee Jun-tack
Park Jung-woo
Kim Min-oh
Son Hee Chang
Shin Hak-sung
Kim Byeong-gi
Jang Hang-jun
Kim Won-yong
Yoon Jong-shin
Kim Sung-bok
TOP CAST
Kim Seung-woo
Heo Bok-gu
Cha Seung-won
Yang Cheol-gon
Park Young-kyu
Park Yeong-gab
Yoo Hai-jin
(uncredited)
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