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and

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, and premiered at the 16th

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. The film received a total of 763,776 admissions nationwide.

Plot

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, South Korea, the present day. Legendary retired gangster Yoon Doo-hun (

) dreams of opening a restaurant, and enrolls in a cooking class, where he gets to know Jo Se-bin (

). Doo-hun then hears that his former boss, Man-gil, has died after being hit by a car; the gang's members need to find Man-gil's will to see whom he nominated as his successor, though most of them expect it is Doo-hun. Meanwhile, Se-bin's roommate Lee Eun-jung (

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) has become indebted to some Haeundae moneylenders, who force Se-bin, in return, to spy on Doo-hun. After Eun-jung steals a suitcase containing

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from the moneylenders, Se-bin is ordered to kill Doo-hun but can't bring herself to do it. Instead, Eun-jung tries to run him over with a car and subsequently disappears. Doo-hun survives and takes over as head of his old gang, intent on discovering who killed Man-gil. Among various problems, he has to contend with Baek Kyung-min (

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), an ambitious young member of the gang, and his continuing relationship with Se-bin, who is under pressure from assassination agency head Madame Kang (

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) to kill him.

Cast

... Yoon Doo-hun - a retired gangster *

... Jo Se-bin - a young national shooting athlete-turned-assassin *

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... Ae-gu - Doo-hun's right-hand man *

... Baek Kyung-min - Doo-hun's friend and rival * Kim Min-jun ... K - another assassin hired to kill Doo-hun *

... Madame Kang *

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... Choi Go-mun *

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... Kim Gi-chul *

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... Teacher Yook *

... Lee Eun-jung - Se-bin's best friend and cooking partner *

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... culinary school instructor *Kim Jong-gu ... gang boss Du *Kim Kang-woo ... gang boss Kim *Jo Young-jin ... gang boss Ki *Jo Deok-je ... gang boss Ri * Choi Deok-moon ... Haeundae gang boss *Yang Ki-won ... Haeundae gang deputy *Lee Jong-pil ... Yong-soo *Jin Yang-hye ... news announcer

References

External links

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