City Of The Rising Sun

Directed by Kim Seong-su (김성수)

Written by • Kim Seong-su (김성수) • Shim San (심산)

108min | Release date in South Korea: 1999/01/01

Re-release date: 2024/03/13
Synopsis
Do-cheol is a hard luck boxer whose recent string of losses cause him to give up the sport. While visiting a credit bureau on the insistence of the gym owner, he meets Hong-ki who is a habitual swindler constantly scheming while proclaiming he'll own a high-rise building in six years. During his stay at Hong-ki's rented room, he meets Mimi, a would-be actress. Hong-ki tries to seduce Mimi by promising her that he would cast her in a movie. At a party thrown for aspiring actors/actress, drunken Do-cheol creates a scene and gets his head smashed with a beer bottle by Mimi's manager. With this, he ends up in a hospital. Hong-ki runs away with Do-cheol's compensation pay. blowing it all while betting on a horse race. With nowhere else to go, Do-cheol, staying at his gym. Tired of being hunted down by a collector, Hong-ki kills him as Do-cheol is mercilessly beaten inside the ring.

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