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Break Out
Break Out

Break Out

I want my pride back!

Genres

Comedy

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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.

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

17 July 2002

Country

South Korea

Cast

Kim Seung-woo

Kim Seung-woo

Heo Bok-gu

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won

Yang Cheol-gon

Park Young-kyu

Park Young-kyu

Park Yeong-gab

Kang Seong-jin

Kang Seong-jin

Lee Moon-sik

Lee Moon-sik

Kim Chae-yeon

Kim Chae-yeon

Bae Joong-sik

Bae Joong-sik

Park Jae-hyeon

Park Jae-hyeon

Po-Ram Han

Po-Ram Han

Jang Hyun-sung

Jang Hyun-sung

Kim In-mun

Kim In-mun

Kim Jae-man

Kim Jae-man

Kim Sun-kyung

Kim Sun-kyung

Lee Won-jong

Lee Won-jong

Sung Ji-ru

Sung Ji-ru

Yoo Hai-jin

Yoo Hai-jin

(uncredited)

Lim Hyung-jun

Lim Hyung-jun

Lee In

Lee In

Yun Yeong-keol

Yun Yeong-keol

Nam Moon-chul

Nam Moon-chul

Kim Dong-yoon

Kim Dong-yoon

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