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The Man from Nowhere is a sud coréen film of genre Drama directed by Lee Jeong-beom released in USA on 1 october 2010 with Won Bin
The Man from Nowhere (2010)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 1 october 2010
Length 1h59
OriginCoree du sud
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Martial arts films, Road movies, Chase films
Rating76%
The Man from Nowhere (Hangul: 아저씨; RR: Ajeossi) is a South Korean action-thriller film starring Won Bin and written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It was Korea's highest grossing film in 2010 and had 6.2 million admissions and a revenue of 47.10 billion won. The film was released in the United States and Canada on October 1, 2010. The film follows the story of a vengeful man (Won Bin) who embarks on a murderous rampage when the only person who seems to understand him is taken from him.
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Cha Tae-sik leads a quiet life running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So-mi, who lives next door. So-mi's mother, Hyo-jeong, is a heroin addict who steals drugs from a feared organized crime group. She pawns her camera bag to Tae-sik; he does not realize it has the stolen drugs inside. Crime lord Oh Myung-gyu sends his subordinates, brothers Man-Seok and Jong-seok to retrieve the drugs; Jong-seok and his henchman Lum Rowan torture Hyo-jeong to find the drugs' location, then kidnap her and So-mi. Two gangsters, Du-chi and "Bear" go to Tae-sik pawn shop, but Tae-sik easily overpowers them. When he finds that Hyo-jeong and So-mi have been kidnapped, he gives them the bag, and Rowan kills Bear to set him up as the fall guy.Actors
Won Bin
(Cha Tae-sik)
Kim Sae-ron
(Jeong So-mi)
Kim Sung-oh
(Jong-seok)
Kim Hee-won
(Man-seok)
Kwak Do-won
(Detective Kim)
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