Synopsis: Kesuksesan yang diraih suami-istri sering kali tidak berimbas pada kebahagiaan, itulah yang dialami oleh pasangan Park Young-joon dan So-yeo. Yang pria adalah eksekutif top sebuah perusahaan besar, sementara yang perempuan adalah konsultan bidang penerangan yang tahu persis bagaimana memadukan lampu-lampu berharga mahal menjadi harmonisasi tersendiri.
Dalam kehidupan pernikahan, hubungan keduanya terasa begitu dingin terutama karena sikap Young-joon yang acuh dan tidak segan meremehkan istrinya didepan umum. Kondisi itu berbeda dengan yang dialami oleh Min-jae dan Seo Yoo-na yang enerjik.
Meski sebagai pria ia harus bergantung dari penghasilan sang istri, namun secara keseluruhan kehidupan rumah tangga Min-jae termasuk bahagia. Cobaan baru dirasakannya setelah tidak sengaja bertemu So-yeo di Hong Kong saat keduanya melakukan perjalanan bisnis.
Berawal dari simpati terhadap sosok perempuan yang kesepian tersebut, Min-jae malah terlibat affair panas dengan So-yeo. Hal serupa juga nyaris terjadi di Korea antara Young-joon dan Yoo-na, namun yang terakhir langsung tersadar saat eksekutif muda itu melontarkan kalimat yang dianggap melecehkannya.
Dari situ, Young-joon seolah tersadar dan berawal dari nafsu, perasaan yang dimilikinya terhadap Yoo-na malah berubah jadi sayang dan ingin menjaga perempuan yang usianya lebih tua itu dari segala ancaman.
Tanpa sengaja, Young-joon mendengar pembicaraan Min-jae dengan seorang perempuan misterius lewat ponsel dan sadar kalau suami Yoo-na yang disayanginya terlibat perselingkuhan. Namun, apa jadinya bila ia tahu bahwa wanita idaman lain yang dimaksud justru adalah istrinya sendiri?
Five Senses of Eros (2009) Release: July 9, 2009 Genre: Adult, Drama, Romance Staring:
Jang Hyuk
Cha Hyun-jung
Kim Kang-woo
Cha Soo-yeon
Kim Su-ro
Bae Jong-ok
Kim Min-sun
Kim Dong-wook
Lee Si-young
Jung Eui-chul
Shin Se-kyung
Song Joong-ki
Lee Sung-min
Synopsis: His Concern A man is attracted by the woman sitting across from him on a train ride to Busan. He gets off the train after her, even though it's not his stop. He gets her phone number. A few days later the man plans to meet the woman for the second time.
I'm Right Here Hye-rim waits for her husband, while hiding, to give him a surprise. Hyeon-woo always worries about his wife being left alone at home. But Hye-rim worries more about Hyeon-woo because he will be left alone soon.
The 33rd Man On the set of a movie, newbie actress Mi-jin and senior actress Hwa-ran are having difficulties because of their stubborn and demanding director. The charismatic Hwa-ran transforms Mi-jin into a sexy vixen to seduce Director Bong. In My End is My Beginning Jeong-ha's husband Jae-in has just died in a car accident. She then discovers that he was having an affair with her old high school friend Na-ru. Na-ru comes to Jeong-ha and asks to live with her, promising to atone through unconditional devotion.
Believe in the Moment Three couples are all high school students and close friends. None of the couples are certain about their relationships, so they decide to exchange partners for 24 hours.
The Concubine (2012) Release: 6 June 2012 Genre: Adult, Drama Staring:
Jo Yeo-jeong
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Min-joon
Synopsis: Set during the early Joseon Dynasty, the film begins with the queen mother and former concubine (Park Ji-young) in a precarious position of having no blood ties to the childless king (Jung Chan). She schemes to replace him on the throne with his stepbrother and her submissive young son Sung-won (Kim Dong-wook). Indifferent to his mother’s plans, the timid prince falls in love at first sight with Hwa-yeon (Jo Yeo-jeong), an aristocrat’s daughter, who has already found love with Kwon-yoo (Kim Min-joon), a low-born commoner. When her father (Ahn Suk-hwan) decides to send her to the royal palace as a concubine, the two lovers try to elope but are caught after their first night together. She only gives in to parental demands in quid pro quo for his life. Five years later, Hwa-yeon has become the queen after producing a male heir. This infuriates the queen mother and breaks the hearts of both Prince Sung-won and Kwon-yoo, who later joins the royal palace as a eunuch for the queen mother's brother and nemesis. The king is eventually poisoned to death by the queen mother, who is desperate to be in power. She sits her son, Prince Sung-won, on the throne as a puppet king, giving the ruthless matriarch firm control over the royal court. Hwa-yeon is moved to a closely watched humble residence, with the queen mother planning to assassinate Hwa-yeon and her son to secure her position in the palace. Upon finding out she and her son are in danger, Hwa-yeon gradually becomes monstrously ambitious, using everyone around her, including her castrated former lover Kwon-yoo and now-King Sung-won ― as tools for her own survival.
Secret Love (2010) Release: March 25, 2010 Genre: Adult, Drama , Romance Staring:
Yoo Ji-tae
Yoon Jin-seo
Im Ye-jin
Oh Woo-jeong
Jeong In-gi
Ko Yu-seon
Lee Mi-do
Lee Ah-rin
Seo Jin
Synopsis: Two months after their wedding, Yeon-Yi (Yoon Jin-Seo)'s husband Jin-woo (Yoo Ji-Tae)gets into an accident and falls into a coma. During this time, Yeon-Yi's life shatters from the seams. She misses her deadlines for work, while she has only videos of her wedding to comfort her.
Then Yeon-Yi waits at the airport for Jin-Woo's brother Jin-Ho (Yoo Ji-Tae), whom she has never met before. She is stunned when she meets him, because Yeon-Yi never knew Jin-Woo and Jin-Ho are identical twin brothers. Although Jin-Ho and Yeon-Yi's relationship is cold at first. they soon become attracted to each other. Their relationship becomes even more volatile, when Jin-woo suddenly awakes from his coma ...
Untold Scandal (2003) Release: October 2, 2003 Genre: Adult, Drama Staring:
Bae Yong-joon
Jeon Do-yeon
Lee Mi-sook
Synopsis: Set in 18th century Korea, this retelling of Dangerous Liasons follows morality-deficient cousins Lady Cho and Cho-won as they scheme to ruin the lives of innocents. When Lady Cho asks Cho-won to bed her husband's lover-to-be, Cho-won ups the ante and goes after an even more virtuous female. If he succeeds, Lady Cho must sleep with her cousin. But cho-won begins to fall in live with his intended target.
Beautiful costumes and excellent art direction. This is one of the best Korean movies I've ever seen. It's also by far the best of the Dangerous Liasons movies. The Korean culture and setting give added interest. The acting is excellent the story is never dull, the characters are believable. It's the ultimate cynical look at the cynical age just before the French Revolution
My Wife Is a Gangster (2001) Release: September 27, 2001 Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama Staring:
Shin Eun-kyung
Park Sang-myeon
Ahn Jae-mo
Kim In-kwon
Synopsis: Eun-jin was separated from her older sister Yu-jin when they were kids at an orphanage. While growing up, Eun-jin became a gangster and adopted the nickname "Mantis." Upon discovering that Yu-jin had cancer, Eun-jin demanded that the doctors perform an operation; however, they refused. The dying Yu-jin wished that her sister would marry soon, so Eun-jin went on a blind date under the advice of her underling Romeo, who invited a stylist to design the appropriate makeup for Eun-jin. However, the date was a disaster and Romeo was sent to find someone else more suitable.
Later, while Eun-jin was smashing up a car in retaliation against two men, a man ran up to protect her, but was accidentally hit in the head by Eun-jin. The man, Kang Soo-il, was a simple but kind-hearted man. He seemed perfect for Eun-jin and he later married her. Yu-jin spoke to Eun-jin about her desire to have children and Eun-jin set out to get pregnant. She forced her husband into several occasions of sexual intercourse.
While Eun-jin was out for a meal with her group, she was approached by a man from a rival gang, the White Sharks. He was asked to leave after he had a drink from Eun-Jin, but still lingered. Annoyed, she stabbed him in the head, barely missing his eyes. The next day, there was a meeting between Eun-jin and the White Sharks and a showdown was arranged between Eun-jin and Nanman.
Eun-jin and Nanman fought fiercely. It seemed that Nanman had the upper hand after stabbing Eun-jin in the stomach. However, as he went to finish her off, she moved out the way and Nanman fell down a cliff. However, Nanman managed to climb back up and tries to strangle Eun-jin. Eun-jin found a way to escape and stomps on Nanman's groin after she stabs the ground right next to his face, refusing to kill him.
Soo-il eventually found out that Eun-jin was a gangster after seeing her tattoo on her back, and wanted her to give it up. Eun-jin discovered she was pregnant and told Yu-jin. Later, Yu-jin then died in front of Eun-jin after telling Eun-jin that her baby deserves a father.
Later, Romeo died in the arms of Sherry, after being stabbed by five street punks. Sherry uses the public telephone to call Andy that Romeo has been stabbed. Andy mistakenly believed it was Nanman and the White sharks who killed Romeo and set out to take revenge on them. Upon arriving at the White Sharks' warehouse, Andy and the rest of his group discovered that they were heavily outnumbered. The pregnant Eun-jin went out to fight the gangsters, but suffered a miscarriage after suffering a vicious attack by Nanman. Eun-jin told Nanman to stop kicking her in the belly as she was pregnant. Nanman then revealed that he had become a eunuch after his earlier showdown with Eun-jin.
As Nanman was about to stab Eun-jin, her boss turns up and pleads to the White Shark to spare her life in exchange for some documents. Soo-il found out that Eun-jin was pregnant when she was in the hospital. He takes revenge on White Shark by dousing the gang and him with kerosene. As he was holding up the lighter, Soo-il was restrained but White Shark foolishly ignites himself, along with 64 other men, when attempting to light his cigarette. The film ends with Soo-il as the leader alongside Eun-jin, who is starting a showdown with another gang leader.
My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (2003) Release: September 5, 2003 Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama Staring:
Shin Eun-kyung
Park Jun-gyu
Jang Se-jin
Synopsis: In the beginning of the movie the Scissor gang are fighting some unknown gang on the rooftop. The other gang starts to get the upper hand and are about to kill Robocop but he is saved by Eun-Jin, the Scissor gang's boss also known as 'Silverfish'. But however during the fight she falls from the top of the building. Due to a lucky break, the fall doesn't kill her, but it does cause her to suffer amnesia. Luckily for Eun-Jin, she's found by Yoon Jae-Choi (Park Joon-Gyu), the kindly owner of a small-scale Chinese restaurant. She worked as a delivery girl under the name of Tsu Tsu. She tries several times to regain her memory but fails in each attempt.
During one of her deliveries, she happens to be at the bank which is being put under heist when one of the robber starts kicking a pregnant woman. Regaining a part of her memory about she getting kicked by Nanman, she then beats up all three of the robbers and prevents the bank robbery.
Meanwhile the White Shark from earlier movie along with his several henchmen has survived the fire and have returned to the neighborhood. He plans to demolish the buildings from the neighborhood of Jae-Choi's restaurant and build a big mall there, but he happens to see Eun-Jin as she is being awarded for her bravery of preventing a bank robbery. He inquires about her and learns from a local hoodlum that she is working as a delivery girl. He asks the hoodlum to make an order so that they may get to know her. But when she appears with the delivery he immediately recognizes her as the 'Silverfish' and hires Jun Man, brother of Nanman, to kill her.
Once, in a feud with Ji-hyun, Tsu Tsu fell from the roof and recovered her past memories with White Shark, who had recruited Jun Man to kill her. Jun Man became impotent when Jae-choi's motorbike accidentally hit him in the groin. Ji-hyun was later kidnapped by the White Shark gang and they call Jae-Choi and threaten him to sell his daughter to brothel if he doesn't tell them about Eun-Jin's whereabouts. When Eun-Jin hears of these events she goes to save Ji-Hyun but while she was being rescued by Eun-jin, Jae-choi gets stabbed in the stomach and killed. Eun-jin was saved by the 132-members of the scissors gang. Ji-hyun later joined Eun-jin's gang to fight against some Chinese illegal drug dealers.
Vanishing Twin (2000) Release: 9 September 2000 Genre: Adult, Drama Staring:
Ji Su-Won
Kim Myeong-Su
Pil-woo Koo
Mu-yeong Lee
Im Ji-Eun
Hyun Joo Shin
Choi Ji-Eun
Lee Jung-Yong
Synopsis: Yu-jin is very excited at the news of her sister's returning home. Her sister, Seung-jin, is supposed to come with her husband, Jin-ho. However, Jin-ho tells Yu-jin that Seung-jin committed suicide. Jin-ho seduces the upset Yu-jin, and Yu-jin's husband suspects that Yu-jin and Jin-ho have an affair. But Yu-jin cannot believe that her sister is dead. Yu-jin meets a man who has the same email ID ad her sister.
Take Off (2009) Release: 30 July 2009 Genre: Drama Staring:
Ha Jung-woo
Kim Dong-wook
Kim Ji-seok
Choi Jae-hwan
Lee Jae-eung
Sung Dong-il
Synopsis: Cha Hyeon Tae, a Korean-born American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He formally appeared on a Korean television program in search of his mother. As an Alpine Skier, Hyeon Tae is approached by Bang Jung Sam who wants to recruit members for a new national Ski Jump team. The 1998 Winter Olympics were approaching. The ski coach, Bang Jung Sam had to recruit all of the members of the ski jump team to participate in this Olympics. The members were Cha Hyeon Tae, Kang Chil Goo, Choi Heung Cheol, Ma Jae Bok, and Kang Bong Goo. They had been good skiers, but were out of practice. Cha Hyeon Tae was raised in America, and trained in alpine skiing. Heung-Cheol was a waiter for a nightclub. Ma Jae Bok had a strict father, working at a meat restaurant. Kang Chil Goo and his autistic brother Kang Bong Goo live with their grandmother. All of them had to do strenuous practice to get them geared up for the qualifying match at the World Cup. They had to overcome their fear and practice by training in unusual places, such as from the top of cars, amusement park roller coasters, etc. When the World Cup began, the team was lucky enough to pass after a disqualification from a fight the night before. Qualifying was bitter sweet as the announcement for the next Olympics opted for Salt Lake City over Korea's Muju. Unfortunately, because of deep fog, Kang Chil Goo injures his leg, and becomes unable to compete. Bong Goo decides to jump as a substitute but does not make the required distance for a gold medal and nearly loses his life. Despite their loss the athletes rejoice for the fact that Bong Goo survived the jump. Nevertheless, people in Korea were proud of them and surprised with their skills.
My Wife Is a Gangster 3 (2006) Release: 28 December 2006 Genre: Action Staring:
Shu Qi
Lee Beom-su
Synopsis: Korean gangster Han Ki-Chul (Lee Beom-su) is put in charge by his Big Boss of looking after Lim Aryong (Shu Qi) who comes from Hong Kong. They expect Lim Aryong to be some big male gangster but she turns out to be a woman and acts very cold toward him and his associates. Moreover none of them speak her language and she doesn't understand Korean. A translator called Yeon-Hee arrives. She is immature and very scared of the gangsters so at the beginning, instead of translating Aryong's rather rude answers, she changes them to nice ones. Quickly, Aryong shows her fighting skills beating other bosses to save her companions. Ki-Chul and his associates who are rather unskilled, are impressed and become afraid of her while, upon finding that they are actually nice, she's trying to be more friendly. Her efforts are ruined by Yeon-Hee who, taking advantage of Aryoung's aura, 'translates' very threatening sentences.
Soon after, they are attacked by professional assassins. They think that they are after Ki-Chul while, as we know from the beginning, they want to kill Aryong who is the daughter of a boss in Hong Kong and is accused of having killed another boss, triggering a gangster war there. They then separate and Aryong and Ki-Chul's car is chased by the assassins but they manage to take refuge in his family. His parents believe that she is his girlfriend and give him a family necklace to give her. The assassins find her again but she overcomes them, especially the woman who really killed the boss. She then goes to meet her mother who is the reason why she chose to hide in Korea, but seeing that she found a new family and is happy, she gives up speaking to her.
After that, she leaves Korea despite Ki-Chul's confession, even if she accepts the necklace. In Hong Kong, her father dies from his injuries caused by an explosion decided by the other boss. Even though Ki-Chul comes to support her, she leaves to take revenge. She then fights the other boss's gangsters with success and eventually she faces the boss. After cheating, he was going to shoot her when Ki-Chul arrives, distracting him. The boss shoots Ki-Chul first, allowing Aryong to come close to him and to kill him. Ki-Chul is not dead but is going to leave Hong Kong. Aryong, after becoming the new boss, succeeding her father, is advised by her father's right-hand man not to let him leave, as did her father who let her mother leave and then regretted it all his life. She follows the advice, stopping him on his way to the airport with all her gangsters and proposes to Ki-Chul, the right-hand man making the translation (not always a very accurate one, like Yeon-Hee). Ki-Chul accepts it and they hug on the motorway.
My Wife Is a Gangster (2001) Release: 27 September 2001 Genre: Action, Comedy Staring:
Shin Eun-kyung
Park Sang-myeon
Ahn Jae-mo
Kim In-kwon
Synopsis: Eun-jin was separated from her older sister Yu-jin when they were kids at an orphanage. While growing up, Eun-jin became a gangster and adopted the nickname "Mantis." Upon discovering that Yu-jin had cancer, Eun-jin demanded that the doctors perform an operation; however, they refused. The dying Yu-jin wished that her sister would marry soon, so Eun-jin went on a blind date under the advice of her underling Romeo, who invited a stylist to design the appropriate makeup for Eun-jin. However, the date was a disaster and Romeo was sent to find someone else more suitable.
Later, while Eun-jin was smashing up a car in retaliation against two men, a man ran up to protect her, but was accidentally hit in the head by Eun-jin. The man, Kang Soo-il, was a simple but kind-hearted man. He seemed perfect for Eun-jin and he later married her. Yu-jin spoke to Eun-jin about her desire to have children and Eun-jin set out to get pregnant. She forced her husband into several occasions of sexual intercourse.
While Eun-jin was out for a meal with her group, she was approached by a man from a rival gang, the White Sharks. She stabbed him in the head, barely missing his eyes. Afterwards, there was a meeting between Eun-jin and the White Sharks and a showdown was arranged between Eun-jin and Nanman.
Eun-jin and Nanman fought fiercely. It seemed that Nanman had the upper hand after stabbing Eun-jin in the stomach. However, as he went to finish her off, she moved out the way and Nanman fell down a cliff. However, Nanman managed to climb back up and tries to strangle Eun-jin. Eun-jin found a way to escape and stomps on Nanman's groin.
Soo-il eventually found out that Eun-jin was in fact a gangster, and wanted her to give it up. Eun-jin discovered she was pregnant and told Yu-jin. Later, Yu-jin then died of cancer in front of Eun-jin after telling Eun-jin that her baby needs a father.
Later, Romeo died in the arms of Sherry, after being stabbed by five street punks. His friend Andy mistakenly believed it was Nanman and the White sharks who killed Romeo and set out to take revenge on them. Upon arriving at the White Sharks' warehouse, Andy and the rest of his group discovered that they were heavily outnumbered. The pregnant Eun-jin went out to fight the gangsters, but suffered a miscarriage after suffering a vicious attack by Nanman. Eun-jin told Nanman to stop kicking her in the belly as she was pregnant. Nanman then revealed that he had become a eunuch after his earlier showdown with Eun-jin.
As Nanman was about to stab Eun-jin, her boss turns up and pleads to the White Shark to spare her life in exchange for some documents. Soo-il found out that Eun-jin was pregnant when she was in the hospital. He takes revenge on Nanman by dousing him with kerosene. As he was about to light it, Soo-il was restrained but the Nanman foolishly ignites himself, along with 64 other men, when attempting to light a cigarette. The film ends with Soo-il as the leader alongside Eun-jin, who is starting a showdown with another gang leader.
Sex Is Zero (2002) Release: 12 December 2002 Genre: Drama, Comedy Staring:
Lim Chang-jung
Ha Ji-won
Yoo Chae-yeong
Jin Jae-yeong
Synopsis: The plot follows the story of college student Eun-shik and his efforts to impress a Junior student Eun-hyo. Eun-shik has a habit of finding himself in somewhat awkward situations that often embarrass him and sabotage his attempts to impress Eun-hyo. After mandatory military service for 2 years, Eun-shik transferred to National University where he plans to major in Law. He stays with other 3 roommates; most of them are carrying typical characteristics of freshmen in college where they try to hit on girls, give a leer at girls in swimming pools, gyms, and such. Eun-hyo is an aspiring national aerobic athlete. She first noticed Eun-shik, an awkward weirdo, in college canteen while he stares at her tightly clasped thighs protruding from lower mini-skirt. With a mischievous intention, she then spreads her legs in a jerk, and a glimpse of her white panty made him throw his meal out of his mouth.
Since then their awkward encounters follow. Although Eun-hyo sympathizes with Eun-shik's one-sided love, she eventually picked one of the hottest guy in college, Sangok, who is an apple of every girl eyes. While having a relationship with another aerobic athlete, Sangok spent one night with Eun-hyo, which leads them to accidental pregnancy stage. As a typical rich spoiled brat, he only offered money to abort the pregnancy. Dejected, Eun-hyo run away and tried to solve the problem by herself. The doctor from clinic requires her to accompany someone in charge of her situation to do the procedure. She then turned to Eun-shik for his help, who initially thought he has got a date to go out with her. After the procedure, he helped her everything; her post-operational fever, her meals, and such. He even tried to entertain lest she is upset about her recent breakup.
Finally the day of national aerobic competition came. Eun-hyo managed to come to the stage in the last minute where she performed to her best. After the competition, she gave in all her toughness and mentality. She went to the restroom, cried, and got bleeding from her womb which recently got an abortion operation. Eun-shik then came in and sent her to hospital. Out of frustration and deep-seated hatred, he searched Sangok who initiated all of this trouble. He found Sangok having a good time after the competition. He told Sangok about Eun-hyo's recent tragedy and punched him in the face. In the end, Eun-hyo after discharged from hospital, asked Eun-shik if he still remained the same about his feeling toward her.
Punch Lady (2007) Release: October 25, 2007 Genre: Drama, Action Staring:
Do Ji-won
Son Hyeon-joo
Soo-hyeon
Park Sang-wuk
Choi Seol-ri
Lee Joo-sil
Synopsis: Ha Eun is a 36-year-old housewife with a teenage daughter and a husband who is a K-1 champion. Docile and gentle in nature, Ha Eun endured 13 years of physical abuse from her controlling, sexist husband. But upon witnessing her husband assaulting her own child, a shred of reality sets in and her search for the path to freedom begins. During her husband’s K-1 press conference, Ha Eun lashes out against him, boldly inviting him to a K-1 challenge. Only three months till the fight but with most gyms refusing to accept any females, Ha Eun finds herself at loss until reluctant help arrives – Soo Hyun, a scruffy-looking ex-math teacher who has never lifted a finger at anyone in his life. But Soo Hyun comes to believe in her and becomes her unlikely coach, passing down the techniques he learns the night before at a training gym to Ha Eun the next day. No longer a damsel in distress, Ha Eun gets ready for payback time!
Chingoo Friend (2001) Release: 31 March 2001 Genre: Drama Staring:
Yu Oh-sung
Jang Dong-gun
Seo Tae-wha
Jung Wo-hyun
Kim Bo-kyeong
Synopsis: The film follows the lives of four childhood friends: Joon-seok, the leader of the group and whose father is a powerful mob boss; Dong-su, whose father is an undertaker; class clown Jung-ho; and Sang-taek, who was an exemplary student. As children they play together, sell sexually explicit pictures cut from a magazine, and wonder if a South Korean Olympic swimmer could outrace a sea turtle. Jung-ho also showed the rest of them a VCR that his mother had, and this film he found on it. It turns out to be a pornographic movie, and the boys are entranced while arguing over what a "menstruation" was, with them believing that it was the word that adults used to describe the "vagina".
Fast forward to high school, where they are reunited after separating during middle school. They become smitten with the lead singer of a band of girls their age. Joon-seok invites the band to a party at his house, where each boy pairs off with one girl (though not after some tension over how to do so). Sang-taek receives his first kiss from the lead singer, Jin-sook.
Back in school, Joon-seok and Dong-su get in trouble after a confrontation with a teacher; After their friends convince them to go apologize, they are only off with a light suspension. During an outing to the movies, where Sang-taek catches the eye of another school kid whom he had picked a fight with earlier, Joon-seok and Dong-su fend off a whole rival school while Jung-ho protects Sang-taek. Dong-su, after the fight, returns with a steel rod and smashes the school's glass cases with its awards and trophies, dropping out of school and warning anyone who bumps into him on the street will "pay". Sang-taek is suspended from the affair. After graduation, Sang-taek and Jung-ho go to college but the others do not.
A few years later Sang-taek and Jung-ho return to find Joon-seok married to Jin-sook, the singer from the band. He is seriously ill and abusive towards his wife as a result of being addicted to philopon; he also appears depressed that his father is dying. Later he recovers from his illness, divorces his wife, and mourns his father. He assumes his father's role as a crime lord, working under Hyung-doo. Dong-su also becomes a mobster with a rival organization, led by Sang-gon, and becomes similarly powerful.
Joon-seok, Sang-taek, and Jung-ho remain close, drinking, singing karaoke, and eating galbi together during reunions. After Dong-su causes Joon-seok's boss to be imprisoned, an assassination attempt, headed by Doruko, is led on Dong-su, souring relations and leading to a mob war between the two friends' opposing gangs. After an attack on his men, Joon-seok visits Dong-su at his headquarters. Joon-seok talks to Dong-su as if nothing has happened, and asks if he would like to accompany him to see Sang-taek off, since he was heading to the United States. Dong-su, however, does not want to, and Joon-seok becomes serious. Joon-seok, knowing that Dong-su would be assassinated for the attack on his gang, asks Dong-su as a friend to leave for Hawaii for a few years until things cooled down, Dong-su, however, refuses and tells Joon-seok to leave. Joon-seok leaves to say farewell to Sang-taek. What Dong-su did not realize was that Joon-seok asked him to leave as a friend. After mulling over the conversation Dong-su decides to see Sang-taek off at the airport. However, as he is about to leave, Dong-su is betrayed by his gang and stabbed to death.
A few years later, Sung-taek returns to South Korea upon finishing his study abroad. Jung-ho explains how during Sung-taek's absence Joon-seok's gang sent him into hiding abroad. After a two years, he was unable to stand the hiding any longer and had a mental breakdown. He was caught after attempting to kill himself in a foreign bar. Joon-seok goes to trial for Dong-su's murder and, even after Jung-ho bribes the jurors, Joon-seok pleads guilty to ordering Dong-su's death, despite his actual innocence.
After the trial, Sang-taek visits Joon-seok in prison, and the two talk like old friends who haven't seen each other. When the time comes for Joon-seok to leave to go back to his jail cell, Sung-taek asks why he pleaded guilty in court. Joon-seok simply replies, "Humiliation. Me and Dong-su are mobsters. Mobsters shouldn't be humiliated." Sang-taek and Joon-seok then part ways, with Sang-taek promising to visit every month. The film ends with Joon-seok walking back to his cell, in a hallway with a white bright light in the end, with Joon-seok reflecting on the past when they were all children, wondering who would win in a race, the South Korean Olympic swimmer or a sea turtle, when they were all still friends.
