City of Fathers
Korean name
Hangul
부산
Hanja
父山
Revised RomanizationBusan
McCune–ReischauerPusan
Directed byPark Ji-won
Written byPark Ji-won
Produced byKim Sang-oh
Park Ji-won
David Cho
StarringKim Young-ho
Ko Chang-seok
Yoo Seung-ho
CinematographyKim Yun-su
Edited bySeo Yong-deok
Music byChoi Seung-hyun
Production
company
Distributed bySidus FNH
Release date
  • October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)
Running time
101 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box office$1 million[1]

City of Fathers (Korean: 부산; Hanja: 父山) is a 2009 South Korean film written and directed by Park Ji-won.[2][3]

Plot

Kang-soo is a third-rate street thug in Busan; he's an alcoholic and gambling addict who's always on the run from loan sharks. But when his rebellious teenage son Jong-chul is diagnosed with kidney cancer, he tries to be a real parent for the first time and seeks out Jong-chul's biological father, Tae-suk, a pimp. Tae-suk, however, refuses to help.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "City Of Fathers (2009)". KOFIC. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  2. ^ "AT: City of Fathers, Planet B-boy". Arirang News. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. ^ Mudge, James (13 February 2010). "City of Fathers (2009) Movie Review". Beyond Hollywood. Archived from the original on 28 April 2014. Retrieved 2013-08-17.

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