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My Wife Is a Gangster

Jopog manura

South Korea

2001

107 Min
Color
1.85:1
Korean
  • Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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DIR Cho Jin-gyu

EXEC Lee Sun-yeol, Seo Se-won

PROD Park Mi-jung

SCR Kang Hyo-jin, Kim Moon-saeng, Moon-Sung Kim

DP Jeon Jo-Myeong

CAST Shin Eun-Kyung, Sang-myeon Park, Ahn Jae-mo, Kim In-kwon, Choi Eun-ju

ED Park Gok-ji

Synopsis

My Wife is a Gangster is unique blend of different genres; action, comedy, and drama. It’s main focus is on comedy, so don’t see this movie thinking it is wall to wall action. It does have a couple of great fight scenes – one in the rain, one in a field of tall grass, and one in the rival gang’s hideout. The action choreography and camera work is done superbly, very stylish.

The story centers around a female JOPOK (equivalent to Yakuza in Japan). She finds her long lost sister only find she is dying of some kind of disease. Her dying wish is that she sees her sister get married before she dies. The poor unsuspecting husband, who by the way looks like Sammo Hung’s Korean cousin, is put through so much tribulation through the movie, you can help but feel sorry for him! —IMDb

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msmichel

24Feb13

Excellent picture melding the Korean gangster film and comedy that passes the test of both fronts. Shin Eun-Kyung is aces as second 'man' who suddenly must embrace feminity when she makes a promise to her dying sister. Fight choreography is top notch especially opening rain sequence. Looking forward to the sequels.

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Daniela

7May12

This is a god-awful movie. Yet somehow I'm willing to give it two stars . . .

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Shradha Kerketta

6Dec10

Its a nice one....

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