Lament
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- Movie: Lament / Elegy of the Earth
- Revised romanization: Ji sang man ga
- Hangul: 지상만가
- Director: Kim Hee-Cheol
- Writer: Je-gyu Kang
- Producer:
- Cinematographer
- Release Date: February 22, 1997
- Runtime: 91 min
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.
Cast
Starring
- Lee Byung-Hun - Jong-man
- Shin Hyeon-Jun - Gwang-su
- Jung Sun-Kyung - Se-Hui
Supporting Cast
- Choi Hak-Rak
- Yeo-kyeong Kim
- LLee Beom-Soo
- Kim Su-Hyeon (02/20/1970)
- Nam Myung-Ryul - movie director
- Kang Suk-Ho
- Kim Se-Yoon - Ji-Hye
