Korean director Yun Je-gyun's comedy-melodrama, about the eccentric residents of a picturesque slum high in the hills surrounding Seoul and the gangsters determined to get them out to make way for pricey apartment towers, has surprising bite when it gets serious about the plight of collateral damage in the forward march of progress.
Widowed boxer Myeonho Son just wants to make his little girl, Myeongnan (Ha Ji-won), proud. But his stubborn pride is his downfall when he refuses to quit during a fight with a younger, stronger opponent; he winds up beaten into permanent brain damage and disability.
Fifteen years later, teenage Myeongnan cares for her ...
Released:
2007
Rated:
NR
Length:
113 mins