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Director
  
Dong-won Kim

Music director
  
Kim Si-Hwan

Duration
  

Country
  
South Korea

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Action, Comedy

Screenplay
  
Dong-won Kim

Writer
  
Dong-won Kim

Language
  
Korean

City of Damnation movie poster

Release date
  
22 January 2009 (2009-01-22)

Initial release
  
January 22, 2009 (South Korea)

Cast
  
Jun-ho Jeong
(Jang Choon-dong),
Un-taek Jeong
(Moon Dong-sik, aka Dae Ga-ri),
Kyeong-hoon Jeong
(Worker 1),
Jung Woong-in
(Lee Joong-dae),
Jeon Mi-seon
(Park Jong-ki's wife)

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City of Damnation (Hangul: 유감스러운 도시; RR: Yoogamseureowoon dosi; MR: Yugamsŭrŏun tosi) is a 2009 South Korean film directed by Kim Dong-won and is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.

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Plot

Jang Choon-dong is a traffic officer who aspires to become a homicide detective. After being noticed by his superiors, Choon-dong is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate a gangster network headed by Yang Kwang-seob. Meanwhile, Lee Joong-dae (Jung Woong-in), a member of Kwang-seob's gang, goes undercover himself by joining the police force. Joong-dae tries hard to gain favour with his squad leader and bureau director in an effort to expose Choon-dong's identity, but falls in love with a colleague, Cha Se-rin.

Cast

  • Jung Joon-ho as Jang Choon-dong
  • Jung Woong-in as Lee Joong-dae
  • Jung Woon-taek as Moon Dong-sik, aka Dae Ga-ri
  • Park Sang-min as Ssang-kal
  • Kim Sang-joong as Gangster boss Yang Kwang-seob
  • Han Go-eun as Police lieutenant Cha Se-rin
  • Sunwoo Jae-duk as Squad leader Park Jong-ki
  • Park Yong-gi as Bureau director Cheon Seong-ki
  • Kim Dae-hee as Won Sam-eeh, aka Won Soong-eeh
  • Kang Seong-pil as Yang Pal-eeh

    • Release

    City of Damnation was released in South Korea on 22 January 2009, and was the only Korean film to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, traditionally a big season for domestic films. On its opening weekend it was ranked third at the box office with 249,720 admissions, and the film's disappointing performance was thought to illustrate a steady decline in the popularity of the gangster comedy genre with local audiences. As of 22 February, City of Damnation had received a total of 1,555,039 admissions nationwide, and as of 1 March had grossed a total of US$7,545,744.

    References

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