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Genre
  
Action, Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
South Korea

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Director
  
Jang Hoon

Music director
  
Hyoung-Woo Roh

Writer
  
Ki-duk Kim

Language
  
Korean

Rough Cut (2008 film) movie poster

Release date
  
September 11, 2008 (2008-09-11)

Initial release
  
September 11, 2008 (South Korea)

Screenplay
  
Kim Ki-duk, Jang Hoon, Ok Jin-gon, Oh Se-yeon

Cast
  
Kang Ji-hwan
(Jang Soo-ta),
Su-hyeon Hong
(Kang Mi-na),
Ko Chang-Seok
(Director Bong),
So Ji-sub
(Lee Kang-pae),
Gong Jeong-hwan
(Seong-min)

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Rough cut official trailer english subtitles


Rough Cut (Hangul: 영화는 영화다; RR: Yeonghwanun Yeonghwada; lit. "A Movie is a Movie") is a 2008 South Korean action crime film. It is the debut feature of director Jang Hoon and based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk. The film had a total of 1,307,688 admissions nationwide.

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Rough Cut (2008 film) movie scenes

Synopsis

Rough Cut (2008 film) movie scenes

Gang-pae, played by So Ji-sub, is a local organized crime leader who still wishes he could be in movies. Soo-ta, played by Kang Ji-hwan, is a haughty actor who is easy to provoke. Within his latest film, where he plays a gangster, he gets into the role too much and sends one of the stuntmen to the hospital. The two men meet by chance at a room salon and Soo-ta enlists Gang-pae to join the production. But this real life gangster will only join the production if the fights are real. The two main characters continue to try and one-up the other every chance they get.

Cast

Rough Cut (2008 film) movie scenes

  • So Ji-sub as Gang-pae (gangster)
  • Kang Ji-hwan as Jang Soo-ta (actor)
  • Hong Soo-hyun as Kang Mi-na (actress)
  • Ko Chang-seok as Director Bong (director)
  • Song Yong-tae as Chairman Park
  • Jang Hee-jin as Eun-sun (Soo-ta's girlfriend)

    • Blurring of real and fake

    Rough Cut (2008 film) movie scenes

    Since this film crosses back and forth between being an actual movie and a movie within a movie, the lines get blurred as to which the audience is watching. Examples:

    Rough Cut (2008 film) movie scenes

  • The character name Soo-ta (수타) is a parody of 스타 meaning "(movie) star" in Korean. And the character name Gang-pae (강패) is a parody of 깡패 which means "gangster" in Korean.
  • Choreographed fights become "real" and a "real" fight turns out to be planned but is however "real".
  • The actual movie script for Rough Cut is shown being read and held several times by rehearsing characters and crew within the film.
  • Numerous members of the actual crew, including the producer and editor, are seen in the film as "crew members".
  • Various movie posters can be seen including Time also written by Kim Ki-duk and an early draft of a Rough Cut poster, which is the same image on the cover of the scripts.
  • The "real" arrest of a bloodied Gang-pae for a recent murder turns out to be in image from a film shown in a theater right before the actual credits roll.

    • Awards and nominations

    2008 Blue Dragon Film Awards
  • Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
  • Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
  • Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
  • Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
    • 2008 Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
  • Best Actor - So Ji-sub
  • Best New Director - Jang Hoon
  • Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
    • 2008 Korean Film Awards
  • Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
  • Nomination - Best Film
  • Nomination - Best Actor - So Ji-sub
  • Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Ko Chang-seok
  • Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
  • Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
    • 2008 Director's Cut Awards
  • Best Producer - Kim Ki-duk
    • 2009 Asian Film Awards
  • Nomination - Best Newcomer - So Ji-sub
    • 2009 Baeksang Arts Awards
  • Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
  • Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
  • Nomination - Best Film
  • Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
  • Nomination - Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk
    • 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival
  • Best Music - Roh Hyoung-woo
    • 2009 Buil Film Awards
  • Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
    • 2009 Busan Film Critics Awards
  • Best New Actor - So Ji-sub
  • Best New Actor - Kang Ji-hwan
    • 2009 Grand Bell Awards
  • Best Screenplay - Kim Ki-duk, Jang Hoon, Ok Jin-gon, Oh Se-yeon
  • Nomination - Best New Director - Jang Hoon
  • Nomination - Best New Actor - So Ji-sub

    • References

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