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NAMELESS GANGSTER: RULES OF THE TIME
by Jong-Bin Yoon
Country: South Korea
Year: 2012
Duration: 133'


1982. Ik-hyun, a Korean customs official who is on the verge of being fired, becomes a drug trafficker and sells a stash of heroin to some Japanese. His life marks a radical change: skillfully navigating the criminal underworld of Busan, Ik-hyun makes a profitable alliance with the boss Huyung-bae, who is gruff and merciless. Ik-hyun quickly climbs the ladder of the city’s most powerful criminal organization, until a sudden offensive by the police opens up the first cracks in the empire the two have created and undermines their relationship.

Biography

film director

Jong-Bin Yoon

Yoon Jong-bin (Busan, South Korea, 1979) debuted as a director in 2005, at only twenty-five years of age, with The Unforgiven, taking on the theme of Korea’s obligatory military service, a topic which is very controversial in that country. A very-low-budget graduating film, it participated at the Busan Film Festival, where it won two awards, and in the section Un certain regard at Cannes, before its selection for many international festivals. With his next film, The Moonlight of Seoul (2008), Yoon Jong-bin ventured into the nightlife of Korea’s capital, describing it in a realistic and lively way.

FILMOGRAFIA

Yongseobadji mothan ja (The Unforgiven, 2005), Biseuti boijeu (The Moonlight of Seoul, 2008), Bumchoiwaui junjaeng (Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, 2012).

Declaration

film director

“1980s was an incredibly flexible decade in which one person’s choice could change the direction of the era. Following men who lived through that decade, I wanted to show that this decade had more dramatic appeal than any other decades.”

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay Yoon Jong-bin
fotografia/cinematography Ko Rak-sun
montaggio/film editing Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-bum
scenografia/production design Cho Hwa-sung
costumi/costume design Kwon Yoo-jin, Rim Seung-hee
musica/music Cho Young-wuk
suono/sound Kim Suk-won, Kim Chang-sub
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Choi Min-sik (Ik-hyun), Ha Yung-woo (Choi Hyung-bae), Jo Jin-woon (Pan-ho), Ma Dong-suk (Kim), Gwak Do-won (il procuratore/prosecutor Jo)
produttori/producers Park Shin-kyu, Han Jae-duk
produzione/production Palette Pictures, Showbox/Mediaplex
distribuzione, vendita all’estero/distribution, world sales Showbox/Mediaplex
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