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Break Out

Break Out

# I want my pride back!
Comedy
📜 Overview: How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
🌏 Languages Available: Korean
📆 Date Released: 2002-07-17
⌚ Running Time: 105 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.3

Beloved Cast

Kim Seung-woo original image
Heo Bok-gu
Kim Seung-woo
Cha Seung-won original image
Yang Cheol-gon
Cha Seung-won
Park Young-kyu original image
Park Yeong-gab
Park Young-kyu
Kang Seong-jin original image
Kang Seong-jin
Lee Moon-sik original image
Lee Moon-sik
Kim Chae-yeon original image
Kim Chae-yeon
Bae Joong-sik original image
Bae Joong-sik
Park Jae-hyeon original image
Park Jae-hyeon
Po-Ram Han original image
Po-Ram Han
Jang Hyun-sung original image
Jang Hyun-sung
Kim In-mun original image
Kim In-mun
Kim Jae-man original image
Kim Jae-man
Kim Sun-kyung original image
Kim Sun-kyung
Lee Won-jong original image
Lee Won-jong
Sung Ji-ru original image
Sung Ji-ru
Yoo Hai-jin original image
(uncredited)
Yoo Hai-jin
Lim Hyung-jun original image
Lim Hyung-jun
Lee In original image
Lee In
Yun Yeong-keol original image
Yun Yeong-keol
Nam Moon-chul original image
Nam Moon-chul
Kim Dong-yoon original image
Kim Dong-yoon

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