2022 | 119MIN l Crime, Drama

DIRECTOR Cheon Myoungkwan

CAST Jung Woo, Kim Kapsoo, Choi Moosung, Yoon Jihye

RELEASE DATE March 17, 2022

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Heesu (Jung Woo) is a low-level gangster operating in the derelict port town Kuam, which lies in the shadow of the more magnificent metropolis Busan on Korea’s southern coast. He works under Don Son (Kim Kapsoo) as a hotel manager and has been at the older gangster’s side for two decades. Out of nowhere, Yongkang (Choi Moosung) returns to town years after fleeing the country as a murder suspect. His return wreaks havoc around the port and gives Heesu, in particular, plenty to fret over. As drugs seep into the local area, the criminal underworld of Kuam reaches a crisis point, which leaves Heesu with some very difficult decisions to make.

The seaside gangster saga Hot Blooded is the feature directing debut of Cheon Myoungkwan, who is famous as the author of several bestsellers, including his 2010 novel ‘Boomerang Family’, which was adapted into a film of the same name in 2013. He has also written the scripts for several films since the mid-1990s, including The Great Chefs (1999) and The Man Next Door (2009). The leading cast is Jung Woo of The Himalayas (2015) and New Trial (2017), while the veteran Kim Kapsoo of A Tale of Two Sisters (2003) plays Don Son.