The City of Violence (2006)

Director
Ryoo Seung-Wan

Main cast
Ahn Jae-mo; Ahn Gil-kang; Seok-yong Jeong; Lee Beom-Soo; Ryoo Seung-Wan

Genres
Action, Thriller

Description
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.


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