Summary
Pained (Korean: 통증; RR: Tong jeung; lit. "Pain") is a 2011 South Korean romantic melodrama film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek.[2][3][4] Kwak's first feature in three years, it is a romantic melodrama set in Seoul, which is a departure from the director's previous Busan-based masculine thrillers and gangster movies. It is adapted from an original story by webtoon artist Kang Full.[5]
| Pain | |
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 Film poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 통증 |
| Hanja | 痛症 |
| Revised Romanization | Tong jeung |
| McCune–Reischauer | T‘ong jŭng |
| Directed by | Kwak Kyung-taek |
| Screenplay by | Han Soo-ryun |
| Story by | Kang Full |
| Produced by | Lee Ji-seung |
| Starring | Kwon Sang-woo Jung Ryeo-won |
| Cinematography | Hwang Ki-seok |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
| Music by | Kim Jun-seong |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$4.4 million[1] |
Plot edit
Debt collector Nam-soon (Kwon Sang-woo) lost his sense of pain after a traumatic accident during his youth, and now regularly takes beatings for his job. Street vendor Dong-hyun (Jung Ryeo-won) suffers from severe hemophilia, a disorder that impedes the body's ability to stop bleeding. For Dong-hyun, even the most minor of injuries could be deadly. She's left homeless after Nam-soon collects the last of her money, so he decides to take her in. As the two grow closer, Nam-soon suddenly begins to lose his lifelong insensitivity to pain and the hurt of a lifetime washes over him. Together, these two lonely souls learn to hurt and hope again...
Cast edit
- Kwon Sang-woo – Nam-soon
- Jung Ryeo-won – Dong-hyun
- Ma Dong-seok – Bum-no
- Jang Young-nam – Kye-jung
- Kim Hyeong-jong – jobless guy
- Keum Dong-hyun – Young-bae
- Lee Mi-do – street vendor
- Mahbub Alam – street vendor
- Song Bong-geun – bucktooth
- Oh Joo-hee – Nam-soon's aunt
- Kang Min-ah – Nam-soon's older sister
- Kwak Min-seok – newlywed husband
- Kim Yeon-ah – newlywed wife
- Kim Jin-goo – grandmother owner
- Sa-hee – actress
- Kwon Oh-jin – trader representative
- Kim Min-jun – male actor (cameo)
References edit
- ^ "Pained". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ 痛み (2011). Allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
- ^ "Pain (aka Pained, 2011) Movie Review". BeyondHolywood.com. 2012-02-07. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ "Pained (Movie - 2011)". HanCinema. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
- ^ Lee, Claire (23 November 2012). "Movies based on webtoons flourish". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
External links edit
- Pained at IMDb
