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A Bittersweet Life

2005 · 119 min · Director: Kim Jee-woon ★ IMDb 7.4 · 48,166 ratings

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Things go wrong for a high ranking mobster when he doesn't follow his boss's orders.

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A Bittersweet Life (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Tension 25%, Confusion 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Tension, Confusion. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Tension and Confusion. Its IMDb rating of 7.4/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Sadness
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 13 %, then peaks around 48 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension42 %42 %0 %18 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension38 %35 %0 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity33 %28 %0 %11 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Tension35 %30 %1 %11 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Curiosity40 %35 %3 %13 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Tension51 %49 %6 %20 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Tension61 %61 %13 %29 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Tension66 %65 %15 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Tension75 %73 %20 %55 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Tension81 %79 %25 %68 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Tension75 %73 %20 %63 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Tension60 %57 %16 %49 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Disturbing51 %48 %15 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Curiosity49 %45 %6 %26 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Tension54 %52 %8 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 92′Tension60 %59 %20 %36 %
82.5 %≈ 98′Tension61 %59 %34 %29 %
87.5 %≈ 104′Tension68 %65 %50 %27 %
92.5 %≈ 110′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
97.5 %≈ 116′Sadness75 %0 %75 %0 %

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Cast

Lee Byung-hun

Sun-woo

KY
Kim Yeong-cheol

KR
Kim Roi-ha

Moon-seok

LK
Lee Ki-young

Oh Moo-seong

Hwang Jung-min

Mr. Baek

EM
Eric Mun

Tae-goo

Oh Dal-su

Myeong-goo

KH
Kim Hae-gon

Tae-woong

KH
Kim Han

Se-yoon

JG
Jin Goo

Min-gi

LH
Lee Hang-soo

Chairman Won

OK
Oh Kwang-rok

Gangster

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Chairman Baek

LS
Lee Seung-ho

Mr. Park

Kim Seung-oh

Moo-seong's Subordinate

LH
Lee Han-sol

Moo-seong's Subordinate

VD
Vadym Domashchenko

Mikhail

S
Sonny

Filipino Gang

N
Nico

Filipino Gang

Details

Directed by
Kim Jee-woon
Written by
Kim Jee-woon, Dong-Cheol Kim
Type
Movies
Released
2005
Runtime
119 min
Country
South Korea
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.4 · 48,166 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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