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The Good, the Bad, the Weird 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈

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The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Korean: 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) is a 2008 South Korean Western action film directed, co-written, and co-produced by Kim Jee-woon, and starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung. The film is an homage to the 1966 Spaghetti Western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and is set in Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the late 1930s. The film marks the second collaboration between actor Lee and director Kim, who had previously collaborated on the action drama A Bittersweet Life (2005) and would later do so again in Kim's I Saw the Devil (2010). The Good, the Bad, the Weird premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and had a limited release in the U.S. on 23 April 2010.

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The Good, the Bad, the Weird (좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈) — verified Korean film. Released 2008-01-01. Directed by Kim Ji-woon. 4 verified cast.

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• Runtime (min): 139
• Genre: action film, Manchurian Western, adventure film
• Original language: Korean
• Director: Kim Jee-woon
• Released: 2008
• Origin: South Korean
• Setting: Japanese-occupied Manchuria during the late 1930s
• Release Date: 2008년 7월 17일
• Country: 대한민국

Cast (4)

• Song Kang-ho
• Lee Byung-hun
• Jung Woo-sung
• Oh Dal-su

Director

• Kim Ji-woon

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