PEPPERMINT CANDY

By Chang-Dong LEE

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Drama - Completed 2000


    • Year of production
    • 2000
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 129 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Chang-Dong LEE
    • Writer(s)
    • Chang-Dong LEE
    • Producer(s)
    • Kay-Nam MYUNG (East Film), Mak Oto UEDA
    • Synopsis
    • In 1980, Yong-ho becomes a part of forces to quell the uprising in Kwang-ju. Psychologically blighted, he joins the police and becomes an expert in torturing leftists. He rejects his childhood sweetheart who comes to see him with peppermint candies he used to love. The film begins with middle-aged Yong-ho's death wish and ends with his first date with the only person he ever really cared for...