The Good, the Bad, the Weird
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| Hangul | , , |
| Hanja | 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 한 놈 |
| Revised Romanization | Jo-eun nom, nappeun nom, isanghan nom |
| McCune–Reischauer | Choŭn nom, nappŭn nom, isanghan nom |
| Directed by | Kim Jee-woon |
| Produced by | Kim Jee-woon Choi Jae-won |
| Written by | Kim Jee-woon Kim Min-suk |
| Starring |
Song Kang-ho Lee Byung-hun Jung Woo-sung |
| Music by | Dalparan Jang Young-gyu |
| Cinematography | Lee Mo-gae |
| Edited by | Nam Na-yeong |
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Barunson Co. Ltd.
Grimm Pictures |
| Distributed by |
CJ Entertainment (South Korea) IFC Films (US) |
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Release date
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Running time
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139 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean Japanese Mandarin |
| Budget | US$10 million |
| Box office | US$44,261,209 |
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Hangul: 좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈; RR: Jo-eun nom nappeun nom isanghan nom) is a 2008 South Korean action western film, directed by Kim Jee-woon, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, and Jung Woo-sung. It was inspired by Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and had a limited release in the U.S. on April 23, 2010. It received positive reviews with critics praising the action, the cinematography and the direction. The film marks the second collaboration between actor Lee Byung-hun and director Kim Jee-woon who previously collaborated on the gangster drama A Bittersweet Life and then again would do so in Kim's I Saw the Devil.
In the desert wilderness of Manchuria 1939, months before World War II, Park Chang-yi, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun)—a bandit and hitman—is hired to acquire a treasure map from a Japanese official traveling by train. Before he can get it however, Yoon Tae-goo, The Weird (Song Kang-ho)—a thief—steals the map and is caught up in The Bad's derailment of the train. This involves the slaughter of the Japanese and Manchurian guards, and various civilians. Park Do-won, The Good (Jung Woo-sung)—an eagle-eyed bounty hunter—appears on the scene to claim the bounty on The Bad. Meanwhile, The Weird escapes, eluding his Good and Bad pursuers. A fourth force—a group of Manchurian bandits—also want the map to sell to the Ghost Market. The Weird hopes to uncover the map's secrets and recover what he believes is gold and riches buried by the Qing Dynasty just before the collapse of their government. As the story continues, an escalating battle for the map occurs, with bounties placed on heads and the Imperial Japanese Army racing to reclaim its map as it can apparently "save the Japanese Empire".
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