The Thieves
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| Revised Romanization | Dodukdeul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Todukdŭl |
| Directed by | Choi Dong-hoon |
| Produced by | Ahn Soo-hyun |
| Written by | Choi Dong-hoon Lee Ki-cheol |
| Starring |
Kim Yoon-seok Lee Jung-jae Kim Hye-soo Jun Ji-hyun |
| Music by | Jang Young-gyu |
| Cinematography | Choi Young-hwan |
| Edited by | Shin Min-kyung |
| Distributed by | Showbox/Mediaplex |
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136 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean Japanese English Mandarin Cantonese |
| Budget | US$14.1 million (₩15.2 billion) |
| Box office | US$86,655,225 |
The Thieves (Hangul: 도둑들; RR: Dodukdeul; MR: Todukdŭl) is a 2012 South Korean heist film directed by Choi Dong-hoon with an all-star ensemble cast.
Splashy action in overseas locations is mixed with double-dealings and multiple betrayals as a gang of South Korean thieves team up with a Hong Kong crew to steal a diamond necklace from a heavily guarded casino safe in Macau.
With over 12.9 million ticket sales, the action comedy is currently the fifth highest-grossing movie in Korean film history.
A cat burglar named Yenicall (Jun Ji-hyun) seduces the owner of Leesung Gallery (Shin Ha-kyun), and steals a rare artifact with the help of three other criminals: Popie (Lee Jung-jae), the leader, Zampano (Kim Soo-hyun), the assistant, and Chewing Gum (Kim Hae-sook), a middle-aged woman. They are visited by a detective (Ju Jin-mo) shortly after, and realize that staying in Korea is too dangerous. As such, they join a heist led by a master thief named Macau Park (Kim Yoon-seok), a Korean based in Macau who is also Popie's former boss. Popie brings along Pepsee (Kim Hye-soo), a convicted safe-cracker who was recently released on parole. In Hong Kong, Chen (Simon Yam), Jonny (Derek Tsang) and Andrew (Oh Dal-su) are contacted by Macau Park and agree to enroll, and are joined by a safe-cracker named Julie (Angelica Lee).
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