Lament

Story

Synopsis

Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.

Director

Kim Hui-cheol

Writers

Kang Je-kyu

Language

Korean

Country

South Korea

Release date

22 February 1997

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Shin Hyun-jun

  Kwang-su

• 

  Lee Byung-hun

  Jong-man

• 

  Jung Sun-kyung

  Sae-hee

• Ye In

• Kim Jae-seon

• Kim Hui

• Park Bong-mi

• Jeon Hun

• 

  Seo Gwang-jae

• 

  Lee Beom-soo

  Pyo Sang-yong

• 

  Kim Il-woo

  Pup owner

• Choi Hak-rak

  Jang-hyun