| Bloody Tie | |
| Director: | Choi Ho |
| Producer: | Shim Bo-kyung Lee Jong-ho |
| Starring: | Ryoo Seung-bum Hwang Jung-min |
| Music: | Kim Sang-man |
| Cinematography: | Oh Hyun-je |
| Editing: | Kim Sang-bum Kim Jae-bum |
| Studio: | KD Media Myung Films Pancinema |
| Distributor: | MK Pictures |
| Runtime: | 117 minutes |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Budget: | $5 million |
| Gross: | $10.6 million[1] |
Bloody Tie (; lit. "A Life-or-Death Decision") is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action crime film directed by Choi Ho, it stars Hwang Jung-min as a detective trying to track down a drug lord by cooperating with a mid-level drug dealer, played by Ryoo Seung-bum.
Sang-do (Ryoo Seung-bum) is a fast talking crystal meth dealer who considers himself more of a businessman than a criminal. Sang-do has been involved in the drug business all of his life. His uncle was a drug dealer (Kim Hee-ra), specializing in manufacturing crystal meth. Sang-do's mother died when one of his uncle's meth labs blew up in an accident.
Do Jin-kwang (Hwang Jung-min) is a hard-nosed cop who doesn't always play by the rules. Do's partner died four years ago, while trying to take down the top drug dealer Jang Chul (Lee Do-kyeong) in Busan. Since his partner's death, Do has been driven to arrest Jang Chul and this time he plans to use Sang-do to finally take him down.[2] [3]
2006 Busan Film Critics Awards[4]
2006 Korean Film Awards