Tazza: The Hidden Card Explained

Tazza: The Hidden Card
Native Name:
Hangul:타짜: 신의 손
Rr:Tajja: Sineui Son
Mr:T‘acha: Sin-ŭi Son
Director:Kang Hyeong-cheol
Producer:Lee Anna
Music:Kim Jun-seok
Cinematography:Kim Tae-gyeong
Editing:Nam Na-yeong
Runtime:147 minutes
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean
Gross:[1]

Tazza: The Hidden Card (; lit. Tazza: Hand of God) is a 2014 South Korean crime film directed by Kang Hyeong-cheol based on Huh Young-man and Kim Se-yeong's manhwa of the same name.[2] [3] It is followed by , released in 2019.

After Ham Dae-gil enters the gambling world, he is set up as the fall guy in a crooked deal. To get revenge, he enters a final game which could be fatal to the loser.

Cast

Production

Due to the box office success of Choi Dong-hoon's gambling epic (it attracted 6.84 million in admissions in 2006, making it one of the highest-grossing Korean films that year), production company Sidus FNH announced a sequel, with Jang Joon-hwan originally attached as screenwriter/director and a release planned for late 2008.[7] But pre-production was later halted, and Jang pulled out of the film.

Speculation about a sequel continued, given that Tajja, the famous local comic series (or "manhwa") illustrated by Huh Young-man and written by Kim Se-yeong that served as the 2006 film's source material comes in four volumes, each with entirely different characters and settings. Tazza 2 is based on the second volume Tazza: Hand of God, which was published on November 16, 2006, by Random House Korea.

In 2012, Kang Hyeong-cheol signed on to direct the sequel, and casting was finalized in late 2013, with Choi Seung-hyun as lead character Ham Dae-gil, the nephew of Goni, the protagonist in Tazza: The High Rollers.[8]

Filming began on January 2, 2014, at a pool hall in Cheongnyangni-dong, Seoul.[9] [10] [11]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
51st Grand Bell Awards[12] Best Director
Best New Actress
Best Music
35th Blue Dragon Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress
Best Editing
Best Music
Popular Star Award
51st Paeksang Arts AwardsBest New Actress
4th Annual DramaFever AwardsBest Feature Film

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TAZZA: THE HIDDEN CARD . . September 2014 . 28 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Sunwoo. Carla. Jang. Seo-young. Stakes are set high for Tazza sequel. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-09-20. 1 August 2014.
  3. Web site: Song. Da-in. Tazza sequel's success is a sure bet. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-09-20. 29 August 2014.
  4. Web site: Hong. Grace Danbi. Big Bang's T.O.P Talks about Filming with No Clothes On with Other Actors. enewsWorld. 2014-09-20. 26 August 2014.
  5. Web site: Na. Won-jung. Now many people call him, actor CHOI Seung-hyun. Korean Cinema Today. 2014-09-20. 5 September 2014.
  6. Web site: Bae. Joong-hyun. Shin goes gutsy in gambler role. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-09-20. 2 September 2014.
  7. Web site: Paquet. Darcy. Jang to direct Tazza sequel. Variety. 2014-05-19. 6 May 2007.
  8. Web site: Lee. So-yeon. Big Bang's T.O.P, Shin Se Kyung and More to Star in Tazza 2. enewsWorld. 2014-05-19. 18 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Hong. Grace Danbi. Tazza 2 Reveals First Stills of Big Bang's T.O.P. enewsWorld. 2014-05-19. 3 January 2014.
  10. Web site: Chung. Joo-won. Shin Se-kyung, Choi Seung-hyun to co-star in Tazza 2. The Korea Herald. 2014-05-19. 3 January 2014.
  11. Web site: Lee. Sun-min. Tazza 2 set for release soon. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-05-19. 6 January 2014.
  12. Web site: June. Kim. The 51st Daejong Film Awards Nominations Announced. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2014-11-12. 12 November 2014.

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