Breathless 2009 123movies

Watch: 똥파리 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – After witnessing the deaths of his mother and sister as a child, Sang-hoon grew up with rage and hatred towards his father who was responsible for their deaths. He, now a merciless debt collector, regularly beats his father. One day, he meets a high school girl, Yeon-hee who is also having a tough life after her mother’s death in the hands of local gangsters. Sang-hoon and Yeon-hee share some moments of relief and escape from pain they face everyday..
Plot: Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself through violence. When he finally encounters someone who can stand up to him, feisty school-girl Yoon-hee they become unlikely friends.
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Ratings:

	7.5/10 Votes: 5,352
	84% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 93 Popularity: 5.267 | TMDB

Reviews:

Powerful Film
Having been to Korea on numerous occasions I went out of my way to ensure I saw this film at the 2009 Vancouver International Film Festival and I am very happy that I did.

As this is Yang Ik-Joon’s first full-length picture here is a presentation that is shown in true raw passion and with emotion. I found the movie and it’s engaging story-line to be very powerful. The audience and I laughed at the dark humour contained within then cried as the eventuality of the plot is brought to bear.

For those that can stomach the violence I highly recommend finding this film to view. The movie takes place in a world that most of us are simply not willing to face however the issues presented therein relating to abuse are very important and very relevant.

Every action has consequence and truly each of our lives glow so bright before we fade.

I hope that one day Breathless (Ddongpari) can be given a Region 1 DVD release so that I may purchase and watch again.

A Nutshell Review: Breathless
Unfortunately some technical issues marred the supposedly powerful introduction where violence get unleashed by all characters on screen both physically and verbally. Clearly played from a DVD screener with the “Showbox” watermark, the audio was left silent for the good part of some verbal barrage, which to the prudish might seem like music to their ears.

If there’s one thing I learnt / have reinforced after the movie, is how ubiquitous the Korean swear word which sounds phonetically like “shee-bal” can actually be. It’s more versatile than the English language’s F-word, and the Korean one can be used to describe a whole host of bodily parts both male and female, with colourful adjectives strung together as well. Either that, or the person subtitling the show has some really colourful imagination to tag some appropriate swear words of his/her own liking, in order to spice up the dialogue for non-Korean speaking audiences.

Breathless is almost like a one-man effort, with Yang Ik-June wearing a number of hats in producing, writing, directing and starring in the lead role of Song-hoon, a violent gangster who doesn’t have to think twice when deciding to lay hands on his victims, and insulting them concurrently with his foul mouth. He’s a debt collector in a small outfit which he co-founded, but finds more pleasure in being a field agent, bringing along underlings whom he can abuse as well, and show the ropes to, in teaching the essence of collecting money, and to show no mercy to those who cannot pay up.

Most of the violence happen off screen, though the aftermath is seldom shielded in order to elicit a response from the audience. It actually makes for a great 3D movie with objects flying all around and at the screen, from furniture, to fists, and even spit, and I enjoyed the many unintentionally comedic moments that Ik-June effortlessly paints into his narrative despite the very negative elements of violence and language that pepper throughout, and almost every character was left tainted by dishing out, or be at the receiving end of bad signs or an uncouth mouth.

I suppose the question here is, and the issue that Ik-June could have wanted to address, is that of violence, and domestic violence even, if a circumstances of a tragedy would lead to impressionistic youths turning to violence as a means of release and addressing their emotions. Or more directly, if being brought up in a violent environment would lead to the nurturing of violent tempers, given the lack of proper role models, and being unable to break out from the vicious circle as that painted in the film.

Breathless may seem a little too long as it had attempted to give each character equal opportunity to shine, from the schoolgirl that Song-hoon befriends, to his boss, a young boy whom he takes as his own, and his mother, coupled with a protégé in the making. It’s quite the complete story serving as a cautionary tale and a statement of the never-ending cycle, but would have benefited from tightening up the pace a little and could have gone under 2 hours. That said however, it did result in enough apathy given toward the characters here, given the anti-heroic stance they’re all under, and you’ll buy into its story of redemption toward the last act, and the fortification of the positive relationships that Song-hoon had, through his own violent ways, brought together.

Other Information:

Original Language ko
Runtime 2 hr 10 min (130 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama
Director Yang Ik-joon
Writer Yang Ik-joon
Actors Kkobbi Kim, Hwan Lee, Yang Ik-joon
Country South Korea
Awards 31 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix N/A
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format Video
Cinematographic Process N/A
Printed Film Format 35 mm